CAL FIRE to Open New Training Facility

CAL FIRE to Open New Training Facility

Atwater, CA…On Monday, July 28, 2025 the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) will open a new training center in Merced County, located at the former Castle Air Force Base in Atwater. The Atwater Training Center will provide comprehensive training and education to CAL FIRE personnel to ensure readiness and effectiveness in […]

Sender’s Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through July 29th! Shop Local & Save!!

Sender’s Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through July 29th! Shop Local & Save!!

Mountain Ranch, CA…In 1950, we started out as a family operation with Erich’s father and mother, August and Freida Sender, in a century-old adobe building. The upstairs was home to the Sender family, and the first floor included groceries, a meat market, a bar, and a small eating place called Opa’s Smokehouse. On Christmas morning […]

Angels Food & Sierra Hills Markets Weekly Ad July 23 ~ 29! Shop Local & Save!

Angels Food & Sierra Hills Markets Weekly Ad July 23 ~ 29!  Shop Local & Save!

Angels Camp & Murphys, CA…Angels Food & Sierra Hills Markets Weekly Ad July 23 ~ 29! Shop Local & Save! Grocery, Meat, Deli, Produce & Lots of Local Wines! 100’s More Items on Sale Throughout the Store!Angels Food Market, started by Harry Croshaw, has been serving the Calaveras community since 1935. Glen, Harry’s son, eventually […]

Traffic Update….Dual Fatal Collision Blocking Lanes Near Sr49 / Shaws Flat Rd

Traffic Update….Dual Fatal Collision Blocking Lanes Near Sr49 / Shaws Flat Rd

Columbia, CA…Traffic Update….Dual Fatal Collision Blocking Lanes Near Sr49 / Shaws Flat Rd Incident: 0269 Type: Fatality Location: Sr49 / Shaws Flat Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.011537 -120.404001 Detail Information 8:45 PM 21 [63] 61-S1 RDWY OPENED 8:20 PM 20 [62] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1144-Fatality by CHP [Shared] 7:47 PM […]

Even with $300k per Unit Cost Governor Newsom Touts Progress in Reducing Homelessness

Even with $300k per Unit Cost Governor Newsom Touts Progress in Reducing Homelessness

Sacramento, CA…Building on the administration’s efforts to reverse decades of inaction on housing and homelessness, Governor Newsom today announced continued signs of progress in California. In 2024, California outperformed the nation in slowing down the increase in homelessness.  Last year, while the nation’s unsheltered homelessness increased by nearly 7%, California’s remained nearly flat, increasing by only […]

A Bit of Wisdom from Henry David Thoreau

A Bit of Wisdom from Henry David Thoreau

Concord, MA…Henry David Thoreau. July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862. “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”  […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad with Grocery, Produce, Meat & Deli Specials Through July 29th! Shop Local & Save!

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad with Grocery, Produce, Meat & Deli Specials Through July 29th! Shop Local & Save!

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market Weekly Ad, Grocery, Produce, Meat & Deli Specials Through July 29th!  Shop Local & Save!  Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! Part of your community for generations. Click on an image below for full sized version.

DNI Gabbard, in Partnership with DOJ, FBI, CIA, and NARA, Release Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Files

DNI Gabbard, in Partnership with DOJ, FBI, CIA, and NARA, Release Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Files

Washington, DC…On July 21, 2025, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard released over 230,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK), in accordance with President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14176. This unprecedented release follows through on President Trump’s commitment to fully release previously-classified records related to […]

Calaveras Dismantles Illegal Indoor Marijuana Grow

Calaveras Dismantles Illegal Indoor Marijuana Grow

Valley Springs – On July 18th, 2025, at about 8:00 a.m., the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant in the 2000 block of Quail Oaks Road for an illegal marijuana cultivation operation. The search warrant, authorized by the Calaveras County Superior Court and led by the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team […]

A Bit of Wisdom from Rose Kennedy

A Bit of Wisdom from Rose Kennedy

Hyannis Port, MA…Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995 “Sometimes I wonder if there is something about my family which invites violence. ‘Is it envy,’ you ask? I don’t know… I’ve had so much, a son as president, two as senators, a son-in-law who’s an ambassador… perhaps God doesn’t permit that […]

Events This Week from the Calaveras Chamber of Commerce

Events This Week from the Calaveras Chamber of Commerce

San Andreas, CA…Here are some events happening this week in Calaveras! Tuesday:Blood Drive at the San Andreas Town Hall with the Calaveras Community Foundation.Join Tuolumne Me-Wuk Tribal Tanf for a Positive Indian Parenting course – lots of info and resources available!Wednesday:The Angels Camp Business Association is hosting a Business Mixer at Prospect 772 Wine Company!Catch some live music with the Calaveras Arts […]

