Bear Valley, CA…Traffic & Fire Update….Vegetation Fire Near Cabbage Patch Maintenance Station Incident: 00165 Type: Provide Traffic Control Location: 0 Sr4 Loc Desc: CABBAGE PATCH MAINTAINENCE STA Lat/Lon: 38.414570 -120.129467 Detail Information 11:43 AM 2 [2] FOR A VEG FIRE 11:38 AM 1 [1] CAL FIRE REQ CHP FOR 1184 Unit Information 11:42 AM 2 […]
Bear Valley, CA….Bring your fat tire ride and join us for the best Fat Tire Festival on Highway 4. Experience some of the best mountain bike riding in the area and get in on the festivities. The weekend festivities will include guided MTB rides, shuttles to the high points of some of our best trails, […]
Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Specials Through September 11th. Larger Images are Below
Bear Valley, CA…The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Northeastern Tuolumne County and Southeastern Alpine County in northern California Until 615 PM PDT. At 316 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with heavy rain across the Donnell fire burn scar. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall […]
Hermit Valley, CA…The Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway Association (EPSBA) will be hosting their 12th Annual Scenic Celebration on Saturday, September 8th, 2018 from 11am until 8pm. We invite you to “Come Play on the Pass” with us and enjoy one of the last free, outdoor, live music events of the year. Our annual celebration takes […]
Sonora, CA…With Labor Day weekend upon us, visitors to the Stanislaus National Forest will enjoy a final weekend of summer recreation. While visitors can still enjoy activities like camping, backpacking, and picnicking in the great outdoors of both the forest and Yosemite National Park, extreme temperatures and increased fire danger remain the order of the […]
Bear Valley, CA…The picturesque setting of Alpine County, California, is the location of the exciting 26th Annual Bear Valley Triathlon. The popular central Sierra Labor Day Weekend tradition will be held on Sunday morning, September 2 (day before Labor Day Monday), at Bear Lake, in Bear Valley Village. Nestled in a beautiful mountain location, the […]
Arnold, CA…The Outhouse Collection Summer Clearance Sidewalk Sale. 30%-50% Off!! Our best sale of the season! Big savings throughout the store, including $500 off select floor model furniture. Come early as quantities are limited. The Outhouse Collection, 925 Highway 4 Arnold. Open 10am-5pm every day except Wednesday.
Arnold, CA…Pioneer Electric is a licensed and insured, full service electrical contracting business servicing: Calaveras, Tuolumne and beyond since 1984. Owner Tim Bennett and crew provides a full range of electrical and services for homes and businesses. Our service area includes: Arnold, Angels Camp, Sonora, Murphys, Copperopolis, Mountain Ranch and surrounding areas. We provide top-notch […]
Arnold, CA…The Big Labor Day BOGO Sale at Arnold Ace Home Center. Click an image below for a full sized image.
Bear Valley, CA…The Donnell Fire, currently at 36,335 acres, exhibited moderate fire behavior yesterday with isolated torching, creeping along the forest floor, and minimal fire spread through spotting especially on the northern and eastern sides of the fire. The potential exists for minimal spread to the north and east along the Highlands Creek, Arnot Creek, […]
Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through September 4th Larger Images Are Below
Bear Valley, CA…From San Andreas CHP…”8/29/18, 1:30 pm. SR-4, 20 miles east of Bear Valley, at Cadillac Curve is closed due to a stuck big rig. There is no estimated time to reopen the road however South Lake Tahoe CHP is advising it could be several hours.”
