Traffic Update…Bovines Heading for High Country Near Hwy 108 & Long Barn Road.

Traffic Update…Bovines Heading for High Country Near Hwy 108 & Long Barn Road.

Long Barn, CA…Traffic Update…Bovines Heading for High Country Near Hwy 108 & Long Barn Road. The herd was heard mumbling over chewed cud that they were tired of the dried and burnt grasses in the foothills and they are summering in Eagle Meadows. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00206 Type: Animal Hazard Location: […]

Counting Crows’s 25 Years & Counting Tour Rolled Through Ironstone on July 3rd

Counting Crows’s 25 Years & Counting Tour Rolled Through Ironstone on July 3rd

Murphys, CA….A good sized crowd was Jonesing for the rich catalog of soulful tunes that Adam Duritz and the rest of Counting Crows have produced during their first quarter century. Since exploding on the music scene with the release of its debut album, August and Everything After in 1991. Next up things get funky with […]

Traffic Update….Collision Blocking Lane Near Sr26 / Sr12

Traffic Update….Collision Blocking Lane Near Sr26 / Sr12

Valley Springs, CA…Traffic Update….Collision Blocking Lane Near Sr26 / Sr12 Incident: 00153 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr26 / Sr12 Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.191538 -120.829016 Detail Information 11:23 AM 4 [8] [Notification] [CHP]-TOYT SED IS FACING AND 1125 ON SR12 XS SR26 [Shared] 11:10 AM 3 [3] 1 VEH STILL BLOCKING REFUSING TO MOVE 11:10 […]

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision on Stoney Creek Road.

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision on Stoney Creek Road.

Jackson, CA…Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision on Stoney Creek Road. Incident: 00380 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: 8000 Stoney Creek Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.337883 -120.820141 Detail Information 10:00 PM 2 [3] 1039 AMA SO FOR EQUIP 9:59 PM 1 [1] HEARD ONLY Unit Information 10:02 PM 6 Unit Assigned 10:03 PM 5 Unit Assigned 10:03 […]

Property Rights & Abuse Concerns about Chapter 8.06 Proposed Rewrite Tuesday ~ By Colleen Platt

Property Rights & Abuse Concerns about Chapter 8.06 Proposed Rewrite Tuesday ~ By Colleen Platt

San Andreas, CA…Dear Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, Please seriously consider & question the proposed rewrite of county code Chapter 8.06 ‘Property Maintenance & Code Enforcement’, to be heard at your Board Meeting Tuesday. It sets off too many red flags. The public is legitimately upset & fearful about the expanded code enforcement powers, possibility […]

Five New Sheriff’s Volunteers Heading to the Streets, Events & Lending a Helping Hand

Five New Sheriff’s Volunteers Heading to the Streets, Events & Lending a Helping Hand

San Andreas, CA…Sheriff DiBasilio administered the oath as 5 new members of the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Volunteer Unit were sworn in. The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Volunteer Unit is a group of individuals who support the Sheriff’s office by working the county substations, doing patrols, working special events, and tackling many of the routine tasks, therefore […]

Yosemite National Park Now Offers Electronic Park Entrance Passes

Yosemite National Park Now Offers Electronic Park Entrance Passes

Yosemite, CA…YourPassNow offers visitors new digital access to America’s public lands. Yosemite National Park announces the opportunity for park visitors to purchase their park entrance passes electronically through YourPassNow beginning on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Once visitors purchase and save their digital pass to their cell phone, or print and bring their purchased pass with […]

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias Has Reopened After the Largest Restoration Project in Park History

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias Has Reopened After the Largest Restoration Project in Park History

Yosemite, CA…Back on June 14th Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Conservancy and public officials dedicated the newly restored Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias following a landmark project to protect the ancient trees and reestablish the area’s natural serenity. “As the largest protection, restoration and improvement project in park history, this milestone reflects the unbridled passion so […]

Marilynn Darlene Want Davis Hunt 1938 – 2018

Marilynn Darlene Want Davis Hunt 1938 – 2018

Angels Camp, CA…Marilynn Darlene Want Davis Hunt, went home to the Lord Thursday, June 28th at the age of 80. A resident of Angels Camp for 46 years. Marilynn was born in Crows Landing California, June 26, 1938 in a Presbyterian parsonage at 4:30 AM on a Sunday morning. Marilynn was blessed by love twice. […]

On the Officer Involved Shooting of John James Corrigan ~ By Katie Greer

On the Officer Involved Shooting of John James Corrigan ~ By Katie Greer

Mountain Ranch, CA…This is regarding the officer involved shooting in Calaveras county on 7/5/18. I would like to share facts that the Sheriff’s department left out of their statement and clear up some FALSE information they publicized to everyone: First I would like to publicly apologize to the officers involved for the position John put […]

Traffic Update….Major Injuries When Errant Driver’s Pickup Pins Man Against Store Front

Traffic Update….Major Injuries When Errant Driver’s Pickup Pins Man Against Store Front

