Yosemite National Park Remains Closed Due Significant Smoke Impacts and Hazardous Air Quality

Yosemite National Park Remains Closed Due Significant Smoke Impacts and Hazardous Air Quality

Yosemite, CA…Yosemite National Park announces that the park will close to all visitors and vehicular access due to significant smoke impacts and hazardous air quality throughout the park. All park entrance stations and roads will close beginning at 5:00 pm tonight, Thursday, September 17, 2020. With air quality projected to be in the unhealthy to […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Roundup for September 17, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Roundup for September 17, 2020

Washington, DC…The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today continued to take action in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA approved an abbreviated new drug application for propofol injectable emulsion USP 200 mg/20 mL, 500 mg/50 mL, and 1,000 mg/100 mL, for Single Patient Use Only. Propofol injectable emulsion 10mg/mL is an intravenous […]

Free Drive-Thru Rabies Vaccinations on September 19th

Free Drive-Thru Rabies Vaccinations on September 19th

Angels Camp, CA…The Friends of Calaveras Animal Services (FOCAS), Dr. Ginnie Ringuette, DVM, Calaveras County Animal Services, Spence Ranch Feed & Supply, FREE DRIVE-THRU RABIES VACCINATIONS Saturday-September 19, 2020 9:00am to 12:00pm, Spence Ranch Feed & Supply, 1291 CA-49 Angles Camp, CA 95222. Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus. We live in […]

San Andreas Rotary’s Drive Thru Rib Dinner is September 19th

San Andreas Rotary’s Drive Thru Rib Dinner is September 19th

San Andreas, CA…Come join us on September 19th for a homestyle drive thru cook out at the Treats parking lot. Each meal comes with 3 – 4 mouthwatering delicious BBQ pork ribs, a corn on the cob, bourbon & bacon baked beans and, homemade cornbread. There will be live music while you wait in your […]

The Beloved Annual “Celebrate Life” Art Auction is going VIRTUAL

The Beloved Annual “Celebrate Life” Art Auction is going VIRTUAL

Jackson, CA…The show must go on for the 21st Annual Hospice of Amador & Calaveras “Celebrate Life” Art Auction,and it willꟷVIRTUALLYꟷon Friday, September 18 on Facebook live.  This year’s event promises the same excitement as in years’ past, with a live art auction, a raffle-style drawing for valuable prizes, and the ever-popular final event of […]

Mark Twain Medical Center Names Dr. Pardeep Athwal as New Chief Medical Officer

Mark Twain Medical Center Names Dr. Pardeep Athwal as New Chief Medical Officer

San Andreas, CA…Pardeep Athwal, MD, MBA began serving as Dignity Health Mark Twain Medical Centers Chief Medical Officer (CMO) on September 14th. Dr. Athwal received his Doctor of Medicine at the St. George’s University School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine Internship at the University Hospital of Brooklyn followed by his Diagnostic Radiology residency […]

Bear Valley Plans Opening Thanksgiving Weekend & Mattly’s Updates Commence for the 2020-21 Season

Bear Valley Plans Opening Thanksgiving Weekend & Mattly’s Updates Commence for the 2020-21 Season

Bear Valley, CA…Winter is quickly approaching, and we’re excited to see you back on the mountain! We all know this winter will be a bit different, and our team is working to plan for a safe and successful season. We plan to open over thanksgiving like normal and as always, weather dependent. Over the coming […]

Your Experienced Behavior Health Staff Awaits at Mark Twain Medical Center

Your Experienced Behavior Health Staff Awaits at Mark Twain Medical Center

San Andreas, CA…We believe in understanding and caring for the whole person. Our experienced staff is committed to providing compassionate and quality care, in an atmosphere enabling communication, trust, and personal growth to residents in our rural communities. Diana Peck, LCSW, Therapist James Dalton Medical Office 590 Stanislaus Ave., Angels Camp Karen Karam, LCSW, Therapist […]

Bret Harte Junior/Senior Post Secondary Virtual Planning Night is October 5th

Bret Harte Junior/Senior Post Secondary Virtual Planning Night is October 5th

Angels Camp, CA…Bret Harte High School would like all junior and seniors and their parents to attend a live virtual post-secondary planning night on October 5, 2020 at 6 pm. Guest speakers from the University of California, the California State University, California Community Colleges, Western Undergraduate Exchange Program, Private Colleges of California, Mother Lode Educational […]

Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) Foundation Volunteers Award $1500 in Adult Scholarship to area local Nursing Student

Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) Foundation Volunteers Award $1500 in Adult Scholarship to area local Nursing Student

