Calaveras County Health Officer Rescinds Local Order and Clarifies What Local Businesses Can Reopen Today

Calaveras County Health Officer Rescinds Local Order and Clarifies What Local Businesses Can Reopen Today

San Andreas, CA…On Friday, May 8, 2020, the Calaveras County Health Officer rescinded the Local Public Health Order and Emergency Regulations. This latest move results from Governor Gavin Newsom’s May 7, 2020 announcement that the State will be entering Stage 2 of the re-opening plan beginning on May 8, 2020. Stage 2 authorizes some low […]

Worst Single Month Jobs Report in History as Unemployment Soars to 14.7 Percent

Worst Single Month Jobs Report in History as Unemployment Soars to 14.7 Percent

Washington, DC…Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 20.5 million in April, and the unemployment rate rose to 14.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The changes in these measures reflect the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it. Employment fell sharply in all major industry sectors, with particularly […]

Lake Camanche and Lake Pardee to Reopen with Modifications

Lake Camanche and Lake Pardee to Reopen with Modifications

Amador County, CA – Amador County Public Health has worked in collaboration with Amador County Environmental Health and Calaveras Department of Public Health to approve re-opening of both Lake Camanche and Lake Pardee with modified operations on May 8, 2020 for residents. Both concessionaires, Basecamp Hospitality and Rocky Mountain Recreation Company, in collaboration with East […]

Governor Newsom Releases Updated Business Reopening Guidance

Governor Newsom Releases Updated Business Reopening Guidance

Sacramento, CA…Guidance will help drive reopening for some sectors – including retail, manufacturing and logistics – with modifications, beginning Friday, May 8. Regional variance allows for counties to move further into Stage 2 when they attest to meeting certain criteria. Following up on the state’s announcement that it will begin modifying the stay at home […]

Celebrating Our Healthcare Heroes Throughout the County!

Celebrating Our Healthcare Heroes Throughout the County!

San Andreas, CA…Dignity Health MTMC asked the Rotary Clubs of Calaveras County to assist them in putting the signs they had built in different locations throughout the county. They started today with members of the San Andreas Rotary Club and the Mark Twain Medical Center Maintenance Personnel placing the sign at the corner of Hwy. […]

Biomass Utilization Fund has $17 million to Finance Tuolumne County businesses

Biomass Utilization Fund has $17 million to Finance Tuolumne County businesses

West Sacramento, Calif. — The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC), and Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) are pleased to announce a new $17 million program that will provide loans to increase the use of low- and no-value wood from Tuolumne County forests and provide an alternative to pile burning of forest waste. […]

Board of Governors Announces Selection of Louis DeJoy to Serve as Nation’s 75th Postmaster General

Board of Governors Announces Selection of Louis DeJoy to Serve as Nation’s 75th Postmaster General

Washington, DC…The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service today announced its unanimous selection of Louis DeJoy to serve as the 75th Postmaster General of the United States and Chief Executive Officer of the world’s largest postal organization. DeJoy is an accomplished business executive with more than 35 years of experience. As Chairman […]

Sinclair Broadcasting Group Agrees to Pay Largest Civil Penalty Ever by a Broadcaster

Sinclair Broadcasting Group Agrees to Pay Largest Civil Penalty Ever by a Broadcaster

Washington, DC…The Federal Communications Commission today announced the largest civil penalty involving a broadcaster in the agency’s 86-year history. Specifically, Sinclair Broadcasting Group has agreed to pay a $48 million civil penalty and abide by a strict compliance plan in order to close three open investigations. This penalty is twice the prior record for a […]

Joint Country & City Effort to Provide Covid-19 Business Recovery Support

Joint Country & City Effort to Provide Covid-19 Business Recovery Support

San Andreas, CA…City and County Economic & Community Development, Public Health, and Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce staff are working collaboratively to develop a tool kit aimed at helping businesses to reopen safely when appropriate. The tool kit will a “living” document that will evolve as regulatory circumstances change. The “ReThink, ReOpen and ReBound” campaign […]

Governor Newsom Announces Enhanced Workers’ Compensation Benefits & Extends Property Tax Deadliness

Governor Newsom Announces Enhanced Workers’ Compensation Benefits & Extends Property Tax Deadliness

Sacramento, CA…As California prepares to enter Stage 2 of the gradual reopening of the state this Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that workers who contract COVID-19 while on the job may be eligible to receive workers’ compensation. The Governor signed an executive order that creates a time-limited rebuttable presumption for accessing workers’ compensation benefits applicable […]

County Shutdown Order is Unconstitutional & Unlawful Says Chavez-Ochoa Law Firm in Cease & Desist Letter!

County Shutdown Order is Unconstitutional & Unlawful Says Chavez-Ochoa Law Firm in Cease & Desist Letter!

Valley Springs, CA…The following letter has been sent to Calaveras County by Valley Springs Law Firm Chavez-Ochoa on behalf or their clients. Ms. DeKay, On April 29, 2020, Dr. Kelaita extended the shelter-in-place order, thereby, preventing many local businesses, and my clients, specifically, from opening their doors to customers. This has had a devastating financial […]

Support The Resource Connection on Giving Tuesday!

Support The Resource Connection on Giving Tuesday!

