Major Strides in Safety Education and Training for Educators with Opioid Overdose Prevention Training

Major Strides in Safety Education and Training for Educators with Opioid Overdose Prevention Training

Angels Camp, CA…Through collaboration and community partnerships, educators and school staff professionals are receiving essential opioid overdose training. Calaveras County Public Health has provided Opioid Overdose Prevention Trainings to ten Calaveras County schools and over 100 school staff. Haley Graham and Quincy Dyson cover the facts, statistics, signs, and preventive steps in the event of […]

Have You Seen These At-Risk Missing Juveniles (Update Both Found Safe)

Have You Seen These At-Risk Missing Juveniles (Update Both Found Safe)

Sonora, CA…The Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept. is seeking the public’s help in locating missing juveniles, 15-year-old Owen Anthony Shepherd (See photo driving cart) and 16-year-old Preston Lawrence Mueller (See truck photo). Owen and Preston were last seen yesterday evening and are believed to have left around 3:00 in the morning driving a lifted 2008 black dodge […]

Monica Darlene Heller 1934 ~ 2023 (Updated)

Monica Darlene Heller 1934 ~ 2023 (Updated)

Angels Camp, CA…Monica Darlene Heller October 30, 1934 ~ May 30, 2023 (age 88). Monica Darlene Heller passed away on Tuesday, May 30th, 2023, with her family by her side at the age of 88. She was born in Stockton, California on October 30th, 1934. Darlene graduated from Calaveras High School in 1952 and enrolled […]

Explore The Best of Calaveras County at the 14th Annual Taste of Calaveras! Photos & Video from 2017

Explore The Best of Calaveras County at the 14th Annual Taste of Calaveras!  Photos & Video from 2017

Murphys, CA…Join us for the 14th annual “Taste of Calaveras” Food and Wine Experience on Saturday, June 3rd @ 1:00-4:00. Stroll through the beautiful Gardens at Ironstone Vineyards Breezeway and Wine Cave while enjoying delicious wines and food. This fun event includes a keepsake wineglass, tastings from 25+ Calaveras vintners and chefs, live music, a […]

Adopt Me! I’m Oscar!

Adopt Me!  I’m Oscar!

San Andreas, CA…Here’s Oscar (AO55720), a neutered male Boxer American Bulldog mix, estimated to be 5 – 6 years young, weighing in at 68 pounds and eligible for our 55-5 senior discount. Oscar is a timid boy who takes a bit of time to warm up.  After 5 days he is starting to relax with […]

Family 4 Fitness “Where friends and family work out together” Start Your Fitness Journey Today!

Family 4 Fitness “Where friends and family work out together” Start Your Fitness Journey Today!

Vallecito, CA…Our mission is to help our members of the Calaveras County community achieve a healthy lifestyle in a non-intimidating clean, friendly environment. We pride ourselves on our family like atmosphere, which makes us unlike any other facility in the area. “Where friends and family work out together” Please call us at 736-0039 with any questions, we […]

Sender’s Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 6th! Shop Local & Save!!

Sender’s Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 6th! Shop Local & Save!!

Mountain Ranch, CA…In 1950, we started out as a family operation with Erich’s father and mother, August and Freida Sender, in a century-old adobe building. The upstairs was home to the Sender family, and the first floor included groceries, a meat market, a bar, and a small eating place called Opa’s Smokehouse. On Christmas morning […]

The Watering Hole 2023 Summer Concert & Brewery Schedule

The Watering Hole 2023 Summer Concert & Brewery Schedule

Murphys, CA…Here is the schedule for The Watering Hole’s Summer/Fall Free Music on the Lawn concert series and Thursday Night Featured Breweries. Every Thursday through October 26 The Watering Hole features special draft beer, free brewery swag, a brewery rep. in house, and music on the lawn from 5-7 pm. Bring a lawn chair or […]

West Point Area Emergency Preparedness Meeting on June 8th

West Point Area Emergency Preparedness Meeting on June 8th

West Point, CA…Join us for an insightful town hall on June 8th, 2023, from 6pm to 7pm, hosted by the Blue Mountain Emergency Preparedness Committee and West Point Lions Club! Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with local leaders, share your concerns, and learn more about emergency preparedness in our community. Join the conversation and […]

