CHP San Andreas Says…Brace Yourselves, Winter is Coming!

CHP San Andreas Says…Brace Yourselves, Winter is Coming!

San Andreas, CA…Brace yourselves, winter is coming…During the last winter storm the CHP – San Andreas office investigated 20 weather related traffic collisions. Most of the collisions involved drivers that were driving too fast for the weather and roadway conditions. Please remember to slow down during inclement weather, drive with your headlights on, and make […]

Carol Burton 1926 – 2018

Carol Burton 1926 – 2018

Angels Camp, Nov 16, 2018 Carol Burton,92, passed away peacefully in her sleep. She was born on May 7, 1926 in Salinas, CA to Chester and Jess Guild. She graduated from Piedmont High School and UC Berkeley and moved to Hathaway Pines in 1958 with her husband Dr.Clark Burton(dentist in Altaville, then Murphys), and her […]

Rabobank in Angels Camp Already Received 4 Letters to Santa

Rabobank in Angels Camp Already Received 4 Letters to Santa

Angels Camp, CA…Rabobank, N.A. is helping Santa’s elves by collecting Letters to Santa and expediting personalized responses to eager children who drop off their letters in early December. Rabobank will pay the first-class postage on all letters dropped off at a local branch on or before Friday, Dec. 7, and confirm that the letters are […]

Ebbetts Pass Fire District Needs Your Help Deciding Our Future

Ebbetts Pass Fire District Needs Your Help Deciding Our Future

Arnold, CA…Ebbetts Pass Fire District Needs Your Help Deciding Their Future. December 11th at 6pm, Independence Hall in White Pines. EPFD is funded, in part, by two special taxes that enable us to provide top notch FIRE and EMS services. The first special tax was voted on and passed in 1998. This provided additional staffing […]

This Saturday, Dec 1st it’s HECTOR at The Lucky Penny for Camp Fire Relief

This Saturday, Dec 1st it’s HECTOR at The Lucky Penny for Camp Fire Relief

Murphys, CA…This Saturday, December 1st don’t miss HECTOR Live at the Lucky Penny! This will be their last stop in CA for 2018. All monies to go to the Paradise Rotary Club to help in Camp Fire Relief. The Band is fast & brash, ala the Ramones, Green Day, Dick Dale. Eric Walle and Tom […]

Interested In Purchasing A Home? Call Judy Today for a Personal Consultation!

Interested In Purchasing A Home?  Call Judy Today for a Personal Consultation!

Arnold, CA…Judy Bettencourt purchased a home in Blue Lake Springs in 2004 and decided to make it her full time residence in 2008. Judy has been helping clients with homeownership since 1998. Besides her desire to help people with their dream of home ownership, she has a passion for the outdoors and enjoys hiking and […]

Traffic Update….Black Cow Proving Grass is Greener Near Priest Coulterville Rd / Cuneo Rd

Traffic Update….Black Cow Proving Grass is Greener Near Priest Coulterville Rd / Cuneo Rd

Coulterville, CA…Traffic Update….Black Cow Proving Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence near Priest Coulterville Rd / Cuneo Rd Incident: 00148 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: Priest Coulterville Rd / Cuneo Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.751433 -120.193559 Detail Information 10:59 AM 1 [1] BLK COW Unit Information 11:05 AM 2 Unit Assigned 11:05 […]

Mornings with the One Percent™ Live Weekdays 7-10am, This Morning’s Replays are Below

Mornings with the One Percent™ Live Weekdays 7-10am, This Morning’s Replays are Below

Arnold, CA…Mornings with the One Percent™ is live weekday mornings from 7-10am. The premise for the show is that the USDA ranked all 3,142 counties or county equivalents in the USA on a livability or desirability scale based on factors such as climate, scenic beauty, bodies of water for recreation, humidity and much more. All […]

