Copperopolis Water Treatment Plant is Offline; CCWD Urges All Copperopolis Customers to Limit Water Use

Copperopolis Water Treatment Plant is Offline; CCWD Urges All Copperopolis Customers to Limit Water Use

Copperopolis, CA…The backup generator at CCWD’s Copperopolis water treatment plant failed last night, which means the treatment plant is offline. CCWD crews are doing everything possible to get it back online today, but we don’t yet know how long the plant will be offline. CCWD filled all treated water storage tanks in Copperopolis last night […]

Community Resiliency Center Opening at Bret Harte & Angels Camp Community Meeting at Utica Park

Community Resiliency Center Opening at Bret Harte & Angels Camp Community Meeting at Utica Park

Angels Camp, CA…In response to PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS): The Calaveras County of Emergency Services will open a Community Resiliency Center tomorrow, October 10, 2019, between 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Bret Harte High School (Upper Gym) 364 Murphys Grade Road, Angels Camp. The Community Resiliency Center will have power available to […]

Local Utilities Urge You to Conserve Water During Power Event!

Local Utilities Urge You to Conserve Water During Power Event!

San Andreas, CA…This is a joint release from the following utilities: Calaveras County Water District (CCWD), City of Angels Camp, San Andreas Sanitary District (SASD), Blue Lake Springs Mutual Water Company (BLSMWC), Union Public Utility District (UPUD), Calaveras Public Utility District (CPUD), Valley Springs Public Utilities District (VSPUD) and Murphys Sanitary District (MSD). Calaveras Utility […]

Public Safety Power Shutoff Could Impact More Than 600,000 Customers Across Northern and Central California

Public Safety Power Shutoff Could Impact More Than 600,000 Customers Across Northern and Central California

San Francisco, CA…Based on current forecasted weather conditions, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) anticipates that it may begin implementing a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) to more than 600,000 customers across portions of nearly 30 northern, central, coastal and Bay Area counties. This would be a precautionary measure to reduce the risk of wildfire in these […]

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action Tomorrow with Full Agenda & Special Meeting on PG&E Power Shutoff

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action Tomorrow with Full Agenda & Special Meeting on PG&E Power Shutoff

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action Tomorrow with Full Agenda & Special Meeting on PG&E Power Shutoff. Both Agendas are below… Board of Supervisors Special Meeting 10/8/2019 1:30 PM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road   San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads:  Agenda  Agenda Packet Call to Order Roll Call THIS ITEM […]

President Trump on Withdrawal of Troops From Syria

President Trump on Withdrawal of Troops From Syria

Washington, DC…President Trump via Twitter…”As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over the captured ISIS […]

PG&E is Monitoring a Severe Wind Event Later this Week That Could Impact Nearly 30 Counties Across Northern and Central California

PG&E is Monitoring a Severe Wind Event Later this Week That Could Impact Nearly 30 Counties Across Northern and Central California

San Francisco, CA…PG&E announced today that its meteorological and operations teams in its Emergency Operations Center continue to monitor a potentially widespread, strong and dry wind event Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon. The event will impact northern, central, coastal and Bay Area counties across much of PG&E’s service area. In response to this anticipated event, […]

Possible PG&E Public Safety Power Shut Off Wednesday Morning

Possible PG&E Public Safety Power Shut Off Wednesday Morning

San Andreas, CA….Yesterday evening, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) notified the Calaveras County Office of Emergency Services of a possible Public Safety Power Shutdown (PSPS) event that would affect portions of Calaveras County. This morning, Calaveras County OES participated in a conference call with PG&E, and confirmed that a PSPS is likely to affect Calaveras […]

Calaveras County Cannabis Regulatory Program Fee Study

Calaveras County Cannabis Regulatory Program Fee Study

San Andreas, CA…The Board of Supervisors will be considering the adoption of two sets of regulatory fees on October 15, 2019. The first set of fees that will be presented for consideration of the Board are proposed for the implementation of an ordinance to repeal and replace Chapter 17.95, the County’s commercial cannabis ordinance. Funding […]

136,000 Jobs Added as Unemployment Rate Drops to 51 Year Low of 3.5%

136,000 Jobs Added as Unemployment Rate Drops to 51 Year Low of 3.5%

Washington, DC…The unemployment rate declined to 3.5 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 136,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in health care and in professional and business services continued to trend up. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force […]

Mornings with the One Percent™ Was Live from the TuCare Summit Featuring Rep Tom McClintock. Webcast Replay Below…

Mornings with the One Percent™ Was Live from the TuCare Summit Featuring Rep Tom McClintock.  Webcast Replay Below…

Arnold, CA…Mornings with the One Percent™ is live weekday mornings from 7-10am. The premise for the show is that the USDA ranked all 3,142 counties or county equivalents in the USA on a livability or desirability scale based on factors such as climate, scenic beauty, bodies of water for recreation, humidity and much more. All […]

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Marks Completion Calaveras County Emergency Communications Tower

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Marks Completion Calaveras County Emergency Communications Tower

San Andreas, CA…The American Red Cross invites members of the news media and citizens of Calaveras County to a ribbon-cutting ceremony commemorating completion of the county’s new communications tower. The tower project a joint effort between the American Red Cross, Calaveras County Water District and the Sheriff’s Office that is designed to improve radio coverage […]

