Amador & Calaveras Counties, CA…The Electra Fire stayed active for the first half of the night, with short upslope runs. Humidity recovery in the early morning hours moderated fire activity. Firefighters are working to strengthen control lines. The threat to critical infrastructure is being monitored and assessed, and protection plans are being put into place. […]
Amador & Calaveras, Counties…The Electra Fire PM Update has been released. The Electra Fire is actively burning, with short intense upslope runs. Short range spotting with rollout is contributing to the fire spread. The threat to critical infrastructure is being monitored and assessed, and protection plans are being put into place. Electra Incident Update PM […]
Amador & Calaveras County, CA…Heat maps can be inaccurate because they can show heat aloft and not necessarily what is actually happening on the ground. That said they can be a great resource for where firefighters need to go to get a fire under control. Below is one of the Electra Fire. They are making […]
Amador & Calaveras, CA…PG&E continues to respond to outages affecting approximately 12,000 customers in parts of Amador and Calaveras Counties. PG&E has deenergized several distribution lines for firefighter safety in the area at the request of Cal Fire crews battling the Electra fire. Cal Fire has granted PG&E access to priority areas of the fire […]
Jackson & Mokelumne Hill, CA…PG&E continues to respond to outages affecting approximately 15,000 customers in parts of Amador and Calaveras Counties. PG&E has deenergized several distribution lines for firefighter safety in the area at the request of Cal Fire crews battling the Electra fire. PG&E has a number of assets potentially at risk due to […]
Amador & Calaveras Counties, CA…State Route 26 from Buckeye Lane to Ridge Road is closed due to the Electra Fire, as of 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. There is no ETO. Motorists are advised to avoid the area for their safety and to allow emergency crews to respond. The Electra Fire started at […]
Jackson & Mokelumne Hill, CA…The Electra Fire has left over 10,000 PG&E Customers in the dark as well as the fire threats. PG&E Employees and civilians recreating in the area were evacuated yesterday but that still doesn’t mitigate the damage to our local grid from the fire. The outages are not only in Amador County […]
Jackson & Mokelumne Hill, CA…The good news is temps are moderate and they are throwing the kitchen sink and the dishes at this one. Right now there are 1,225 personnel assigned to the fire along with 128 Fire Engines, 14 Helicopters, 39 Hand Crews, 33 Dozers & multiple air tankers will be dropping retardant on […]
Amador & Calaveras, CA….Electra Fire CHP Incident Log. The Raw CHP logs are a good way to keep tabs on road closures and they also tell a running timeline of a fire. CHP usually starts and incident log and keeps it open until outcome is no longer in doubt. We will update this post with […]
Electra, CA…Electra Fire Update 7:20 p.m. The fire is now estimated to be 959 acres. Evacuation site in Amador County is located at the Italian Picnic Grounds, 581 CA-49, Sutter Creek, CA 95685 6:40 pm: The fire approximately 300 acres. Evacuations are in progress from south of Butte Mountain Road from Clinton Bar Road to […]
Electra, CA…(Update from Jackson Fire Dept…***UPDATE*** 5:45 Per Air Attack fire is 250+ acres with a moderate to dangerous rate of spread. 5:10pm Evacuation areas listed below Ponderosa Way, Butte Mountain, Amador Lane, Parts of Clinton Road. The Jackson Fire Department has 2 pieces of equipment on the Electra Fire. As of 4:30pm the fire […]
Jackson, CA…Traffic & Fire Update….Vegetation Fire Near Electra Rd / Sr49 Incident: 00203 Type: Report of Fire Location: Electra Rd / Sr49 Loc Desc: ELECTRA JEO 49 Lat/Lon: 38.314030 -120.721039 Detail Information 7:13 PM 28 [72] 94-S1 26 FRM BUCKEYE TO PONDEROSA CLOSED – ADV SAN ANDREAS UNITS AND 49-L CPY 7:12 PM 27 [71] […]
Anderson, CA – Due to the extreme drought conditions and increasing risk of wildfire, Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) will be closing its California forestlands to public access. This closure begins Fri., July 1, and will remain in effect until further notice. “Despite some of the late spring rains, California is experiencing the driest conditions it […]
Jackson, CA…650 PG&E Customers Powerless in Jackson Area. Details are below… Outage Status Current Outage Status:Power is currently off Current As Of: June 26 | 8:57 AM PDT Get Notifications outage status PG&E IS ASSESSING THE CAUSE AT THE OUTAGE LOCATION. Hide Details PG&E is investigating the cause of your outage. Your address is on […]
Jackson, CA…Mr. Ryan Christopher Moody. 1990 – 2022. Ryan Christopher passed away in San Andreas, California on the evening of May 28th, 2022, at the age of 32. Respects can made at https://www.dieboldfuneral.com/. Funeral arrangements were trusted to San Andreas Memorial Chapel, 254 West St. Charles PO Box 328 San Andreas, CA 95249, (209) 754-3361.