Traffic Update…Vehicle vs Deer Near Sr124 / Tonzi Rd

Traffic Update…Vehicle vs Deer Near Sr124 / Tonzi Rd

Drytown, CA…Traffic Update…Vehicle vs Deer Near Sr124 / Tonzi Rd Incident: 00103 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Sr124 / Tonzi Rd Loc Desc: JNO Lat/Lon: 38.406473 -120.890411 Detail Information 8:59 AM 3 [3] DEER IS INJURED / 1125 8:59 AM 2 [2] WHI VAN -VS- DEER 8:58 AM 1 [1] DRY CREEK BRIDGE Unit Information […]

Ebbetts Pass Fire District Receives Office of Traffic Safety Grant for Emergency Response Equipment

Ebbetts Pass Fire District Receives Office of Traffic Safety Grant for Emergency Response Equipment

Arnold, CA…The Ebbetts Pass Fire District (host agency) was awarded a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) of $100,000 for the purchase of Extrication Equipment to assist crash victims and help with emergency response. The grant funded Extrication Equipment can aid in extricating victims from a severely damaged vehicle, reducing the time […]

Google Employees Call on Google to Drop Censored Search Engine for China

Google Employees Call on Google to Drop Censored Search Engine for China

Menlo Park, CA…The following is a link to a statement from a growing list of Google Employees asking them to stop work on a search engine specifically for China…. We are Google employees. Google must drop Dragonfly. We are Google employees and we join Amnesty International in calling on Google to cancel project Dragonfly, Google’s […]

“Unfair Labor Practices Strike” Underway at Columbia College on November 27 and Wednesday, November 28

“Unfair Labor Practices Strike” Underway  at Columbia College on November 27 and Wednesday, November 28

Columbia, CA…What follows is a press release from Yosemite Faculty Assosiation…”YFA writes to correct the misleading and false representations about the state of negotiations and YFA’s anticipated strike in the District’s November 21st statement. With regards to negotiations, the District’s “last, best, and final offer” continues to demand unsustainable class size increases–to 45 students per […]

Traffic Update…..Injured Deer Near Sr108 / Twain Harte

Traffic Update…..Injured Deer Near Sr108 / Twain Harte

Twain Harte, CA…Traffic Update…..Injured Deer Near Sr108 / Twain Harte Incident: 00060 Type: Animal Hazard Location: Sr108 / Twain Harte Loc Desc: SR108 AT WEST TWAIN HARTE Lat/Lon: 38.019762 -120.246801 Detail Information 7:25 AM 1 [1] DEER STRUCK BY VEH AND STILL ALIVE Unit Information 7:32 AM 2 Unit Assigned 7:32 AM 1 Unit Enroute

Yuma Sector Agents Assaulted by Claimed Caravan Member

Yuma Sector Agents Assaulted by Claimed Caravan Member

Yuma, AZ…Last night, Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents and a CBP pilot had rocks thrown at them when they tried to arrest a subject who claimed to have been part of the migrant caravans. On Friday night, at approximately 5:45 p.m., Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents discovered footprints from a subject who had illegally crossed […]

USNS Comfort Hospital Ship in Columbia Treating Refugees From Venezuela & More.

USNS Comfort Hospital Ship in Columbia Treating Refugees From Venezuela & More.

Bogota, Columbia….The first phase of the USNS Comfort hospital ship mission in Turbo finished yesterday after assisting 5,450 patients and performing 131 surgeries. The mission will continue in Riohacha as of November 26. In the five days of the mission in Turbo, USNS Comfort staff and their allies attended a total of 5,450 patients and […]

Flooding Closes Angels Camp Community Development Office

Flooding Closes Angels Camp Community Development Office

Angels Camp, CA…Due to flooding, the Community Development Office for the City of Angels will be closed beginning November 26th – December 3rd. City Staff will still be available to you by phone, email or onsite meetings. Please contact Community Development Staff by phone at 209-736-1346 to schedule a meeting. You may also visit City […]

