2.5 Million Jobs Returned in May, Unemployment Drops to 13.3 Percent!

2.5 Million Jobs Returned in May, Unemployment Drops to 13.3 Percent!

Washington, DC…Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 2.5 million in May, and the unemployment rate declined to 13.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These improvements in the labor market reflected a limited resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed in March and April due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and […]

Caltrans District 10 Road Repair & Construction Schedule Through June 13th

Caltrans District 10 Road Repair & Construction Schedule Through June 13th

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 […]

New Forest Supervisor Arrives on the Eldorado National Forest June 22

New Forest Supervisor Arrives on the Eldorado National Forest June 22

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 […]

Governor Newsom Proclaims Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Governor Newsom Proclaims Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020

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 […]

Boris Johnson in Op-Ed Says the UK Will Admit Almost 3 Million from Hong Kong if China Implements “Security” Laws

Boris Johnson in Op-Ed Says the UK Will Admit Almost 3 Million from Hong Kong if China Implements “Security” Laws

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 […]

Tree Mortality Mitigation Program Update

Tree Mortality Mitigation Program Update

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 to Open COVID-19 Testing Site

Amador County to Open COVID-19 Testing Site

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, […]

Hop Over to Frogtown as COVID-19 Testing Site Now Offering Walk-Ins

Hop Over to Frogtown as COVID-19 Testing Site Now Offering Walk-Ins

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 […]

Statement by the President on Floyd Death, Protests & Riots

Statement by the President on Floyd Death, Protests & Riots

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 […]

Sonora Police Dept Welcomes & Ready for Peaceful Demonstrations on Wednesday

Sonora Police Dept Welcomes & Ready for Peaceful Demonstrations on Wednesday

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, […]

Caltrans District 10 Road Repair & Construction Schedule Through June 6th

Caltrans District 10 Road Repair & Construction Schedule Through June 6th

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 […]

Governor Newsom on Demonstrations Across California and the Passing of Federal Officer

Governor Newsom on Demonstrations Across California and the Passing of Federal Officer

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 […]

President Trump on Actions Against China

President Trump on Actions Against China

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 […]

Forest Service Extends Closure of Most Developed Recreation Sites on Stanislaus National Forest Through June 15

Forest Service Extends Closure of Most Developed Recreation Sites on Stanislaus National Forest Through June 15

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 […]

Stanislaus National Forest Initiates Seasonal Fire Restrictions Effective Immediately

Stanislaus National Forest Initiates Seasonal Fire Restrictions Effective Immediately

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 […]

Governor Newsom Signs Another COVID-19 Actions Executive Order

Governor Newsom Signs Another COVID-19 Actions Executive Order

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 […]

Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the People’s Republic of China

Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers from the People’s Republic of China

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 City Council Back in Action on June 2nd

Angels Camp City Council Back in Action on June 2nd

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 […]

Educators, Classified Personnel, Parents & Administrators Call for June Solution to the Budget Shortfall to Ensure Schools Safely Open This Fall

Educators, Classified Personnel, Parents & Administrators Call for June Solution to the Budget Shortfall to Ensure Schools Safely Open This Fall

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 […]

President Trump’s Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship

President Trump’s Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship

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 […]

2,123,000 Jobless Claims Last Week, Down 323,000 From Previous Week

2,123,000 Jobless Claims Last Week, Down 323,000 From Previous Week

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 […]

New Guidance For Places of Worship, Hair and Barbershops to Reopen Safely

New Guidance For Places of Worship, Hair and Barbershops to Reopen Safely

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 […]

Erroneous Courtesy Notice – Illegal Debris in Dorrington Thursday, May 28th

Erroneous Courtesy Notice – Illegal Debris in Dorrington Thursday, May 28th

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 […]

AG Becerra Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Rollback of Clean Car Standards

AG Becerra Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Rollback of Clean Car Standards

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, […]

COVID-19 Testing Coming to Frogtown for Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties

COVID-19 Testing Coming to Frogtown for Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties

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 […]