San Andreas Fire Protection District Honors firefighters! Honors Presented During a Dinner on Dec. 9

San Andreas Fire Protection District Honors firefighters!   Honors Presented During a Dinner on Dec. 9

San Andreas Fire Protection District on Saturday honored district personnel for their service. The top awards of the night went to two seasoned captains who hold down full time jobs outside the fire service yet still somehow find the time to respond dozens of times a year – sometimes dozens of times a month – […]

Mokelumne Hill Holiday Open House & Artist Reception at Petroglyphe Gallery

Mokelumne Hill Holiday Open House & Artist Reception at Petroglyphe Gallery

Mokelumne Hill, CA…Discover small town holiday cheer at Mokelumne Hill’s Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 10, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. This quaint, historic, gold rush town comes to life with special activities for the entire family.  Have a photo taken with Santa at the Historic Hotel Leger and enjoy a Horse Drawn Hay Ride […]

California Farm Bureau Elects New President, Vice Presidents..Including Sonora Native

California Farm Bureau Elects New President, Vice Presidents..Including Sonora Native

Garden Grove, CA…An olive and citrus fruit grower from Oroville, Jamie Johansson, has been elected the new president of the California Farm Bureau Federation. The election of Johansson and of vice presidents Shannon Douglass of Orland and Shaun Crook of Sonora highlighted the final day of the 99th CFBF Annual Meeting in Garden Grove. Johansson […]

Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives to Combine to Form New Catholic Health System Focused on Creating Healthier Communities

Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives to Combine to Form New Catholic Health System Focused on Creating Healthier Communities

Englewood, CO & San Francisco, CA…Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health have signed a definitive agreement to combine ministries and create a new, nonprofit Catholic health system. The combination brings together two leading health systems, allowing the organizations to expand their mission of service and create a healthier future for people and communities across […]

Resort Services Open This Weekend at Bear Valley, No Trails Yet

Resort Services Open This Weekend at Bear Valley, No Trails Yet

Bear Valley, CA…While snow making is under way at Bear Valley Mountain, our operations team has evaluated the current natural snow base, along with weather outlook for the next 7 days and determined that we will not have the snow conditions required to be able to turn lifts or open trails this coming Saturday and […]

Broll Mountain Vineyards Takes Center Stage With New Tasting Room in Murphys

Broll Mountain Vineyards Takes Center Stage With New Tasting Room in Murphys

Murphys, CA..The new, beautiful & elegant tasting room for Broll Mountain Vineyards in now open in the heart of Murphys’ tasting room row. Stop by and visit their new showcase for their wines. Broll Mountain Vineyards was born from a dream of producing the best wine in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, Betty and Bill Broll […]

Symphony of the Sierra to Perform at Columbia College on December 17th

Symphony of the Sierra to Perform at Columbia College on December 17th

Columbia, CA…Columbia College will present its winter concert “Symphony of the Sierra” at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 17th in the Dogwood Theatre. The wide-ranging repertoire promises to be a performance well worth hearing. According to orchestra conductor, Mic Harper, “The repertoire provides an eclectic exploration of works from the late 1890’s to 2014. Concert […]

Happy Holidays & Twelve Days of Great Deals From Greenhorn Creek.

Happy Holidays & Twelve Days of Great Deals From Greenhorn Creek.

Angels Camp, CA…Happy Holidays from Greenhorn Creek. Just a reminder, we are situated just below the snow level and just above the fog. You can golf all year around, and we have great deals for the holiday to keep you golfing. This weeks holiday specials from Greenhorn Creek: December 7th – County Day (Calaveras, Tuolumne, […]

Celebration of Mountain Ranch Town Tree & Christmas Parade is December 9th at Noon

Celebration of Mountain Ranch Town Tree & Christmas Parade is December 9th at Noon

Mountain Ranch, CA…The Tradition of Mountain Ranch Town Christmas. The tree was erected on November 26th by the faithful elves of Mountain Ranch, Jerry, Mel, Pete, Phil, Joe and others. Decorations were installed by local Ladies who volunteer every year. As best we can determine this is the 140th year of our town tree. This […]

Get Your Home Organized for the Holidays With Laurie’s Home Organizing 209.728.4700

Get Your Home Organized for the Holidays With Laurie’s Home Organizing  209.728.4700

Murphys, CA…Laurie’s Home Organizing can ring more order & new beauty to your surroundings. Existing furnishings skillfully & artfully put together to increase the charm and function of living spaces. As your professional organizer I find joy in helping manage the “stuff of life” –whatever it may be. Creative, neat, orderly, fast, easy to work […]