Sonora, CA…This collision occurred as Mr. Williams was attempting to park his 2000 Chevrolet pickup truck in the Price Co grocery store parking lot directly in front of the store. Mr. Williams’ foot slipped off of the brake pedal and depressed the gas pedal causing the pick up to drive up onto the sidewalk. The […]

Traffic Update….Overturned Travel Trailer Near SR49 / Main St

Traffic Update….Overturned Travel Trailer Near SR49 / Main St

Sutter Creek, CA…Traffic Update….Overturned Travel Trailer Near SR49 / Main St Incident: 00293 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: SR49 / Main St Loc Desc: JSO Lat/Lon: 38.419893 -120.841292 Detail Information 3:55 PM 5 [14] [Rotation Request Comment] ***** 1039 ATR 209-295-5270 ***** 3:51 PM 4 [12] 94-4 START 1185 / 24 FT BUMPER PULL TRAVEL […]

Nate Nathan at Kola Farms this Afternoon from 3 – 5pm

Nate Nathan at Kola Farms this Afternoon from 3 – 5pm

Murphys, CA…Enjoy live music at the Kola Farms General Store on Main Street Murphys. Bring your friends and significant other out for an evening of fabulous wine, dining, while enjoying live entertainment. Nate Nathan is singer/songwriter/producer who creates music that is a cross between experimental and pop, a pianist and a vocalist with a large […]

Magnolia Rhythm Trio this Afternoonat the Sierra Nevada Arts & Crafts Festival

Magnolia Rhythm Trio this Afternoonat the Sierra Nevada Arts & Crafts Festival

Arnold, CA…Enjoy live music throughout the day at the Sierra Nevada Arts & Crafts Festival at Bristol Ranch in Arnold! We will be alternating all day with other acts. Free to the public! So bring your friends and family to have some good old fashioned fun! The Magnolia Rhythm Trio is an Americana/Folk/Bluegrass based group […]

Firefighters Make Quick Work of Gillam Fire in Paloma Area ~ Chip Dingman

Firefighters Make Quick Work of Gillam Fire in Paloma Area ~ Chip Dingman

Paloma, CA…At about 8pm tonight firefighters were dispatched to a reported vegetation fire on Paloma Rd & Gillam Rd. The first on scene engine reported a vegetation fire of about 3 acres in size moving uphill with a moderate rate of spread, with one structure threatened. Firefighters quickly made access to the fire with the […]

Second Sunday Artisan Tasting Series at Lavender Ridge

Second Sunday Artisan Tasting Series at Lavender Ridge

Murphys, CA…Cheese and Wine Pairings with a Theme. Lavender Ridge Vineyard specializes in handcrafted Rhone varietal wines paired with the world’s finest artisan cheeses. June 10 Summer Picnic Cheeses July 8 Reds, Whites, & Blues August 5 (1st Sunday) American Cheese Society Winners September 9 Our Cheese Ancestry October 14 Local Farmstead Favorites November 11 […]

ART Camps for Kids Two Dates Available: Friday, July 13 and Friday, July 27

ART Camps for Kids  Two Dates Available: Friday, July 13 and Friday, July 27

Angels Camp, CA…The Angels Camp Museum is offering a great opportunity for children 9 – 12 years old. No previous art experience is required, just a willingness to have fun as we unlock the natural skill kids are born with. Illustrator and Education Coordinator Jim Miller will guide students through a day of “Drawing Nature […]

Irish Fire Update, Forward Progress Stopped, 840 Acres, 40% Contained

Irish Fire Update, Forward Progress Stopped, 840 Acres, 40% Contained

Drytown, CA…Irish Fire Update, Forward Progress Stopped, 840 Acres, 40%. Contained.Irish Fire Incident Information: Last Updated:July 06, 2018 7:34 pm. Date/Time Started: July 06, 2018 2:42 pm. Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Amador – El Dorado Unit. County: Amador County Location: Off Irish Ridge Road and Carbondale Road, southeast of Plymouth. Acres Burned – Containment: 840 […]

John James Corrigan, 38 of Mountain Ranch Identified as Deceased in Officer Involved Shooting.

John James Corrigan, 38 of Mountain Ranch Identified as Deceased in Officer Involved Shooting.

San Andreas, CA…On 7/5/18 at approx. 2145 hrs. the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office received multiple 911 calls regarding a male waiving a gun and acting strangely in the roadway on Mountain Ranch Rd near Rocky Rd between San Andreas and Mountain Ranch California. Callers described the gun as being either an AR-15 or shotgun. Three […]

PG&E, Providing Funding to Local Fire Safe Councils to Help Prevent, Prepare for Wildfires

PG&E, Providing Funding to Local Fire Safe Councils to Help Prevent, Prepare for Wildfires

San Francisco, CA…In an effort to help prevent wildfires and protect communities, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is joining forces with local Fire Safe Councils to enhance the safety and preparedness of local communities. PG&E is providing $2 million to fund local Fire Safe Council projects to reduce the threat of wildfires and help […]