Russia’s Dangerous Escalation in the Kerch Strait

Russia’s Dangerous Escalation in the Kerch Strait

Washington, DC…The United States expresses its deep concern over the incident in the Black Sea that occurred November 25 as Ukrainian vessels attempted to transit through the Kerch Strait. Reports that Russian vessels rammed and fired on the Ukrainian ships, injuring Ukrainian crewmen, before seizing three vessels, represent a dangerous escalation and a violation of […]

Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties Burn Permit Suspension Lifted

Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties Burn Permit Suspension Lifted

San Andreas, CA…Effective Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 8:00 AM the burn permit suspension in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties will be lifted. CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit Chief Josh White is formally cancelling the bum permit suspension and advises that those possessing current and valid agriculture and residential burn permits can […]

Traffic Update…Power Pole Fire on Lakemont Drive

Traffic Update…Power Pole Fire on Lakemont Drive

Arnold, CA…Traffic Update…Power Pole Fire on Lakemont Drive Incident: 00190 Type: Report of Fire Location: 4135 Lakemont Dr Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.238276 -120.377516 Detail Information 2:10 PM 5 [8] PGE ETA – 40 MIN 2:01 PM 4 [6] 1039 PGandE 2:00 PM 3 [5] NEG 1125 2:00 PM 2 [4] 1039 CDF SDS 1:59 PM […]

Camp Fire Reaches 100% Containment, 153,336 Acres, 13,972 Residences, 528 Commercial & 4,293 Other Buildings Lost. Fatalities Climb to 85

Camp Fire Reaches 100% Containment, 153,336 Acres, 13,972 Residences, 528 Commercial & 4,293 Other Buildings Lost.  Fatalities Climb to 85

Paradise, CA…The fireline that remained uncontained has now been contained, bringing containment to 100%. Fire suppression repair personnel continue conduct rehab where possible. Search and Rescue Crews, US&R Teams, and engine companies continue with search efforts. The Fund Above was Seeded with a One Million Dollar Donation from Chico Native Aaron Rodgers. It is being […]

Board of Supervisors Amend Zoning for Agricultural Preserve

Board of Supervisors Amend Zoning for Agricultural Preserve

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance to amend the zoning of APN 048-025-034 and APN: 050-002-120 from Unclassified (U) to Agriculture Preserve (AP) identifying the land being restricted by a California Land Conservation Contract, Agriculture Preserve No. 363 for Mark Connolly. The subject property is a portion of Section 32, […]

Board of Supervisors Remove Planned Development & Adopt Design Review in Mokelumne Hill

Board of Supervisors Remove Planned Development & Adopt Design Review in Mokelumne Hill

San Andreas, CA…BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SUMMARY PUBLICATION: The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance to amend the zoning of parcels in Mokelumne Hill. The planned development combining zone was removed from 102 parcels and the design review combining zone was added to 117 parcels. A negative declaration was adopted by the Board of […]

NASA’s InSight Spacecraft Has Touched Down on Mars

NASA’s InSight Spacecraft Has Touched Down on Mars

Pasadena, CA…Mission controllers at NASA-JPL have received a signal from NASA’s InSight lander on the Mars surface via MarCO OR a beep from InSight’s X-band radio. In the coming hours, engineers will be checking on the spacecraft’s health. A post-landing news briefing expected at 2 p.m. PST (5 p.m. EST).

Board of Supervisors Adopt Design Review for Mokelumne Hill

Board of Supervisors Adopt Design Review for Mokelumne Hill

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance to add Chapter 17.52 of the Calaveras County Code to provide for a design review process for Mokelumne Hill. The design review process provides for planning director approval of specified development consistent with the Mokelumne Hill Design Guidelines. A negative declaration was adopted by […]

Public Notice: Supervisors Approve Repealing PEG Commision Ordinance

Public Notice: Supervisors Approve Repealing PEG Commision Ordinance

San Andreas, CA…At their meeting held on November 13, 2018, the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors approved the rescission of ordinance repealing ordinance 2169 which established the Calaveras County Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) Television Commission, as codified as Chapter 5.12.380-5.12.384 of the Calaveras County Code. Passed and adopted on the 13th of November, 2018 […]