Traffic Update…Sedan Overturned Near Hwy 108 & Rock Shop

Traffic Update…Sedan Overturned Near Hwy 108 & Rock Shop

Jamestown, CA…CHP is reporting an overturned vehicle on Hwy 108 near the Rock Shop. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00134 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Sr108 / Rock Shop Loc Desc: EB Lat/Lon: 37.846264 -120.559460 Close Detail Information 8:54 AM 2 [3] UNK IF 1125 8:54 AM 1 [1] SIL SED O/TURNED Unit […]

Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action With A “Special” Cannabis Meeting January 10th

Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action With A “Special” Cannabis Meeting January 10th

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are back in action on January 10th to conduct a Public Hearing to adopt an Ordinance rescinding Chapter 17.95 and replacing it with a new Chapter 17.95 banning or regulating cannabis cultivation and related commercial activities; certify Environmental Impact Report and adopt Findings of Fact; adopt the […]

Traffic Update….Jeep vs Animal Near Fricot City Road & Calaeritas Road.

Traffic Update….Jeep vs Animal Near Fricot City Road & Calaeritas Road.

Angels Camp, CA…CHP is Reporting a Traffic Update….Jeep vs Animal Near Fricot City Road & Calaeritas Road.. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00296 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Fricot City Rd / Calaveritas Rd Loc Desc: WB JWO Lat/Lon: 38.151988 -120.597699 Close Detail Information 6:04 PM 4 [6] VEH IS NOT DRIVEABLE 6:04 […]

What To Do If You Get the Flu? ~ Pharmacist Patrick Crosby of Meadowmont, Twain Harte & Groveland Pharmacies

What To Do If You Get the Flu?  ~ Pharmacist Patrick Crosby of Meadowmont, Twain Harte & Groveland Pharmacies

Arnold, Twain Harte & Groveland, CA…What To Do If You Get the Flu? I’m guessing that the flu isn’t on your top-10 wish list, right? But just in case you get sick this flu season, here’s a list of 10 things you can do to help ease your symptoms—and to stop the flu in its […]

Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action January 9th. Picking Board Chair & Vice Chair Tops Agenda

Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action January 9th.  Picking Board Chair & Vice Chair Tops Agenda

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are back in action on January 9th. Topping the agenda is picking the Board Chair & Vice Chair for 2018. This is normally routine but in past years there have been some cases of political elbow throwing and infighting. Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting 1/9/2018 8:00 AM […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near Tuolumne Rd / Morris Rd

Traffic Update….Collision Near Tuolumne Rd / Morris Rd

Sonora, CA…CHP is reporting a Traffic Update….Collision Near Tuolumne Rd / Morris Rd. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00232 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Tuolumne Rd / Morris Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.963231 -120.287719 Close Detail Information 2:55 PM 9 [12] [Notification] [CHP]-VICS ADVD STUCK IN TRFC ENRT 2:47 PM 8 [11] [Rotation […]

Is Cannabis Evil? ~ By Al Segalla

Is Cannabis Evil? ~ By Al Segalla

Copperopolis, CA…If it is, then a ban seems to make sense, even if we would violate the Constitution with its protection of the individual rights to Life, Liberty and Property. On the other hand, considering our experience with the ban on alcohol, whereby it was discovered that booze was not evil or bad, but could […]

Notice Regarding Seizure of Property and Initiation of Forfeiture Proceedings

Notice Regarding Seizure of Property and Initiation of Forfeiture Proceedings

San Andreas, CA…NOTICE REGARDING SEIZURE OF PROPERTY AND INITIATION OF FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 11488.4 To: All persons claiming any right, title or legal interest in the following seized property: $5,804.00, Currency of the United States seized from Hwy 4 and Angel Oaks Road, Angels Camp in Calaveras County, California. Notice is […]

Request for Proposals for Construction Engineering Services

Request for Proposals for Construction Engineering Services

San Andreas, CA…COUNTY OF CALAVERAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. STAGECOACH ROAD LOW WATER CROSSING REPLACEMENT PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SERVICES. Notice is hereby given that Calaveras County is releasing a Request for Proposals for professional construction engineering services for the Stagecoach Road Low Water Crossing Replacement Project, BRLO-5930(039); construction of the project will […]

Notice To Contractors

Notice To Contractors

San Andreas, CA…NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The County of Calaveras will receive sealed bids for Stagecoach Road Low Water Crossing Replacement Project, Federal-aid Project No. BRLO-5930(039). The Request for Bids is available through www.publicpurchase.com within the section dedicated to this solicitation under the agency of the County of Calaveras. This project, generally described, consists of bridge […]