San Andreas, CA…The MTMC Foundation Volunteers have awarded Calaveras resident and Nursing student Hayley Litzenberg $1500 to continue her education towards completing Nursing School. “On behalf of the MTMC Hospital Foundation Volunteers, it was our honor to present Hailey with the 2020 Adult Scholarship on August 13, 2020,” commented Scholarship committee chair and Volunteer Sandy […]

A Bit of Wisdom on Political Parties from George Washington

A Bit of Wisdom on Political Parties from George Washington

“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men (and women) will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the […]

Calaveras Public Health Reports 3 deaths and 7 New Cases of COVID-19 in Calaveras County

Calaveras Public Health Reports 3 deaths and 7 New Cases of COVID-19 in Calaveras County

San Andreas, CA…On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, Calaveras Public Health confirmed 3 new deaths and 7 new cases of COVID-19 in Calaveras County. The latest fatalities include 1 female and 2 males all over the age of 65. All 3 deaths stem from the outbreak among residents of Avalon Health Care San Andreas. All individuals […]

A Joint Air Quality Advisory Issued by Calaveras County Public Health & Air Pollution Control District

A Joint Air Quality Advisory Issued by Calaveras County Public Health & Air Pollution Control District

San Andreas, Calif. — The Calaveras County Health Officer and Calaveras County Air Pollution Control District are issuing a joint air quality advisory to notify the public of the potential for poor air quality conditions due to drift smoke from the various fires around the State. There are currently no fires burning in Calaveras County. […]

Search and Rescue Conducts Swift Water Training

Search and Rescue Conducts Swift Water Training

San Andreas, CA…On September 12th, 2020, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Search and Rescue (SAR) Team conducted their annual swift water rescue training. The training was held on the North Fork of the Stanislaus River. The team trained on a variety of skills including defensive swimming, throw bag rescue, accessing and treating victims in […]

Frozen 11 at Frogtown Drive-in Sunday September 27

Frozen 11 at Frogtown Drive-in Sunday September 27

Angels Camp, CA…Frozen 11 Showing at the Frogtown Drive-in! A special thank you to our event sponsor, Dignity Health Mark Twain Medical Center and our event organizer the Calaveras Film Commission $25 parking fee or $20 in advance. 209.736.2561. Limit 80 cars, We will have a food concession or you can bring your own. Get […]

Stevenot Winery Now Open for Wine Tastings, Reservations Recommended

Stevenot Winery Now Open for Wine Tastings, Reservations Recommended

Vallecito, CA…Stevenot Winery is now open for wine tastings with safety precautions in place. Reservations recommended with limited availability of walk-in tastings as well. Social distance, wear your face coverings, enjoy a beautiful winery setting and great wines today. On January 16, 2019 the Oliveto Family purchased the former location of Irish Vineyards in Vallecito, […]

A Bit of Wisdom on the American Melting Pot from Ronald Reagan

A Bit of Wisdom on the American Melting Pot from Ronald Reagan

Washington, DC…”I believe that Americans in 1980 are every bit as committed to that vision of a shining “city on a hill,” as were those long ago settlers … These visitors to that city on the Potomac do not come as white or black, red or yellow; they are not Jews or Christians; conservatives or […]

The Countdown Begins for the 2020 – 2021 Bear Valley Season

The Countdown Begins for the 2020 – 2021 Bear Valley Season

Bear Valley, CA…We know it has been a long Summer and more than ever we are all anticipating winter. We are working to ensure Bear Valley Resort will be open during the 20/21 season. We plan to open over thanksgiving weekend like normal and as always, weather dependent. Over the oncoming weeks and months, we […]

The Presentation of the Congressional Medal of Honor for Sergeant Major Thomas Payne, U.S. Army

The Presentation of the Congressional Medal of Honor for Sergeant Major Thomas Payne, U.S. Army

Washington, DC…THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Chaplain Winton. Really, a beautiful job. And thank you for your service. Please. Thank you. Today, it’s my privilege to present the Congressional Medal of Honor to a warrior who has devoted the last two decades to fighting the forces of terror. Please join me in welcoming today’s […]

Simone is Your Calaveras Pet of the Week

Simone is Your Calaveras Pet of the Week

San Andreas, CA…Meet Simone – a lovely, medium-haired gray tabby approximately six years young. Like Billy whom you met last week, Simone is one of five abandoned cats that a kindly woman was feeding. However, this woman is now moving to an assisted living facility and her friends brought the cats to the shelter. Exceptionally […]

St. Patrick’s Helping Hands Thanks Calaveras County Foundation

St. Patrick’s Helping Hands Thanks Calaveras County Foundation

Angels Camp, CA…St. Patrick’s Helping Hands would like to thank the Calaveras County Foundation for the $1800 donation to our Food Pantry. This grant was used to help purchase food to help the many residents of Calaveras County who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Patrick’s Helping Hands is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation […]