Lake Oroville Auxiliary Spillway Close To Failing, Evacuations Ordered

Lake Oroville Auxiliary Spillway Close To Failing, Evacuations Ordered

Oroville, CA…ALERT-ALERT-ALERT — Yes, an evacuation has been ordered. All Yuba County on the valley floor. The auxiliary spillway is close to failing. Please travel safely. Contact family and friends. Help the elderly. Take only routes to the east, south, or west. DO NOT TRAVEL NORTH TOWARD OROVILLE!!!!! Traffic backed up getting out of Marysville […]

President Donald Trump’s Third Weekly Address

President Donald Trump’s Third Weekly Address

Washington, DC…Below is the third weekly address from President Donald Trump. The Obama & Bush Administrations also posted the full text of the weekly addresses along with the video. So far the Trump administration is publishing the video only. That may change in the future however…

Hard Road Closures On Pettinger Road

Hard Road Closures On Pettinger Road

Burson, CA…Please be advised that Public Works must temporarily close Pettinger Road in Burson due to a flooding event. Pettinger Road is closed from Highway 12 to Messing Road. Passenger traffic can detour to Messing Road. Please plan your activities accordingly. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the office at (209)754-6402.

Calaveras County Legal Notices

Calaveras County Legal Notices

San Andreas, CA…NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the central counting place for the Special All-Mail Election to be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, will be the Office of the Clerk-Recorder, Government Center, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas, California. (EC 12109) NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that logic and accuracy testing of voting machines will […]

Notice Of Public Hearing Appeal Of Planning Directors Denial Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration

Notice Of Public Hearing Appeal Of Planning Directors Denial Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration

Valley Springs, CA…LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-672 APPEAL of Planning Directors Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application 2016-672 for APN 050-058-008 Julie Elola is appealing the Planning Director’s denial of a medical cannabis commercial cultivation registration. The site is located at 5372 Pleasant Oaks […]

Notice Of Public Hearing Appeal Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Denial

Notice Of Public Hearing Appeal Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Denial

Rail Road Flat, CA…LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-384 APPEAL of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application for APN 020-029-105 Joe Cornejo, on behalf of Cannafornia Enterprises, Inc., is appealing the Planning Director’s denial of an application for commercial cannabis cultivation registration. The 4.83-acre site […]

Notice Of Public Hearing Appeal Of Planning Directors Denial Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration

Notice Of Public Hearing Appeal Of Planning Directors Denial Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration

San Andreas, CA…LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 APPEAL of Planning Directors Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application 2016-135 for APN: 016-003-034. Jonathan Zanni is appealing the denial of application 2016-135 for medical commercial cannabis cultivation registration. The site is located at 7153 Lawson Road, Paloma, […]

Notice Of Public Hearing Zoning Amendment & Conditional Use Permit For Mokelumne Hill Fire Protection District

Notice Of Public Hearing  Zoning Amendment & Conditional Use Permit For Mokelumne Hill Fire Protection District

Mokelumne Hill, CA…LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-017 ZONING AMENDMENT AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR MOKELUMNE HILL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT: The applicant is requesting a zoning amendment (ZA) to rezone APN 016-005-068 from Unclassified to Public Service (PS), and a conditional use permit (CUP) to allow […]

9th Circuit Court Upholds Stay Of Immigration Order

9th Circuit Court Upholds Stay Of Immigration Order

San Francisco, CA…The 9th Circuit has deny the Trump Administration’s emergency motion for a stay. From their ruling…”To rule on the Government’s motion, we must consider several factors, including whether the Government has shown that it is likely to succeed on the merits of its appeal, the degree of hardship caused by a stay or […]

Board Of Supervisors Regular Meeting & Changes To Fee Schedule For Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program

Board Of Supervisors Regular Meeting & Changes To Fee Schedule For Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board Of Supervisors is holding a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 14th at 8:00 a.m. On the agenda is to adopt a Resolution authorizing changes to the Fee Schedule for the Medical Marijuana Identification Card (MMIC) program, reducing the fee from $104 to $100 per application, effective November 8, 2016. […]

Calaveras County Urgency Ordinance Extension Explained

Calaveras County Urgency Ordinance Extension Explained

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras County Marijuana Urgency Ordinance Extension Explained by Calaveras County District Two Supervisor Jack Garamendi. More about Supervisor Garamendi from his website Dear Neighbors and District 2 Resident: I am honored to be your representative on the Calaveras Board of Supervisors for District 2. Our district includes the communities of Calaveritas, Glencoe, Mokelumne […]

State Water Board Continues Water Conservation Regulations, Prohibitions Against Wasting Water

State Water Board Continues Water Conservation Regulations, Prohibitions Against Wasting Water

Sacramento, CA…Yesterday the State Water Resources Control Board extended its existing water conservation regulations, which prohibit wasteful practices such as watering lawns right after rain and set a conservation mandate only for water suppliers that do not have enough water reserves to withstand three more dry years. “These regulations have helped Californians rise to the […]

First Lady Melania Trump Announces the Appointment Of Anna Christina Niceta Lloyd As White House Social Secretary

First Lady Melania Trump Announces the Appointment Of Anna Christina Niceta Lloyd As White House Social Secretary

Washington, DC…First Lady Melania Trump is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd as the White House Social Secretary. As the White House Social Secretary, Ms. Niceta Lloyd – known as Rickie – along with the First Lady, will be responsible for the planning and execution of events that take place at […]

