Placerville, CA..The Eldorado National Forest welcomes back Jeff Marsolais, who will begin serving as the Eldorado’s new forest supervisor on June 22. For the past 5 years, Jeff has been the forest supervisor on the neighboring Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), where he has served in several positions since 2010. Jeff worked on the […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring a statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and signed an executive order to ensure that Californians can exercise their right to vote in a safe, secure and accessible manner during the upcoming election. “We are committed to protecting the hard-fought right for Californians to […]
London, UK…There is something wonderful about the fact that a small island in the Pearl River Delta rose to become a great trading city and commercial powerhouse of East Asia. Wonderful, but not accidental or fortuitous.Hong Kong succeeds because its people are free. They can pursue their dreams and scale as many heights as their […]
San Andreas, CA…Calaveras County is continuing its efforts to mitigate hazards associated with dead and dying trees located along County roads or affecting County infrastructure. Projects that have been recently completed include the removal of 564 trees on Bureau of Land Management parcels adjoining County roads throughout the County, 263 trees in the Highway 4 […]
Amador County, CA…Amador County Public Health in collaboration with the Emergency Operations Center is opening one drive-through community-based testing site at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Parish later this week to expand COVID-19 testing for our community. Amador’s drive-through testing site will be open to pre-scheduled appointments starting June 4, 2020. Beginning, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, […]
Angels Camp CA..(Frogtown, USA)..OptumServe, a health services partner with the State of California, is now accepting walk-ins at the local COVID-19 testing site located at the Calaveras Fairgrounds outside of Angels Camp. This is in large part to expanded efforts to bring COVID-19 testing to the county. “Testing gives us an idea of how many […]
Washington, DC…Thank you very much. My fellow Americans: My first and highest duty as President is to defend our great country and the American people. I swore an oath to uphold the laws of our nation, and that is exactly what I will do. All Americans were rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death […]
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Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom provided an update on demonstrations across the state and the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sonora, CA…From the Sonora Police Dept…”The Sonora Police Department is aware of the planned demonstrations for Wednesday in downtown Sonora. We have an incredibly supportive community that shares a respect for one another, so we are anticipating a peaceful event. We fully support the freedom of speech that is constitutionally protected under the 1st Amendment, […]
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 […]
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Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement today on the demonstrations across California: “Over the last few days, we have seen millions of people lift their voices in anger, rightfully outraged at how systemic racism is allowed to persist. Every single day, people of color are disadvantaged and discriminated against. Black and Latino men […]
Washington, DC…Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Thank you. I’m here today to talk about our relationship with China and several new measures to protect American security and prosperity. China’s pattern of misconduct is well known. For decades, they have ripped off the United States like no one has ever done before. Hundreds of billions […]
Sonora, CA…The Stanislaus National Forest announced that most developed recreation sites will remain closed through June 15, 2020. The local forest order STF-16-2020-07 is scheduled to expire May 31. The new forest order, STF-16-2020-09, is effective from June 1, 2020 through June 15. A copy of the forest order will be posted on the Stanislaus […]
Sonora, CA…The Stanislaus National Forest issued Forest Order STF-16-2020-08, which enacts campfire restrictions to protect natural resources, to provide for public and employee safety and community protection. Restrictions are effective immediately and are in effect until further notice. Igniting, building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire is prohibited on the Stanislaus […]
Cape Canaveral, FL…All Systems Go, Including Weather 40 Minutes Ahead of Manned Launch to Space Station. On Wednesday they made it down to 16 minutes before abort.
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order extending authorization for local governments to halt evictions for renters impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, through July 28. The order also addresses a variety of issues in response to the pandemic, by extending the waiver permitting the Department of Motor Vehicles to allow for mail-in renewals of […]
Washington, DC…The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is engaged in a wide‑ranging and heavily resourced campaign to acquire sensitive United States technologies and intellectual property, in part to bolster the modernization and capability of its military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The PRC’s acquisition of sensitive United States technologies and intellectual property to modernize its […]
Angels Camp, CA…THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20, ISSUED BY CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ON MARCH 17, 2020, THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT (CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54950, ET SEQ.), AND THE FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE PHYSICALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ALL MEMBERS OF […]
Sacramento, CA…Today, the Education Coalition, comprised of the nine statewide K-12 education associations that work closely to advocate for the six million students in California’s public schools and colleges, urged California’s lawmakers to adopt a funding solution to the COVID-19-related budget crisis in the June budget. The group said that without adequate funding, schools cannot […]
Washington, DC…By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Free speech is the bedrock of American democracy. Our Founding Fathers protected this sacred right with the First Amendment to the Constitution. The freedom to […]
Washington, DC…The COVID-19 virus continues to impact the number of initial claims and insured unemployment. This report includes information on claimants filing Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation claims. In the week ending May 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 2,123,000, a decrease of 323,000 from the previous week’s […]
San Andreas, CA…On Monday May 25, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued guidance to places of worship and providers of religious services and cultural ceremonies on how they can safely reopen during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While the guidance itself does not obligate places of worship to resume in-person services, it is strongly recommended that they […]
Dorrington, CA…The County of Calaveras Department of Public Works has received many calls from residents and business owners in recent months inquiring about leaving vegetation debris from private property in the County right of way for disposal. While Public Works empathizes with local residents attempting to clean up their private properties, removing vegetation debris from […]
Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading a multistate coalition, today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s disastrous final rule rolling back the nation’s Clean Car Standards. The Clean Car Standards require appropriate and feasible improvements in fuel economy and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and light trucks. Since their introduction in 2010, […]
Angels Camp, CA…The Calaveras County Fairgrounds is partnering with Calaveras and Tuolumne County. As part of efforts to expand COVID-19 testing throughout the State, a testing site serving people from Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties to be open effective Friday, May 29. The testing site will open at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds located just outside historic […]
Sacramento, CA…CA’s hospitalization rates continue to be stable & testing capacity continues to increase. Because of this, CA will take more steps toward the new normal. Approved counties can open modified hair salons & barber shops. http://covid19.ca.gov/
Sacramento, CA…Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is hosting a webinar for customers in Amador, Calaveras, and El Dorado counties to share information about its plans to prevent wildfires and reduce the impacts of Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events on customers and communities. Topics covered during the webinar will include improvements PG&E is implementing […]
Sacramento, CA….The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin to drop off 2020 Census questionnaire packets at front doors of nearly 150,000 households in Northern California that do not have regular mailing addresses, such as in rural areas or households that use post office boxes. That delivery is called the “Update […]
