Taco Tuesdays Are Back with Socially Distanced Live Entertainment Starting June 2nd!!

Taco Tuesdays Are Back with Socially Distanced Live Entertainment Starting June 2nd!!

Arnold, CA…Taco Tuesdays are back! Featuring Live Entertainment during your pick-up with Daniel Kushnir! Social distanced in the backyard for $14.00 take-out taco plates and a variety of draft beers and wine. Tell a friend, bring a friend. Limited tables and chairs. Feel free to bring a blanket and your own chair to stake out […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bear Valley Adventure Company is Open • Season Pass Sale • New Bike Shop

Bear Valley Adventure Company is Open • Season Pass Sale • New Bike Shop

Bear Valley, CA…Our store is now open daily from 9am – 5pm with essential items such as gas, food, and adventure supplies. Plus, our “Bear B-Que” is serving burgers and hotdogs with scenic outdoor seating from 11am – 3pm each Friday through Sunday. COVID-19 is delaying Forest Service road and campground openings. Check out our […]

Traffic Update….Update, Overturned Big Rig Injury Collision Blocking Hwy 49 Near Electra

Traffic Update….Update, Overturned Big Rig Injury Collision Blocking Hwy 49 Near Electra

Jackson, CA….Traffic Update….Injury Collision Blocking Southbound Lane Near Hwy 49 & Electra. One Way Traffic Controls are in place… Incident: 00148 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr49 / Electra Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.314030 -120.721039 Detail Information 12:00 PM 15 [39] 49-S3 SAM BERRI 97 ANOTHER 45MIN ETA FOR SELF LOADER 11:01 AM 14 [34] […]

Hospice Thrift Stores Now Open in Angels Camp & Jackson

Hospice Thrift Stores Now Open in Angels Camp & Jackson

Jackson, CA…🎇 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎆 HOSPICE THRIFT STORES ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS! Both Stores have reopened.  Store hours will be Monday – Friday 9:30-5:30 and Saturday and Sunday 9:30-5:00. Donation hours will be 9:30-1:30 every day. Donations will not be taken after 1:30. Due to COVID-19 we are required to follow the restrictions of the […]

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Hwy 4 & Hunt Road

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Hwy 4 & Hunt Road

Angels Camp, CA…Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Hwy 4 & Hunt Road. Incident: 00077 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Hunt Rd / Sr4 Loc Desc: JWO Lat/Lon: 38.035105 -120.649811 Detail Information 6:50 AM 6 [19] A49-003 INQ W/ CASO WHICH DEPUTY WAS 1097 6:24 AM 5 [11] [Rotation Request Comment] **** 1039 SAM BERRI TOW […]

Sender’s Market’s Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 2nd

Sender’s Market’s Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 2nd

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 […]

Trifilo Garden Center is Open for Your Essential Nursery Needs (Limited Staffing So Please Be Patient)

Trifilo Garden Center is Open for Your Essential Nursery Needs (Limited Staffing So Please Be Patient)

Murphys, CA..Trifilo Garden Center is open this week Thursday 9-5 and also Friday and Saturday. Please practice social distancing and follow posted notices. The plan to be open on these day’s weekly going forward. Trifilo Garden Center is a local, family-owned business located in Murphys, California. It is a full-service nursery with a variety of […]

BLM Mother Lode Area Initiates Seasonal Fire Restrictions Starting May 29th

BLM Mother Lode Area Initiates Seasonal Fire Restrictions Starting May 29th

Eldorado Hills, CA…The Bureau of Land Management is issuing seasonal fire restrictions, effective May 29, for public lands managed by the Mother Lode Field Office in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, due to dry conditions and wildland fire danger. These seasonal restrictions are in addition to the year-round statewide fire prevention order, issued on April 28, […]

Black Oak Casino Resort Reopens on Monday, June 1st at 10 a.m.!

Black Oak Casino Resort Reopens on Monday, June 1st at 10 a.m.!

