Hey Good People!!! Head Up To Bear Valley For “Pure Mountain Fun” ~Bear Valley Update By Mattly Trent

Hey Good People!!!  Head Up To Bear Valley For “Pure Mountain Fun” ~Bear Valley Update By Mattly Trent

Bear Valley, CA…Hey Good People!!!! Happy Holidays! Snowing lightly currently at 5am and winds are out of the SSE from 9-14mph. 1-2″ is expected today then by tonight the system should push it’s way East and clearing skies will be the thing after midnight. Cold air associated with this system will bring the night time […]

Great Winter Break Weather Week Ahead

Great Winter Break Weather Week Ahead

Bear Valley, CA…It looks to be perfect weather for the holiday vacation week for many. Today: Mostly cloudy. Numerous snow showers in the morning… Then scattered snow showers in the afternoon. Highs 21 to 36 higher elevations…33 to 39 lower elevations. Little or no snow accumulation lower elevations…up to 1 inch higher elevations. Light winds. […]

Murphys Open House 2015 Photos & Video

Murphys Open House 2015 Photos & Video

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 the town is ready to celebrate. A favorite of locals, the annual event is […]

Angels Camp Celebrates The Holidays In Style

Angels Camp Celebrates The Holidays In Style

Angels Camp, CA…The Angels Camp Business Association awarded first place to Blooms and Things Florist for exterior décor during its annual ACBA Holiday Decoration Contest. Bank of Stockton garnered second place for its interior decor, and Firefall Jewelers won third place for their window display. “We want to thank everyone that participated this year to […]

FORRFS Requested current needs 12/21/15

FORRFS Requested current needs 12/21/15

Railroad Flat Ca. The Friends of Rail Road Flat School Butte Fire Relief Efforts a 501c3 that is working directly with the Butte Fire Victims through their Donation Center and their Mobile Donation Van in working hard 7 days a week to help in any way they can the Butte Fire Victims who are still […]

Another First Hand Account Of The Butte Fire Reality 12 19 2015

Another First Hand Account Of The Butte Fire Reality 12 19 2015

Mountain Ranch Ca Re-posted with permission from Terry Miner of the The Friends of Rail Road Flat School Butte Fire Relief Efforts a 501c3. Via Facebook group Mountain Ranch Needs and Volunteers https://www.facebook.com/groups/518745204942169/permalink/546782125471810/ This is the #ButteFireReality Terry can be reached at –  terryrockzz@yahoo.com Terry Miner I’ve had a very busy couple of days and […]

Calaveras Recovers Update 12 18 2015

Calaveras Recovers Update 12 18 2015

San Andreas Ca At the beginning of the new year, plans are underway for a unified effort in three counties to help Butte Fire survivors. Three Motherlode Community Foundations have come forward to express their commitment to that long-term recovery. Each will be assisting in accordance with the mission of their own Foundation, and will […]

Yosemite Gold Country Featured in National Geographic Campaign, Reaching Millions. Video Update With Lisa Mayo

Yosemite Gold Country Featured in National Geographic Campaign, Reaching Millions. Video Update With Lisa Mayo

Sonora, CA…The Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau worked with National Geographic’s Digital Nomad, Robert Reid, on a feature of Yosemite Gold Country this autumn using Yosemite National Park’s milestone anniversary as a news peg. Robert Reid, an award-winning travel writer who is a member of National Geographic Travel’s Editorial Council as well as a contributing Digital […]

Inaugural “AnimalScapes” Exhibit to Open January 16 at Ironstone, Murphys

Inaugural “AnimalScapes” Exhibit to Open January 16 at Ironstone, Murphys

Murphys, CA…What happens when you ask some of the best artists in three counties to create work around a common theme? You get a major art exhibition that’s entirely provocative, different and new. Called “AnimalScapes of the Sierra Nevada Foothills,” the prodigious show brings together artists from 3 counties with over 50 original works of […]

Out Of The Weather Rally Christmas Day

Out Of The Weather Rally Christmas Day

Mountain Ranch Ca You are hereby invited to a very special #OutOfTheWeather rally being held on Christmas Day, December 25th 2015 from 7am – 6pm. This is being held in conjunction with our regularly scheduled #OutOfTheWeather Rally’s being held seven nights a week and Sunday days at the Mountain Ranch Community Hall, on Washington Street […]

Current Request List for the FORRFS Donation Truck as of 12/17/15

Current Request List for the FORRFS Donation Truck as of 12/17/15

Railroad Flat Ca. The Friends of Rail Road Flat School Butte Fire Relief Efforts a 501c3 that is working directly with the Butte Fire Victims through their Donation Center and their Mobile Donation Van in working hard 7 days a week to help in any way they can the Butte Fire Victims who are still […]

Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort Men’s Club Results for Wed., Dec. 9th & Save For The Holidays

Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort Men’s Club Results for Wed., Dec. 9th & Save For The Holidays

Angels Camp, CA…The Game: Cha, Cha, Cha (One Net Best Ball on Hole #1; Two on Hole #2; Three on Hole #3; repeat sequence through Hole #18. 1st Place: Charlie Creighton, Ken Helmbacher, Mark Weinheimer, Don Chaisson. 2nd Place (tie): Bill Cloud, Glen Croshaw, Ray Walker, Dave Gigliotti. 2nd Place (tie): Bob Heise, Chris Niehuis, […]

This Week at the Arnold CHS Thrift Store Adoption Center – PJ & PETUNIA!

This Week at the Arnold CHS Thrift Store Adoption Center  – PJ & PETUNIA!