Governor Newsom Calls on Trump to Remove of All Soldiers in Los Angeles

Governor Newsom Calls on Trump to Remove of All Soldiers in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA…As pressure continues mounting for the President to end the unlawful deployment of soldiers in Los Angeles, with the remaining Marines in the area withdrawing, 2,000 federalized National Guard members still remain – away from their families, communities and civilian jobs as doctors, police, and teachers. The women and men of the California […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 20th, 2025

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 20th, 2025

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are below… Sunday, July 20, 2025 00:32 POSSIBLE CORONERS CASE 2507200002 Occurred at Unit 7 on Ponderosa Dr, in Sonora City, CA. 11-44. Disposition: Coroners Case Natural Causes. 01:26 CALLS TRANSFERRED TO CDF (Public Service Request) 2507200004 Occurred on Dane Ln, in Sonora, CA. CDF. Disposition: […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 20th, 2025

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 20th, 2025

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below. Sunday, July 20, 2025 00:01 Disturbance 2507200001 Occurred on Burson Rd, in Burson, CA. Noise complaint. Disposition: No Report Taken. 01:30 Traffic Stop 2507200006 Officer initiated activity at California St, Valley Springs, CA. Disposition: Citation Issued. 01:34 Traffic Stop 2507200007 Officer […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 19th, 2025

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 19th, 2025

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are below… Saturday, July 19, 2025 00:18 PEDESTRIAN STOP 2507190002 Officer initiated activity at Jamestown Car Wash, Jamestown Rd, Jamestown, CA. 1 xray. Disposition: Crime Prevention, Patrol Check. 00:23 TRAFFIC STOP 2507190003 Officer initiated activity at Bergel Rd/Phoenix Lake Rd, Sonora, CA. Silver sedan. Disposition: Warning […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 19th, 2025

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 19th, 2025

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below. Saturday, July 19, 2025 03:50 Alarm Sounding 2507190007 Occurred on Oak St, in San Andreas, CA. Commercial Alarm. Disposition: False Alarm. 05:34 Theft 2507190008 Occurred on Feather Dr, in Copperopolis, CA. Disposition: Report Taken. 09:16 Suspicious Circumstances 2507190015 Occurred on High […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 18th, 2025

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 18th, 2025

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are below… Friday, July 18, 2025 00:12 TRAFFIC STOP 2507180002 Officer initiated activity at Saint James Episcopal, Snell St, Sonora City, CA. Silver sedan. Disposition: Arrest Made. 00:30 VERBAL DISPUTE 2507180003 Occurred on Inspiration Dr, in Groveland, CA. 415v. Disposition: Log Note. 00:37 911 HANG UP […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 18th, 2025

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 18th, 2025

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below. Friday, July 18, 2025 00:59 Prowling 2507180002 Occurred on Rose St, in Valley Springs, CA. Disposition: No Report Taken. 07:59 911 Hang Up 2507180014 Occurred on Cheyenne Rd, in Copperopolis, CA. Disposition: No Report Taken. 08:18 Receiving or Possessing Stolen Property […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 17th, 2025

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 17th, 2025

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are below… Thursday, July 17, 2025 00:01 ALARM ALL TYPES 2507170001 Occurred on Longeway Rd, in Sonora, CA. Alarm. Disposition: False Alarm will be billed. 00:02 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE CHECK 2507170002 Officer initiated activity at Merrell Rd/Vernal Dr, Groveland, CA. Disposition: Crime Prevention, Patrol Check. 00:04 TRAFFIC […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 17th, 2025

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for July 17th, 2025

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below. Thursday, July 17, 2025 00:11 Suspicious or Parked Vehicle 2507170002 Officer initiated activity at Hwy 49, Mokelumne Hill, CA. Disposition: No Report Taken. 00:53 Suspicious or Parked Vehicle 2507170004 Officer initiated activity at Jesus Maria Rd/Whiskey Slide Rd, Mokelumne Hill, CA. […]

James M. Stark 1938 ~ 2025

James M. Stark 1938 ~ 2025

Angels Camp, CA…James M. Stark October 9, 1938 ~ July 17, 2025 (age 86).   An obituary is not available at this time for James M. Stark. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of James M. Stark, please visit our floral store.