Pelosi’s Weekly Press Conference from Today with Rep. Adam Schiff. Impeachment Focus of Briefing

Pelosi’s Weekly Press Conference from Today with Rep. Adam Schiff.  Impeachment Focus of Briefing

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below are the Speaker’s remarks: Speaker Pelosi. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here as we observe the district work period in their – the Holy Days. As we gather here, our Members across the […]

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Cannabis Focused Meeting Continues Today

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Cannabis Focused Meeting Continues Today

San Andreas, CA….The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors is back in action today with a continuation of yesterday’s Cannabis centric items. Item One…Conduct a public hearing, accept the addendum to the Environmental Impact Report for the Medical Cannabis Cultivation and Commerce Ordinance Project, make appropriate findings, adopt an ordinance amendment rescinding Chapter 17.95 of the […]

Cannabis, Cannabis & More Cannabis Items at Today’s Board of Supervisors Meeting!

Cannabis, Cannabis & More Cannabis Items at Today’s Board of Supervisors Meeting!

San Andreas, CA…Cannabis, Cannabis & More Cannabis Items at Today’s Board of Supervisors Meeting!. The Full Agenda is below… Board of Supervisors Special Meeting 10/1/2019 8:00 AM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads: Agenda Agenda Packet Live (Windows Media) Video Call to Order Roll Call CLOSED SESSION AGENDA […]

Massive Marijuana Expansion Proposed! An Absurd Blank Check! ~ Alice Montegomery

Massive Marijuana Expansion Proposed!  An Absurd Blank Check!  ~ Alice Montegomery

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras County has a massive commercial marijuana expansion proposal in the works Oct. 1. Advocates are hoping you don’t catch on. If you think the Urgency Ordinance was a mess and Measure D was misleading, this proposal makes those two look benign Let’s take a look. The County and pro-commercial marijuana advocates are […]

Speaker Pelosi’s Weekly Press Conference

Speaker Pelosi’s Weekly Press Conference

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below are the Speaker’s remarks: Speaker Pelosi. Good morning, everyone. It’s a sad week for our country. Very prayerfully and patriotically, we had to come to a decision to move forward with an impeachment inquiry of the President […]

Joint Statement of the United States and Japan on New Trade Agreement

Joint Statement of the United States and Japan on New Trade Agreement

New York, NY…We, President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, confirm and welcome final agreement on the United States-Japan Trade Agreement and the United States-Japan Digital Trade Agreement. We share the desire that these agreements will be signed at the earliest possible date and enter into force in the very near future, following […]

Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Agreement to Promote Trade and Investment with Armenia

Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Agreement to Promote Trade and Investment with Armenia

New York, NY…Governor Gavin Newsom met with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan today and signed an agreement to create a Trade and Services Desk in Armenia, promoting two-way trade and investment by businesses in Armenia and California – home to the largest Armenian community in the United States. “California is fortunate to share in […]

Pelosi On Announcing Impeachment Inquiry

Pelosi On Announcing Impeachment Inquiry

Washington, D.C….Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Below are the Speaker’s remarks as delivered: Speaker Pelosi. Good afternoon. Last Tuesday, we observed the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution on September 17. Sadly, on that day, the Intelligence Community Inspector General formally […]

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are Back in Action Today!

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are Back in Action Today!

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are Back in Action Today! Passage of the final budget, Constitution Week & more top the agenda below… Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting 9/24/2019 8:00 AM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road   San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads:  Agenda  Agenda Packet Call to Order Roll Call CLOSED SESSION […]

Attorney General Becerra Joins Bipartisan Coalition of State Attorneys General in Calling on Congress to Pass Cannabis Banking Legislation

Attorney General Becerra Joins Bipartisan Coalition of State Attorneys General in Calling on Congress to Pass Cannabis Banking Legislation

Sacramento, CA….California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 21 state attorneys general, urged Congress to pass the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment through Entrusting States (STATES) Act of 2019 or similar measures that would allow legal cannabis-related businesses to access the banking system. The STATES Act would bring billions of dollars […]

President Trump and Prime Minister Modi of India at “Howdy, Modi: Shared Dreams, Bright Futures” Event

President Trump and Prime Minister Modi of India at “Howdy, Modi: Shared Dreams, Bright Futures” Event

Houston, TX…PRIME MINISTER MODI: Good morning, Houston. (Applause.) Good morning, Texas. (Applause.) Good morning, America. (Applause.) Greetings to my fellow Indians in India and around the world. (Applause.) Friends, this morning we have a very special person with us. (Applause.) He needs no introduction. (Applause.) His name is familiar to every person on the planet. […]

President Trump and Prime Minister Morrison of Australia at State Dinner for Australia

President Trump and Prime Minister Morrison of Australia at State Dinner for Australia

Washington, DC…Prime Minister Morrison, Mrs. Morrison: Melania and I are immensely honored to host you and the entire Australian delegation for a State Dinner in the historic Rose Garden. I want to thank America’s magnificent First Lady for this truly exquisite evening. Thank you very much to Melania. She worked hard. Thank you. (Applause.) Great […]