Out of the Weather Rally Will Be December 3rd.

Out of the Weather Rally Will Be December 3rd.

Mountain Ranch, CA…This Thursday, December 3, 2015 and Friday December 4, 2015 Mountain Ranch Community Relief Efforts will be hosting our first of many “Out of the Weather Rally(s)” from 6pm to 7am, overnighto bring their own crates. Some crates will be on hand for those in need.c and access to communication. Future Rally(s) will […]

The Zuckerbergs Pen Letter To Their Newborn Daughter

The Zuckerbergs Pen Letter To Their Newborn Daughter

Palo Alto, CA…Mark and Priscilla Zuckerberg are now Mom & Dad and have welcomed their daughter into the world with a letter. “Dear Max, Your mother and I don’t yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future. Your new life is full of promise, and we hope you will […]

DOJ & DOT issue Joint ADA Technical Assistance on Requirements To Provide Curb Ramps

DOJ & DOT issue Joint ADA Technical Assistance on Requirements To Provide Curb Ramps

Washington DC Today, the U.S. Department  of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (DOT) issued joint technical assistance, entitled “Questions and Answers: Supplement to the 2013 DOJ/DOT Joint Technical Assistance on the Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act Requirements To Provide Curb Ramps when Streets, […]

Avery Christmas Tree Leads The Way

Avery Christmas Tree Leads The Way

Avery, CA…The Annual Avery Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony was held on the night after Thanksgiving and featured seemingly the entire population of one of our local hamlets. The Christmas Tree Committee put together another great event with Santa, cookies, baked goods, coffee & cocoa. The Saul’s were honored as local residents and then the countdown […]

The Amelia McKeen Memorial Library Dedication

The Amelia McKeen Memorial Library Dedication

Avery, CA…On Friday, November 13th The Amelia McKeen Memorial Library was dedicated and unveiled. Ms. McKeen lost a heroic battle with cancer a few weeks before the end of last school year. She instilled in her students the thrill of learning, joy in the quest for knowledge, love of reading and the example of putting […]

Out Of The Weather Rally Butte Fire Survivors Dec 3rd and 4th ~ Letter To Editor By Charles Dudley Jr.

Out Of The Weather Rally Butte Fire Survivors Dec 3rd and 4th ~ Letter To Editor By Charles Dudley Jr.

Mountain Ranch Ca. Out of ashes and the cold comes forth a group of Private Citizens working under the banner of “Mountain Ranch Community Relief Efforts” bringing together concerned Butte Fire Volunteers and the Victims themselves to open a tiny Over Night Weather Shelter in the Mountain Ranch Town Hall for the sole purpose of giving any Butte Fire […]

Bear Valley’s 2015-2016 Season Kicks Off This Weekend With Winterfest

Bear Valley’s 2015-2016 Season Kicks Off This Weekend With Winterfest

Bear Valley, CA….Bear Valley Cross Country started their 2015/16 season off with 17 trails that opened today. Tomorrow Bear Valley Mountain will have wheels turning for the public starting at 9am. So head on up and get the season started off. Tonight is Movie Night at 7pm in the Cathedral Lounge – Backcountry Film Festival […]

Emergency Temporary Shelter Opens And Closes In Mountain Ranch For Butte Fire Victims – Updated

Emergency Temporary Shelter Opens And Closes In Mountain Ranch For Butte Fire Victims – Updated

Mountain Ranch Ca Shelter Update 4:30am 11/25/2015 After 5 hours only of being opened the Red Cross has decided to close this shelter. The initial planning was faulty from the beginning. Once this storm front was known to come in the Red Cross should have had plans in place working with the Calaveras County OES […]

Want To Remember New Names? Sleep On It

Want To Remember New Names? Sleep On It

Boston, MA…A new study by investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) offers an additional reason to get a good night’s sleep. In a closely controlled study of fourteen participants, researchers found that they were significantly better at remembering faces and names if they were given an opportunity to sleep for up to eight hours […]

EPHA to Honor Bear Valley Ski Patrol, Peter Hayes and the NDF at Annual Event in December

EPHA to Honor Bear Valley Ski Patrol, Peter Hayes and the NDF at Annual Event in December