Two Indoor Marijuana Grows Seized in Valley Springs

Two Indoor Marijuana Grows Seized in Valley Springs

Valley Springs, CA…Two more indoor marijuana grows were seized last week by the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team. On 12-29-17 Deputies served search warrants at two houses on Greer Way in Valley Springs. Both locations were identified as unregistered illegal marijuana cultivation sites inside residences. It is suspected that the two locations are […]

Senate Leader de León Introduces Legislation to Allow California Taxpayers Larger Deductions

Senate Leader de León Introduces Legislation to Allow California Taxpayers Larger Deductions

Sacramento, CA….Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation today to protect California residents from the targeted federal tax increases that were enacted in the GOP’s recent tax reform. “The Republican tax plan gives corporations and hedge-fund managers a trillion-dollar tax cut and expects California taxpayers to foot the bill,” Senator de […]

Secretary Zinke Announces Plan For America’s Offshore Oil and Gas Potential

Secretary Zinke Announces Plan For America’s Offshore Oil and Gas Potential

Washinton, DC…U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced the next step for responsibly developing the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for 2019-2024, which proposes to make over 90 percent of the total OCS acreage and more than 98 percent of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas […]

Four Modesto Residents Booked Into Tuolumne County Jail of Various Charges

Four Modesto Residents Booked Into Tuolumne County Jail of Various Charges

Jamestown, CA…An early morning vehicle registration check lands four Modesto residents into the custody of the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office. Just after 3:00AM today, Deputy V. Lee checked the registration status of a blue Mitsubishi sedan parked at the Whistle Stop gas station in Jamestown. The car just so happened to be reported stolen according […]

President Trump and Vice President Pence in a Meeting on Immigration with Republican Members of the Senate

President Trump and Vice President Pence in a Meeting on Immigration with Republican Members of the Senate

Washington, DC…THE PRESIDENT: Important meeting. Thank you very much for being here. We’re making a lot of progress on a lot of different things. Today, I’m with the Senate working group on immigration. It’s become a very big subject. I think that started around November 8th, and maybe a year and a half before that, […]

Total Nonfarm Payroll Increased By 148,000 in December, Unemployment Steady at 4.1%

Total Nonfarm Payroll Increased By 148,000 in December, Unemployment Steady at 4.1%

Washington, DC…Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 148,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in health care, construction, and manufacturing. __________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data | | | |Seasonally adjusted household survey data […]

Railroad Flat Man Arrested On Methamphetamine Sales Related Charges

Railroad Flat Man Arrested On Methamphetamine Sales Related Charges

Rail Road Flat, CA…On 1-04-18 Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Investigators served a search warrant at a mobile home located in the 1400 block of Railroad Flat Road, Railroad Flat. At this location deputies seized methamphetamine and paraphernalia indicative of drug sales as well as several thousand dollars cash. The sole occupant of the house during […]

Don’t Miss The FOCSO Crab & Pasta Feed on January 20

Don’t Miss The FOCSO Crab & Pasta Feed on January 20

San Andreas, CA…Don’t Miss The FOCSO Crab & Pasta Feed on January 20. Auctions, Raffle, Cash Prizes, No Host Bar Gun Raffle tickets $20/ea – need not be present to win. Tickets $45 – Sheriff DiBasilio 754.6500 – Candace 598.1467 – or use PayPal on website. Mission Statement     The mission of the Friends of the Calaveras […]

Town Hall Meeting Addressing Crime in District 3, Arnold Area ~ From Supervisor Michael C. Oliveira

Town Hall Meeting Addressing Crime in District 3, Arnold Area ~ From Supervisor Michael C. Oliveira

Arnold, CA…On January 11, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM, there will be a Town Hall Public Meeting to discuss the current crime problems and possible solutions and preventive measures being taken to address the issues. Sheriff Rick DiBilsilio, Sgt. Greg Stark and Resident Deputy Joel Burnett will be on hand. The public is cordially invited […]

Dry December Produces Below-Average Snowpack

Dry December Produces Below-Average Snowpack

Sacramento, CA…The Department of Water Resources (DWR) first manual snow survey east of Sacramento in the Sierra Nevada found little snowpack, which was predictable after a dry December throughout California. Measurements at Phillips Station revealed a snow water equivalent (SWE) of 0.4 inches, 3 percent of the average SWE of 11.3 inches in early January […]