“The Shakesperience” One Cast, Two Plays, Four Nights Only

“The Shakesperience” One Cast, Two Plays, Four Nights Only

San Andreas, CA…Join Fourth Wall Entertainment at the Metropolitan for “The Shakesperience,” an innovative theatrical experience like you’ve never seen before. Start your evening with delicious local wines and one of our signature charcuterie boards at the Metropolitan and a performance of Rob Chase’s side-splitting comedy, “Yorick and Company,” about a troupe of actors struggling […]

Covid-19 Boosters, Flu Shots & Other Vaccines Available from Sunrise Pharmacy

Covid-19 Boosters, Flu Shots & Other Vaccines Available from Sunrise Pharmacy

Valley Springs, CA…Test to Treat Covid-19 Program. If you have been exposed to Covid-19 and are at elevated risk for severe illness, you can now get free same-day testing and free antiviral medication. Treatment should start as soon as possible. Call the pharmacy anytime if you have questions. Available Covid-19 Booster Shots Moderna Bivalent Pfizer […]

USFS Update on Strawberry Prescribed Burn

USFS Update on Strawberry Prescribed Burn

Strawberry, CA…May 31, 2023, 12:38 p.m. Update Strawberry RX Prescribed Burn: We continue burning in Unit 18 today. We have Engines strategically placed along Highway 108. If you can avoid traveling on 108 above Strawberry, it would be best for the Firefighters to be able complete the burn in this area. If you need to […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad, Grocery, Produce, Meat & Deli Specials May 31 – June 6! Shop Local & Save!

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad, Grocery, Produce, Meat & Deli Specials May 31 – June 6!  Shop Local & Save!

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! They have also implemented enhanced safety, cleaning and social distancing procedures in the store. These include plastic shields between staff and public in the checkstands. Click on an image below for full sized version.

Wildfire Evacuation Planning Town Hall for Greater Arnold Set for Saturday, June 3

Wildfire Evacuation Planning Town Hall for Greater Arnold Set for Saturday, June 3

Arnold, CA…A Wildfire Evacuation Planning Town Hall for Greater Arnold residents and homeowners is planned for Saturday, June 3, at the Hazel Fischer Elementary School auditorium (1605 Blagen Road in White Pines) from 9 a.m.- 11 a.m. “In the event of a wildfire, we all need to have an evacuation plan so we’re not caught […]

Strawberry RX Burn Update – Fire and Smoke Visible from Hwy 108 Next Few Days.

Strawberry RX Burn Update – Fire and Smoke Visible from Hwy 108 Next Few Days.

Strawberry, CA…May 30, 2023 – Fire managers have made good progress on the Strawberry Prescribed Fire having burned nearly 500 acres as of May 30. Motorists driving along the Highway 108 corridor may notice fire and smoke along the roadway as well as fire apparatus beginning Wednesday, June 1 and continuing June 9. Motorists are […]

40 Year Old Lost His Life in Collision in Round About near People of the Mountain Road

40 Year Old Lost His Life in Collision in Round About near People of the Mountain Road

Jamestown, CA…On May 28, 2023, at approximately 5:06 PM, a 40-year-old resident was driving a 2009 GMC Yukon traveling southbound on State Route 49/108 approaching the roundabout at People of the Mountain Road, at a high rate of speed. At this time, 43-year-old resident, Timothy Perez was driving a 2019 Nissan Rogue, traveling northbound on […]

Stanislaus NF Expands RX Burn Operations to Calaveras and Groveland Districts

Stanislaus NF Expands RX Burn Operations to Calaveras and Groveland Districts

Sonora, CA…May 30, 2023 – Fire managers from both the Calaveras and Groveland Ranger District will begin prescribed burn operations on their respective districts within the next week. On the Groveland District, fire crews will tip-torch on the Bear Mountain burn units, a continuation of work done during the fall 2022 season. All told, crews […]