Bear Valley, CA…The Ebbetts Pass Historical Association (EPHA) has announced plans for their annual presentation, WinterSports History Night, scheduled on December 12, 2015. This year’s program will feature retrospectives on the Nickolay Dodov Foundation, former Bear Valley professional ski patroller and photographer Peter Hayes and the Bear Valley Chapter of the National Ski Patrol System.. […]

Sierra Photo & Framing In Arnold Is Ready To Serve & Expand Under New Ownership

Sierra Photo & Framing In Arnold Is Ready To Serve & Expand Under New Ownership

Arnold, CA…It is with great excitement to announce as of November 1, 2015, Sierra Photo & Framing in Arnold will continue their business under new ownership. Ron and Sonja Cooper will succeed the thirty years of business that Steve and Judy Mayo have provided in the area. Without their consistent enthusiasm for the business and […]

Wildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition Projects

Wildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition Projects

Sacramento Ca At its Nov. 19 quarterly meeting, the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) approved approximately $11.5 million in grants to help restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout California. Some of the 12 funded projects will benefit fish and wildlife – including some endangered species – while others will provide the public with access […]

Community: The Following Release is from the Angels Camp PD K-9 Association

Community: The Following Release is from the Angels Camp PD K-9 Association

Angels Camp Ca PRESS RELEASE Nov 19, 2015 The Following Release is from the Angels Camp PD K-9 Association SUBJECT: Angels Camp PD K-9 Association Press Release CONTACT: Todd Fordahl, Tel. (209)352-7078 /toddfordahl@yahoo.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Angels Camp Police Department K-9 Association is requesting some assistance from the community, to replace a valued member […]

Disaster Relief Fund Spurs Widespread Cooperation

Disaster Relief Fund Spurs Widespread Cooperation

Angels Camp, CA…A $100,000 donation from the Amador Community Foundation (ACF) to the Calaveras Community Foundation’s (CCF’s) Disaster Relief Fund is a prime example of how the response to the devastation of the Butte Fire has fostered increased cooperation between the diverse organizations of the Motherlode. “We are very gratified, and frankly a little surprised, […]

Join The Bear Valley Crew This Winter!

Join The Bear Valley Crew This Winter!

Bear Valley, CA….Bear Valley Mountain is hiring for the 2015/16 season. For this year they have even extended the employee shuttle down to Murphys. Join the BV Crew today!! Bear Valley Mountain and Lodge/Village offer a variety of fun and challenging positions in a spectacular and unique mountain environment. Refreshingly different and relaxing, you feel […]

Statewide Ban on Bobcat Trapping to Take Effect Friday

Statewide Ban on Bobcat Trapping to Take Effect Friday

Sacramento Ca The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reminds bobcat trappers that beginning Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, recreational and commercial bobcat trapping will no longer be allowed in California. At a meeting in Fortuna, Calif. on Aug. 5, 2015, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted regulations to ban bobcat trapping statewide. On […]

Veteran’s Memorial In Murphys Hosted Another Great Tribute To Those Who Have Served

Veteran’s Memorial In Murphys Hosted Another Great Tribute To Those Who Have Served

Murphys, CA…The Beautiful Veteran’s Memorial was filled with Veterans and community members honoring and thanking them for their service. It was another great community event. The Ebbetts Pass Veterans Memorial District and community members including the Kautz Family have made this memorial one of the best in the entire region. We have full video and […]

Central Sierra AMA Benefit Premier Of Warren Miller’s Chasing Shadows Is Nov. 21st In Angels Camp

Central Sierra AMA Benefit Premier Of Warren Miller’s Chasing Shadows Is Nov. 21st In Angels Camp

Angels Camp- On Saturday, November 21, AMA Snowsports brings the the 66th edition of the annual Warren Miller winter sports film back to Angels Camp. This year’s installment of the iconic winter sports film series, Chasing Shadows celebrates why skiers and snowboarders commit themselves every winter to a passion that’s guaranteed to melt away every […]

Tickets on Sale Now for Popular Holiday Production of “The Nutcracker”

Tickets on Sale Now for Popular Holiday Production of “The Nutcracker”

Angels Camp, CA…Tickets are now available for Studio 4 Dance Theater’s popular holiday production of The Nutcracker ballet, December 17-19, 2015 at the Bret Harte Theater in Angels Camp. Tickets can be purchased at www.studio4dancetheater.com or by calling 1-800-595-4849. Advance purchase allows Nutcracker fans to secure their favorite seats and guarantees they won’t be disappointed […]