Senator Gaines Slams State Water Board’s Decision To Extend Drought Regulations

Senator Gaines Slams State Water Board’s Decision To Extend Drought Regulations

Sacramento, CA…Senator Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) today reacted to the California State Water Resources Control Board’s decision to extend the state’s emergency drought regulations. By voting to extend the regulations, urban water districts will be subject to an additional 270 days of consumption reports, “stress tests,” and water-use cuts. “This decision is blind to the […]

Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Local & Regional Plan

Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Local & Regional Plan

Calaveras County,CA…The Mother Lode Workforce Development Board (MLWDB) and Middle Sierra Regional Planning Unit (Mother Lode RPU) will be submitting a Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Local & Regional Plan for Program Years 2017-2020 to the California Workforce Development Board no later than March 15, 2017, as required under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. […]

Department Of Public Works Rock Creek Gatehouse Replacement Project

Department Of Public Works Rock Creek Gatehouse Replacement Project

Milton, CA…ce is hereby given that the Calaveras County Department of Public Works will receive sealed bids for the Design/Build work shown and described in the specifications and associated documents for the subject work. Work shall include the design and construction of a 8’x20′ replacement gatehouse at the Rock Creek Landfill in Milton CA. Work […]

California Teachers Association Promises to Keep Standing with Students; Ready to Take on Challenges of Unqualified DeVos

California Teachers Association Promises to Keep Standing with Students; Ready to Take on Challenges of Unqualified DeVos

Los Angeles, CA…The following statement is from CTA President Eric Heins on behalf of more than 325,000 educators and students: “The confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Education Secretary is yet another blow to our nation, most pointedly at the millions of students who come to our public schools each and every day. The administration […]

Remarks By President Trump To Coalition Representatives & Senior U.S. Commanders

Remarks By President Trump To Coalition Representatives & Senior U.S. Commanders

Tampa, FL…THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. That’s so nice. A lot of spirit. Great spirit for this country. Thank you, all. We have tremendous spirit and I want to thank you. We had a wonderful election, didn’t we? (Applause.) And I saw […]

Calaveras County Board Of Supervisors Public Notice

Calaveras County Board Of Supervisors Public Notice

San Andreas, CA…OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, the Board of Supervisors will consider: An ordinance adding Chapter 15.11 to the Calaveras County Ordinance Code, creating an expedited permitting and inspection process for electric vehicle charging stations and to implement consistent statewide standards for their timely and cost effective installation pursuant […]

Board Of Supervisors Notice Of Public Hearing For Regulating Medical Cannabis Cultivation & Commercial Uses

Board Of Supervisors Notice Of Public Hearing For Regulating Medical Cannabis Cultivation & Commercial Uses

San Andreas, CA…NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on the extension of Ordinance 3069, adding Chapter 17.95 to the Calaveras County Code, Regulating Medical Cannabis Cultivation and Commercial Uses, on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 9:00 a. m. or soon thereafter. The public hearing will […]

Notice Of Public Hearing For The Appeal Of Planning Commission Denial Of Appeal For Denied Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application

Notice Of Public Hearing For The Appeal Of Planning Commission Denial Of Appeal  For  Denied Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application

San Andreas, CA…BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Lead Agency: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-1124 APPEAL of Planning Commission Denial of Appeal 2016-1124 for the denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application 2016-404 for APN 004-033-003 Dennise Henderson, on behalf of Chuck Wong of C.W. Lucky, […]

Senator Gaines Comments On California’s Massive Snowpack

Senator Gaines Comments On California’s Massive Snowpack

Sacramento, CA…Senator Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) reacted to the results of California snow survey, a measurement of the water content of California’s snowpack. This monthly survey is used to determine the amount of runoff the state can expect throughout the spring and summer. Typically, melting snow provides roughly 30-percent of California’s water supply. “This snow […]

President Trump’s Second Weekly Address

President Trump’s Second Weekly Address

Washington, DC…My fellow Americans, This week I nominated Neil Gorsuch for the United States Supreme Court. Judge Gorsuch is one of the most qualified people ever to be nominated for this post. He is a graduate of Columbia, Harvard and Oxford. He is a man of principle. He has an impeccable resume. He is widely […]

Judge Grants Nationwide Temporary Restraining Order Against President’s Travel Order

Judge Grants Nationwide Temporary Restraining Order Against President’s Travel Order

Seattle, WA…A federal judge in Seattle today granted Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s request to immediately halt implementation of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on immigration nationwide. The Temporary Restraining Order will remain in place until U.S. District Court Senior Judge James L. Robart considers the Attorney General’s lawsuit challenging key provisions of the President’s order […]

US Economy Adds 227,000 Nonfarm Jobs In January, Labor Participation Rate At 62.9%

US Economy Adds 227,000 Nonfarm Jobs In January, Labor Participation Rate At 62.9%

Washington, DC…According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.8 percent. Job gains occurred in retail trade, construction, and financial activities. In 2016, job gains averaged 187,000 per month. Incorporating revisions for November and December, which decreased nonfarm payroll employment […]

Snowpack Survey Shows Big One-Month Gain. Statewide We Are At 173% Of Average

Snowpack Survey Shows Big One-Month Gain.  Statewide We Are At 173% Of Average

Sacramento, CA…Today’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) manual snow survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada range found a snow water equivalence of 28.1 inches, a significant increase since the January 3 survey, when just 6 inches was found there. The average as measured at Phillips since 1964 is 18.4 inches. Snow water equivalence […]

RCRC Reignites Fight For PILT

RCRC Reignites Fight For PILT

Sacramento, CA…The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) is once again sponsoring legislation to require the State to make good on their obligations to counties through the commitment of Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) payments. Senate Bill 58 by Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) is a bipartisan effort to amend Fish and Game Code language […]