South Lake Tahoe, CA…Caltrans is alerting motorists who will be traveling on U.S. Highway 50 between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe to traffic controls and a detour during pavement repair work near Echo Summit next month. Beginning Tuesday, June 7 at 6 a.m., passenger vehicles and pickup trucks will be detoured via Johnson Pass Road […]
Kirkwood, CA…Traffic & Fire Update….Structure Fire Near Hwy 88 & Caples Lake Resort Incident: 00024 Type: Report of Fire Location: SR88 / Twin Lakes Campsite Rd Loc Desc: JWO Lat/Lon: 38.703941 -120.052709 Detail Information 12:16 PM 4 [7] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from INFO-Information to FIRE-Report of Fire by CHP 12:14 PM 3 [6] 1039 CT, […]
Amador County, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform various operations next week on State Route 88. Work is scheduled to occur as follows: Route 88 • One-way traffic control from the passing lane to Silver Lake for guardrail work beginning Wednesday, June 1, through Thursday, June 2, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., […]
Jackson, CA…Mrs. Ernestine Cervantes November 2, 1926 ~ May 4, 2022 (age 95) Online condolences can be made at https://www.dieboldfuneral.com/. Funeral arrangements were trusted to Angels Memorial Chapel, 1071 S Main Street PO Box 944 Angels Camp, CA 95222, (209) 736-4552.
Mountain Ranch Road, CA… Mountain Ranch Lutheran Church is hosting a Huge Yard & Bake Sale for Ukraine in which 100% of sales will go towards donations of Food, Blankets, Water and Hygiene for Families of Ukraine. Hosted Saturday, May 28th at 9am-3pm on 8063 Washington St., in MRLC parking lot off Mountain Ranch Road. […]
Amador County, CA… This Friday, May 20, 2022, the COVID-19 vaccine clinic will be held during the health fair at First 5 Amador, located at 975 Broadway in Jackson, from 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Next week, The Health and Services Building (HHS) COVID-19 vaccine clinics will resume as scheduled on Tuesday mornings from 8:30 […]
Angels Camp, CA…The latest schedule of road repairs and maintenance that will affect your travels in our area and as you travel. Locally crews will be working on many of our roadways. Below is Caltrans plans for repairs and maintenance on local roads. It shows the route, county and location of the possible repairs. Weather […]
Martell, CA…You’re Invited! Glass Doctor of the Gold Country is hosting the Amador County Chamber of Commerce Mixer at their new 9,000 square foot location along with AirServ of the Gold Country and Jamba Juice on Wednesday, May 11th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The plans are in place to have one of the […]
Jackson, CA…Hospice of Amador and Calaveras has been named a 2022 Hospice Honors Elite recipient by HEALTHCAREfirst, a leading provider of billing and coding services, healthcare surveys, and advanced analytics. This prestigious annual review recognizes hospice agencies that continuously provide the highest level of quality care as measured from the caregiver’s point of view. It acknowledges the highest […]
Ione, CA…Robert Neil Bowles April 29, 1952 ~ April 21, 2022 (age 69) Funeral arrangements were trusted to San Andreas Memorial Chapel, 254 West St. Charles PO Box 328 San Andreas, CA 95249, (209) 754-3361.
Markleeville, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) opened State Route 89/Monitor Pass at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, after it was closed on Monday, April 11, 2022, due to a storm that hit the Sierra Nevada. Route 4/Ebbetts Pass and Route 108/Sonora Pass remain in a winter closure as crews continue to remove […]
Jackson, CA…Get your deerstalker cap on ~ the play’s afoot! Comedic genius, Ken Ludwig, transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic, The Hound of the Baskervilles, into a murderously funny adventure! Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than forty […]
Arnold, CA…This highway information is the latest reported by Caltrans as of Friday, April 22nd, 2022 at 07:16 AM. SR 4 [IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA] IS CLOSED FROM 0.5 MI EAST OF THE JCT OF SR 207 /MT REBA TURNOFF/ TO 7.2 MI WEST OF THE JCT OF SR 89 /EBBETTS PASS/ (ALPINE CO) […]
Jackson, CA…On Thursday April 21, 2022, the Jackson Police Department took several vandalism reports of broken windows at three locations on Main Street, the Amador County Library, and the Jackson Laundromat. Video surveillance obtained at the library depicted a male subject, wearing a distinctly colored jacket or hoodie and white shoes, throwing a wooden barricade […]
Angels Camp, CA…The latest schedule of road repairs and maintenance that will affect your travels in our area and as you travel. Locally crews will be working on many of our roadways. Below is Caltrans plans for repairs and maintenance on local roads. It shows the route, county and location of the possible repairs. Weather […]