Arnold, CA…Stop by Calaveras Humane Society’s Thrift Store Cat Adoption Center in Arnold, located in Meadowmont Center next to Big Trees Market, open Thurs. through Sat., 10 am–5 pm. PJ & PETUNIA and several other fabulous felines will be available to meet you in Arnold. We will also have kitties available at our Angels Camp […]

Butte Fire and Out of the Weather Rallys ~Letter To The Editor By Trisha Chalk

Butte Fire and Out of the Weather Rallys ~Letter To The Editor By Trisha Chalk

Mountain Ranch, CA…I say this with an ache in my heart though. This trip to the ‪#‎ButteFire‬ burn area was by far the most exhausting and emotional so far. Mountain Ranch, the tiny town that has become an island in a war zone known as a wildfire, had their Christmas parade yesterday and you could […]

Manzanita Arts Emporium Hosts FREE Holiday Storytelling With Cynthia Restivo Dec.19 at 2 pm

Manzanita Arts Emporium Hosts FREE Holiday Storytelling With Cynthia Restivo Dec.19 at 2 pm

Angels Camp, CA…Manzanita Arts Emporium is up and running and sooo beautiful. Come check it out with the entire family for this FREE Holiday Storytelling event with professional storytelling Cynthia Restivo. Her performances magically transform a room to a place of awesome fantasy. It’s a wonderful family experience and you can see all the new […]

Shaking Things Up: This Year’s Nutcracker Ballet Takes a Bold Turn

Shaking Things Up:  This Year’s Nutcracker Ballet Takes a Bold Turn

Angels Camp, CA…“Everyone thinks they are just coming to another Nutcracker, but this year is going to be really different,” said Michaela Jarnagin, who stars as Clara. “It’s different, but it’s fabulous!” “The Nutcracker” has become a local tradition in Calaveras County. The classic ballet will be presented December 17-19, 2015 at the Bret Harte […]

Butte Fire Recovery Meeting Murphys 12 12 2015

Butte Fire Recovery Meeting Murphys 12 12 2015

Murphys Ca Calaveras Recovers From The Butte Fire Sharing an event announcement for one of our local Calaveras Recovers team partners: This meeting event is open to the public and we especially invite volunteers, community leaders, and Directors of any recovery efforts for the Butte Fire to attend a meeting at First Congregational United Church […]

Two Mountain Lion Incidents In Angels Camp

Two Mountain Lion Incidents In Angels Camp

Angels Camp, CA…California Department of Fish and Wildlife has received two reports of mountain lion incidents in Angels Camp over the last month. The incidents involved three goats and a deer, no humans were harmed.   More than half of California is mountain lion habitat. Mountain lions generally exist wherever deer are found. They are solitary […]

Bear Valley Cross Country & Adventure Company Is Open Daily For Skiing, Sledding & More

Bear Valley Cross Country & Adventure Company Is Open Daily For Skiing, Sledding & More

Bear Valley, CA…12/11/15 – We received 16″ of new snow in the last 24 hours! We will have 17 meadow trails open and GROOMING WILL BE ONGOING DURING THE STORM CYCLE. The storm systems seem to be lining up and we will get more trails open as the new snow allows. Another WINTER STORM WATCH […]

Book Your Bear Valley Vacation Rental At Summer Pricing

Book Your Bear Valley Vacation Rental At Summer Pricing

Bear Valley, CA….Book a condo or cabin for this weekend and enjoy summer pricing until December 18, 2015. A stay with Bear Valley Vacation Rentals means the comforts of home with a professional touch. We offer unique, individually owned condos and cabins with the additional amenities and benefits only our friendly and knowledgeable vacation rental […]

Link to California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Keeping Safe in Mountain Lion Country

Link to California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Keeping Safe in Mountain Lion Country

Angels Camp Ca California Department of Fish and Wildlife has received two reports of mountain lion incidents in Angels Camp over the last month. The incidents involved three goats and a deer, no humans were harmed. More than half of California is mountain lion habitat. Mountain lions generally exist wherever deer are found. They are […]

This Week at the Arnold CHS Thrift Store Adoption Center – TROY!

This Week at the Arnold CHS Thrift Store Adoption Center  – TROY!

Arnold, CA…Stop by Calaveras Humane Society’s Thrift Store Cat Adoption Center in Arnold, located in Meadowmont Center next to Big Trees Market, open Thurs. through Sat., 10 am–5 pm. Troy and several other fabulous felines will be available to meet you in Arnold. We will also have kitties available at our Angels Camp Adoption Center, […]

Heavy Rain & High Elevation Snow Move In. Storm Warning In Effect Until Tomorrow Morning

Heavy Rain & High Elevation Snow Move In.  Storm Warning In Effect Until Tomorrow Morning

Arnold, CA….The latest storm system marks a return visit by El Nino. Today: Heavy rain at lower elevations…and heavy rain and heavy snow at higher elevations. Windy. Highs 32 to 46 higher elevations…43 to 49 lower elevations. Snow accumulation of 3 to 9 inches higher elevations. Snow level 7000 feet decreasing to 5500 feet in […]

Murphys to Markleeville – “The Schedule” – December 11 to December 19

Murphys to Markleeville – “The Schedule” – December 11 to December 19

Arnold, CA…“The Schedule” is published every Thursday by the Bear’s Lair and includes everything happening from Murphys to Markleeville.  For more detailed info visit The Schedule.  Please come by and pick one up or contact Bear’s Lair at info@epvc.org to have your event included in “The Schedule.”     The Schedule Murphys to Markleeville December 11 – December 19 […]

Butte Fire Victims Needs List 12 9 2015

Butte Fire Victims Needs List 12 9 2015

Railroad Flat Ca. The Friends of Rail Road Flat School Butte Fire Relief Efforts a 501c3 that is working directly with the Butte Fire Victims through their Donation Center and their Mobile Donation Van in working hard 7 days a week to help in any way they can the Butte Fire Victims who are still […]