Sacramento, CA… Caltrans today announced the appointment of Ellen Greenberg as its new Deputy Director for Sustainability, who will oversee Caltrans’ continued efforts to shift and align its policies and practices to improve the environment, the economy and social equity for all Californians. Ellen Greenberg, FAICP“Ellen will be a valuable addition to the Caltrans Executive […]
San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors is holding a special meeting on Tuesday, November 15th at 8:30 a.m. On the agenda under Public Works a study session to identify options and direction for staffing and funding of disaster recovery programs, with consideration of a Disaster Recovery Response Division (DRRD). The meeting will be […]
Washington, DC…The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. They died Nov. 12 of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Bagram, Afghanistan. The soldiers were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. […]
Sacramento, CA…This week, the California USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced the availability of $4 million in funding, through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), for tree mortality projects on private forestlands. Landowners on non-industrial private forestlands in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Riverside, San Bernardino, […]
Washington, DC…Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a statement that he was “deeply saddened” to learn that an explosion at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan just after 5:30 a.m. local time resulted in U.S. casualties. An apparent suicide bomber took the lives of two U.S. service members and two U.S. contractors working on the base, Carter […]
Murphys, CA…Yesterday the Ebbetts Pass Veterans Memorial District honored “Those Who Served”. The ceremony featured our local World War II Veterans. Their numbers are rapidly dropping as their battle against aging takes its toll. There were six WWII vets on hand including two who served as part of B17 crews in the skies over Europe. […]
San Andreas, CA…NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors shall conduct a public hearing at 9:30 a.m., or shortly thereafter, on Tuesday, the 22nd of November, 2016 in the Board of Supervisors Chambers at the Government Center, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas, CA. The hearing is being called by the Board of […]
Mountain Ranch, CA…BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Lead Agency: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-1070 Zoning Amendment and Agriculture Preserve Application for Alison Charter-Smith and Anthony Jaehnichen The applicants are requesting approval of a California Land Conservation Contract/Agriculture Preserve No. 357 for 200 acres of land […]
Rail Road Flat, CA…NOTICE REGARDING SEIZURE OF PROPERTY AND INITIATION OF FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 11488.4 To: All persons claiming any right, title or legal interest in the following seized property: $4,000.00. Currency of the United States seized from 1405 Railroad Flat Road, Railroad Flat, in Calaveras County, California. Notice is hereby […]
San Andreas, CA…BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Lead Agency: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249.2016-1104 APPEAL of Planning Commission Denial of Appeal 2016-1076 for the denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application for APN 040-024-004 Phan Toyed is appealing the Planning Director’s denial of an application for […]
Washington, DC…Hi, everybody. This weekend, as we search for ways to bridge our differences, we look to the principles that are more enduring than politics. And some of the best examples are found in the men and women we saluted yesterday, and every day – our troops and veterans. It is the example of young […]
Angels Camp, CA…The City of Angels City Council is holding a regular meeting on Tuesday, November 15th. On the agenda is the refunding of USDA funded 2004 wastewater facilities loan and the public hearing in regards to the appeal of the Planning Commission’s denial of a medical marijuana dispensary located at 206 N. Main Street, […]
San Andreas, CA…After a year of negotiations, Calaveras County Department of Public Works has entered into a ten-year Solid Waste Collection, Hauling and Recycling agreement with California Waste Recovery Systems (Cal-Waste). The County believes that the partnership with Cal-Waste will benefit both residents and businesses in the community, while progressing toward compliance with the multiple […]
San Andreas, CA…NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Building Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CALAVERAS COUNTY CODE, CHAPTER 15.04 “UNIFORM CODES”. TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE 2016 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, TITLE 24 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS AND TO ESTABLISH A FEE FOR SUBSEQUENT […]
Angels Camp, CA…NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A NEGATIVE DECLARATION Lead Agency: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 2015-074 ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT FOR VERIZON WIRELESS The applicant is requesting approval of an Administrative Use Permit (AUP) to install new telecommunications equipment on an existing PG&E high transmission tower and […]
Sacramento, CA…California voters once again reiterated their overwhelming support for investing in public education and a better future for our students in Tuesday’s election. Educators are thankful for the passage of Propositions 55 and 58 that will protect schools from billions in funding cuts and give students much more language learning opportunities. “California’s voters are […]
New York, NY…Earlier today Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a heartfelt concession speech. The full speech is below…
Twain Harte, CA…After a long, hard-fought campaign, Dr. Bob Derlet conceded defeat late Tuesday evening to Rep. Tom McClintock in the 4th CA Congressional District election. Dr. Derlet challenged Rep. McClintock to “work with those of us who didn’t vote for him, to do together all we can to improve the lives of everyone in […]
Arnold, CA…Watching the presidential race acceptance and concession speeches should make one appreciative of our system of government regardless if your candidate will be moving into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave or moving into political retirement. Knowing also that here locally there have been winners and losers on issues and in quests to obtain or retain an […]
San Andreas, CA…The November 2016 Calaveras County Local Election Results
Sacramento, CA…Below are the results of the state wide ballot measures. Passage of the Marijuana measure should prove a boon to our burgeoning Marijuana industry.
New York, NY…After a historic election season that has been unlike any in American History the now President Elect Donald Trump set a conciliatory tone in his acceptance speech. It was given a few minutes after Hillary Clinton had called him and conceded. Now it is up to him to try and bring a deeply […]
Sacramento, CA…After months of campaigning to prevent another round of devastating budget cuts to our schools and students through Proposition 55, educators and supporters from across California will be coming together at the Citizen Hotel to watch the election results as the polls close Tuesday, November 8th at 8:00 p.m. Educators will also have a […]
San Andreas, CA…If past is prologue the first results will roll in shortly after 8:30pm when they release the results of the vote by mail ballots received before polls have closed. In many of the past years if the results show more than a few percentage points between the contestants this first wave can predict […]
Dixville Notch, NH…Dixville Notch, New Hampshire voted for President at midnight. Democrat Hillary Clinton got four votes. Republican Donald Trump got two votes. Libertarian Gary Johnson got one vote. 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney got a write-in vote. (Nov. 8)
Miami, FL….Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1993 until 2001. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11, 1993. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second-longest serving […]
San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Water District is holding a regular board meeting on Wednesday, November 9th. One new business item on the agenda is discussion and or action regarding close out of Blagen Mill Pond Restoration Project, and addition of the White Pines Flow Monitoring and Storage Restoration Project. The meeting will start at […]
Reno, NV…As Donald Trump barnstorms around the nation in a final sprint through Tuesday’s election he made a stop in Reno at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center early last evening. His speech was interrupted for a few minutes when someone in the crowd thought a gun was spotted. Trump was quickly removed from the stage and […]
San Andreas, CA…I guess I received a different decoder ring in my box of Wheaties. The DA says that in order to decode Measure D, you must have mastery of at least four legal disciplines. Wow, that’s a lot of schooling to decipher what amounts to a pretty clear-cut ordinance governing land use in Calaveras […]
Washington, DC…Hi, everybody. Americans have been fighting for the idea that health care is a right and not a privilege since the second-to-last time the Cubs won the World Series. I’m not talking about the 2016 Cubs – I’m talking about the 1908 Cubs. That’s a really long time. And thanks to the efforts of […]