Bear Valley, CA…The Donnell Fire area is approximately 36,288 acres and continues to burn on the eastern perimeter into and within the Carson-Iceburg Wilderness. Yesterday the fire continued to slowly burn through mixed conifer, timber understory and the forest floor with very short range spotting into islands of available fuels. The fire burned in a […]
Bear Valley, CA…The Donnell Fire area is approximately 36,288 acres and continues to burn on the eastern perimeter into and within the Carson-Iceburg Wilderness. Yesterday the fire continued to slowly burn through mixed conifer, timber understory and the forest floor with very short range spotting into islands of available fuels. The fire burned in a […]
Pinecrest, CA..The fire is currently estimated at 35, 864 acres with 62% containment. Ground and air resources continue to construct and improve lines around the fire perimeter to increase containment. An area of low pressure will move into the area over the weekend bringing southwest winds up to 15 mph and gusts up to 30 […]
Pinecrest, CA…Chris Fogle, Souther California Interagency Incident Management Team 1 commander, announced today that at approximately 3:45 p.m. Aug. 25, a medium helicopter on a water dropping mission crashed at a helispot on the southwest Donnell fire perimeter within the containment zone. The pilot walked away with minor injuries and was treated on-site by paramedics. […]
Camp Connell, CA…The Beer Gardens presents Plan B. Make Plans to Rock with Plan B at Camp Connell General Store’s Beer Garden. Good music, food equals great times!!! Doors open at 5pm & concert at 6pm. The story of Camp Connell Continues…. The Camp Connell of today was largely influenced by the surging popularity of […]
Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through August 28th Larger Images Are Below
Pinecrest, CA…Highway 108 will open today at 4 pm all the way through to Highway 395. Vehicles are prohibited from stopping or deviating from the highway between Eagle Meadow Road (5N01) and Kennedy Meadows Road (6N01). The road to Kennedy Meadows will be open. Crews made progress around the northwest tip of the fire perimeter […]
Pinecrest, CA…It was a relatively quiet night on the fire. The western edge showed little spread. Yesterday crews were able to get a good line in and made significant progress with containment in this area. Today, additional crews and aircraft are working to complete the line near Spicer Reservoir. A small portion of the fire […]
Bear Valley, CA…A smoke column is visible from Highway 4 north of Spicer Reservoir. Fire activity in this area increased due to steep, dense vegetation, dry fuels and gusty south and southwestern winds. Uncommon fire activity at night has been observed in the northwestern portion of the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness. Expect increased aviation in the area […]
Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Though Larger Images are Below
Pinecres, CA…Due to more accurate perimeter mapping a slight decrease in the percentage of containment was noted. Significant decrease in both fire activity and threats to structures allowed firefighters to continue progress on containment. Night crews were pulled off the line at midnight and rotated in this morning with the day crews to assist with […]
Pinecrest, CA…Wildland Fire Modules made significant progress on the west side of the fire in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness. Helicopters were able to support the modules by dropping water on the fire throughout the day. In addition, Helirappellers were inserted to construct a helicopter landing area (helispot) west of the fire boundary. On the southern and […]
Bear Valley, CA…We normally don’t publish the heat maps of the fires because they can be inaccurate and show heated air aloft etc. We thought this recent one of the Donnell Fire was illustrative though. It shows they are making good progress taking the heat out of the fire for much of the perimeter. On […]
Pinecrest, CA…Fire spread was minimal overnight, primarily along the northwest fire edge in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness where Wildland Fire Modules are spiked out and will be working today. Overnight, crews continued to enhance containment lines along the southern and eastern flanks of the fire and to do structure protection including within the Haypress area. Today, […]
Pinecrest, CA…Additional firefighters arrived throughout the day on Sunday. These crews will bolster those already making good progress on the fire. Last night, crews were able to contain a 20 acre spot fire in the Eagle Creek drainage, about 2 miles north of Eagle Meadow. Today line construction will continue from the Bennett Juniper to […]
Pinecrest, CA…The fire laid down slightly through the night. As temperatures drop and humidity rises the fire is expected to be fuels driven less than wind driven so low fuel moistures and spotting will remain a concern. Structure protection continued ahead of the fire as it progressed slowly in an easterly direction at Kennedy Meadows […]
Pinecrest, CA…Last night structure protection continued along Highway 108 including backfiring operations east of Douglas tract and around Baker Station. Crews also worked around the Bennett Juniper completing containment lines and allowing backfiring operations in the area, increasing protection around this legacy tree. Today’s red flag warning combined with critical fuel conditions may create the […]