San Andreas, CA…The Resource Connection’s mission is to Engage Families, Empower Communities, and Enrich the Lives of the Residents of Amador and Calaveras counties. Your generous contributions help support the work we do in our communities. Early Childhood Programs: Provides comprehensive early education programs for chil-dren from birth to age five in Calaveras County. Resources […]

Governor Newsom on California’s Progress Toward Stage 2 Reopening

Governor Newsom on California’s Progress Toward Stage 2 Reopening

Sacramento, CA…As the state continues implementation of the four-stage framework to allow Californians to gradually reopen some lower-risk businesses and public spaces while continuing to preserve public health, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that based on the state’s progress in meeting metrics tied to indicators, the state can begin to move into Stage 2 of […]

CCWD Awarded $2.1 Million FEMA Grant to Replace Five Redwood Tanks Vulnerable to Wildfire

CCWD Awarded $2.1 Million FEMA Grant to Replace Five Redwood Tanks Vulnerable to Wildfire

Arnold, CA…The Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) was notified Tuesday April 28 that it had been awarded a $2.1 million grant to replace five, aging redwood water storage tanks with steel, ignition-resistant tanks along the upper Highway 4 Corridor. The grant was awarded to CCWD by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and it will […]

Above & Beyond Travel’s Armchair Explorer, Your Weekly Burst of Travel Inspiration

Above & Beyond Travel’s Armchair Explorer, Your Weekly Burst of Travel Inspiration

Arnold, CA…This week’s armchair-ready journeys and travel-inspired stories cover many topics, from tropical drinks you can make at home and Mexico’s exciting art scene to spending three perfect days in the Berkshires. With any vacation, it’s important to embark on the journey with complete peace of mind. If anything should go wrong during your trip […]

Junior Livestock Auction, Not Cancelled Just Online. Support Our Youth on May 17th

Junior Livestock Auction, Not Cancelled Just Online.  Support Our Youth on May 17th

Angels Camp, CA…(Frogtown, USA)..The Junior Livestock Auction is Not cancelled and will move online. The Calaveras County Fair is facilitating an online Livestock Auction for the youth of our community who have raised quality market animals. The Auction is May 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Buyers can purchase quality beef. pork, lamb, goat […]

Attorney General Becerra Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Rollback of Burdensome “Waters of the United States” Rules

Attorney General Becerra Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Rollback of Burdensome “Waters of the United States” Rules

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Letitia James today, leading a multistate coalition, filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s unlawful final rule redefining the “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. The final rule continues the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) effort to weaken water quality protections […]

Monthly Market Update for The Markets (as of market close April 30, 2020) ~ Brian J. Tewksbury

Monthly Market Update for The Markets (as of market close April 30, 2020) ~ Brian J. Tewksbury

Murphys, CA…The Markets (as of market close April 30, 2020) April began on a sour note for stocks as each of the indexes listed here lost value. Economic reports reflected the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were more than 700,000 jobs lost in March while total claims for unemployment insurance benefits soared to […]

Deadline Approaching for Eligible Creditors and Shareholders to Vote on PG&E’s Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization

Deadline Approaching for Eligible Creditors and Shareholders to Vote on PG&E’s Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization

San Francisco, CA…PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (together, “PG&E”) are sharing a reminder that the deadline for eligible parties to vote on PG&E’s Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) is in two weeks. All ballots must be received by the Court-appointed solicitation agent, Prime Clerk, by May 15, 2020, at 4:00 […]

Changes to EBMUD Recreation Access at Campo Seco Staging Area

Changes to EBMUD Recreation Access at Campo Seco Staging Area

Oakland, CA…EBMUD wanted you to be aware of updates to our trail access in Calaveras County. The Calaveras County Health Department issued modifications to their Covid-19 Stay at Home Order. The April 29 order clarifies what recreation activities are allowed under certain conditions within the county. In Calaveras County, to limit the spread of Covid-19 […]

Kioti Tractors & Off Road Vehicles from A1 Sharpening in San Andreas Give Your Dirt Some Love! (Open for Your Essential Equipment Needs)

Kioti Tractors & Off Road Vehicles from A1 Sharpening in San Andreas  Give Your Dirt Some Love! (Open for Your Essential Equipment Needs)

San Andreas, CA…A-1 has been Serving Calaveras county, central California valley and surrounding areas since 2007. They offer full service repair and sales of tractors, mowers, trimmers, chainsaws, logsplitters, generators and rototillers. In addition, they provide sharpening service for chainsaws, mower blades and circular saw blades. They are located at 660 E. St. Charles St, […]

Columbia College Graduates Fire Academy Students

Columbia College Graduates Fire Academy Students

Columbia, CA…Columbia College’s Fire Academy would like to announce the graduation and Certificates of Completion to the successful students of the Fire Technology Program. The certificates are awarded based on the student’s successful completion of the academic and manipulative training as mandated for a California Firefighter 1 Certification. The students must still complete six months […]

Mark Twain Medical Center is Here For You 24/7

Mark Twain Medical Center is Here For You 24/7

San Andreas, CA…“The safety of our visitors, patients, employees, and physicians remains our highest priority. We want to assure the community that MTMC is closely monitoring all developments with COVID-19 and we are prepared to identify, isolate, and treat any potential patient who seeks care at our facility. We are in contact with local and […]

President Trump and Vice President Pence in Roundtable with Industry Executives on the Plan for Opening Up America Again

President Trump and Vice President Pence in Roundtable with Industry Executives on the Plan for Opening Up America Again

Washington, DC…Well, thank you very much, everybody. A lot of progress is being made, as you see. And we’re reopening our country, and it’s very exciting. And it should have never happened. This plague should never have happened. It could have been stopped, but people chose not to stop it. It’s a very sad thing […]

Sender’s Market is Now Hiring in Mountain Ranch & Valley Springs

Sender’s Market is Now Hiring in Mountain Ranch & Valley Springs

Mountain Ranch, CA…Sender’s Market in Mountain Ranch is hiring Deli Clerks, and Lumber Yard associates in Valley Springs. Looking for something to do and make some extra money before heading back to school? Come join our amazing team! Apply in person at one of the store locations or call/email Stephanie @ 209-755-1762 / hr@sendersmarket.com In […]

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