Tuolumne, CA…The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians is committed to reopening Black Oak Casino Resort in a responsible manner that promotes the well-being of our guests and team members. Our goal is to provide the safest possible environment for your comfort and enjoyment. To achieve this, we are implementing the following health and safety precautions […]

Hospice Thrift Stores Now Open in Angels Camp & Jackson

Hospice Thrift Stores Now Open in Angels Camp & Jackson

Jackson, CA…🎇 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎆 HOSPICE THRIFT STORES ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS! Both Stores have reopened.  Store hours will be Monday – Friday 9:30-5:30 and Saturday and Sunday 9:30-5:00. Donation hours will be 9:30-1:30 every day. Donations will not be taken after 1:30. Due to COVID-19 we are required to follow the restrictions of the […]

Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort Announces Reopening Plans for June 8

Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort Announces Reopening Plans for June 8

Jackson, CA…The Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians today announced plans for the anticipated reopening of Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort (JRCR) on Monday, June 8 at noon. Over the course of the last several weeks, JRCR has been working around the clock to implement a strategic reopening plan that aims to protect guests and employees […]

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 […]

UWPA Board Hires Joel Metzger as New General Manager

UWPA Board Hires Joel Metzger as New General Manager

Angels Camp, CA — The Utica Water and Power Authority (UWPA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Joel Metzger has been hired as the new general manager of the Authority. The Board unanimously approved the contract at a Board meeting Tuesday May 26, and his first day on the job will be July […]

Bret Harte High District Board Says Thank You To Community For Helping Celebrate Graduates!

Bret Harte High District Board Says Thank You To Community For Helping Celebrate Graduates!

Angels Camp, CA…The Bret Harte Union High School District Governing Board want to extend our appreciation to the caring community members and organizations for donations which allowed us to purchase yard signs for each of our graduating seniors. Deepest thanks go to the Grad Night Foundation of Calaveras County, Supervisor Merita Callaway, Joanne and Casey […]

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 […]

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties

San Andreas, CA…With 2020 starting out with February being the driest month since the 1850’s in California, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor […]

Hospice of Amador & Calaveras Offering Weekly Grief Support

Hospice of Amador & Calaveras Offering Weekly Grief Support

Amador & Calaveras Counties…Please join us for our free, weekly* GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP held every Tuesday, from 10:00am-11:30am. You do not need to have a family member on Hospice service and it does not matter how long ago your Loved One died. If you are grieving, we are here for you. All are welcome. For […]

Adventist Health Sonora Resuming More Surgeries, Procedures & Outpatient Services

Adventist Health Sonora Resuming More Surgeries, Procedures & Outpatient Services

Sonora, CA….Adventist Health Sonora is resuming some surgeries and procedures as well as additional outpatient services, in response to the governor’s executive order, which allows hospitals and other care settings to resume essential procedures that require personal protective equipment, if criteria given by the California Department of Public Health are met. Everyone at Adventist Health […]

Temporary Lane Closure on O’Byrnes Ferry Bridge Friday, May 29, 2020

Temporary Lane Closure on O’Byrnes Ferry Bridge  Friday, May 29, 2020

Copperopolis, CA…The Calaveras County Public Works Department will be making repairs to the bridge railing of O’Byrnes Ferry Bridge at the Tuolumne County line. Construction crews will be working from 7am to 7pm on Friday, May 29th to repair nearly 150 feet of damaged bridge railing in the eastbound lane. Large construction equipment will be […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 2nd

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 2nd

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. Due to the supply chain disruptions their normal weekly ad took a bit of a hiatus. […]

Officer Involved Shooting Update…Domestic Violence Call ends with “Suicide by Cop”

Officer Involved Shooting Update…Domestic Violence Call ends with “Suicide by Cop”

Jamestown, CA…From the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept…**Officer-involved Shooting Update** Just after 1 o’clock this afternoon, deputies responded to a home on Preston Lane in Jamestown for a domestic violence call. The man refused to leave the home and threatened to engage in a shootout with deputies. Investigators learned there was also an emergency protective order against […]

Valley Springs Man is Fifteenth Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Calaveras County

Valley Springs Man is Fifteenth Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Calaveras County

Valley Springs, CA…On Tuesday May 26, 2020, Calaveras Public Health confirmed an additional case of COVID-19 in Calaveras County. This case is an older adult male from Valley Springs. The individual is currently hospitalized. “A person at any age can become seriously ill from COVID-19, that’s why it’s important to do everything you can to […]