Deputy Sheriffs Association Presented Honors to Employees & Volunteers

Deputy Sheriffs Association Presented Honors to Employees & Volunteers

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Deputy Sheriffs Association celebrated their annual holiday gathering and award ceremony Saturday evening at Ironstone Vineyards. Captain Macedo presented volunteers, staff and deputies with acknowledgements and awards with a short description of each. Pictured L to R – Sheriff Rick DiBasilio, Sheriff Volunteer Rudy Silberbauer, Deputy Nicole Riviera-Alveraz, Captain Jim […]

Now Open …The Rhone Room at Lavender Ridge

Now Open …The Rhone Room at Lavender Ridge

Murphys, CA…Enjoy extraordinary library wines with artisan cheese plates for two. Sit-down flight style tasting of the best selections from the Lavender Ridge Cellar. Through the big iron door in the back. Reservations recommended. Large Party Reservations Parties of 7 or more, must make reservations for Saturday tasting in advance. Reservations are secured with an […]

Mountain Melody Presents: “Winter Magic” Today in Mokelumne Hill

Mountain Melody Presents: “Winter Magic” Today in Mokelumne Hill

Mokelumne Hill, CA…Mountain Melody Women’s Chorus once again brings their signature vocal sound to an uplifting set of songs guaranteed to create “Winter Magic.” Many old favorites such as “The Winter Waltz” and “Winter Wonderland of Snow” will take you back in time for an old fashioned family Christmas. “Winter’s Waking” and “My Soul is […]

Say Happy Holidays with These Great Wine Specials From Black Sheep Winery

Say Happy Holidays with These Great Wine Specials From Black Sheep Winery

Murphys, CA…Black Sheep Winery arrived in Murphys with the 1984 harvest. From that first harvest we produced our 1984 Amador Zinfandel. The wine was styled in a big, bold way like nobody else could do. That’s what makes us Black Sheep; we’re different from the rest of the flock. We feature small batches of limited […]

Division of Boating and Waterways Now Accepting California Boater Card Applications

Division of Boating and Waterways Now Accepting California Boater Card Applications

Sacramento, CA…California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) is now accepting applications for the California Boater Card. The card verifies that its holder has successfully taken and passed an approved boater safety education course. Once issued, the California Boater Card remains valid for an operator’s lifetime. On Sept. 18, 2014, Governor Edmund G. […]

Dr. Smart’s Presentation from Independence Hall on November 30th

Dr. Smart’s Presentation from Independence Hall on November 30th

Arnold, CA…On Thursday, November 30, Dr. Randall Smart, Executive Director of the Mark Twain Health Care District addressed residents of Ebbetts Pass on the state of health care in Calaveras County. Dignity Health’s current contract with the district expires in 2019. The health care district will decide between three options which include remaining with Dignity […]

Primary Care is Dream Come True for Family Nurse Practitioner Guadalupe Robles

Primary Care is Dream Come True for Family Nurse Practitioner Guadalupe Robles

San Andreas, CA…Guadalupe “Lupe” Robles has a unique perspective on her role as a Family Nurse Practitioner. “I think of every patient as a puzzle. We look for the right pieces to solve what is wrong with the puzzle.” Guadalupe has recently joined the staff at the San Andreas Family Medical Center after two years […]

Murphys Open House, December 1, 2017, 5-8 pm Presented by the Murphys Business Association

Murphys Open House, December 1, 2017, 5-8 pm Presented by the Murphys Business Association

Murphys, CA…Every year on the first Friday in December, Murphys celebrates the start of the holiday season with a community Open House from 5 to 8 pm on Historic Main Street. Admission is free, the streets are closed to traffic and we are ready to celebrate the winter holidays. Chestnuts will be roasting, carolers will […]

Be Ready for Winter & Thank You for Shopping Locally at SNAC!

Be Ready for Winter & Thank You for Shopping Locally at SNAC!

Arnold, Murphys & Sonora, CA…Ever since we opened our first store in Downtown Sonora, our goal has been the same. To provide our customers with high quality, innovative outdoor products, priced so you can spend more time using your gear than paying for it. At SNAC, you’ll find affordable clothing and gear to outfit yourself […]

Celebration of Life for Sarah & Ariana Will Be on December 9th at 1pm.

Celebration of Life for Sarah & Ariana Will Be on December 9th at 1pm.

Angels Camp, CA…Celebration of Life for Sarah and Ariana to be held at Utica Park in Angels Camp on December the 9th at 1:00 PM. Sarah Rohde was described by loved ones as intelligent, funny, a dreamer with a sunny disposition and could make light and joy out of any situation, but most importantly Sarah […]