Holiday Festival of Wines is December 8 & 9! Shop Small & Local!

Holiday Festival of Wines is December 8 & 9!  Shop Small & Local!

Murphys, CA…Holiday Festival of Wines! Shop small and shop local this Holiday Season! December 8th-9th following Murphys Holiday Open House, visit wineries and receive special offers and discounts as you shop for wine, wine related merchandise, gift packs and more for your holiday gift giving or entertaining needs. A list of coupons offered by wineries […]

Court Street, San Andreas – Temporary Road Closure for Emergency Tree Removal on Friday, November 30, 2018

Court Street, San Andreas – Temporary Road Closure for Emergency Tree Removal on Friday, November 30, 2018

San Andreas, CA…The driving public should be advised that there will be a hard road closure on Court Street, San Andreas on Friday, November 30, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Crews will be removing a large hazard tree on Court Street. Detours and traffic control will be in place as shown on the […]

Contractor Jack Strange has Passed Away at the age of 69

Contractor Jack Strange has Passed Away at the age of 69

Murphys, CA…It is with great sadness and disbelief that our family announces the passing of Jack Strange, our beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Jack passed on November 24, 2018, at the age of 69. Jack and Nancy have been together for 51 years and have enjoyed their life in Calaveras County raising their two sons. […]

Traffic Update….Jack Knifed Big Rig Near Ostrom Rd / Fiddletown Shenandoah Rd

Traffic Update….Jack Knifed Big Rig Near Ostrom Rd / Fiddletown Shenandoah Rd

Fiddletown, CA…Traffic Update….Jack Knifed Big Rig Near Ostrom Rd / Fiddletown Shenandoah Rd Incident: 00203 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: Ostrom Rd / Fiddletown Shenandoah Rd Loc Desc: BETW SHENANDOAH and FIDDLETOWN Lat/Lon: 38.532475 -120.765376 Detail Information 12:13 PM 2 [2] 1125 12:13 PM 1 [1] JACK KNIFED BIG RIG Unit Information 12:16 PM 2 Unit […]

Traffic Update….Tree Down in Roadway Near Murphys Grade Rd / French Gulch Rd

Traffic Update….Tree Down in Roadway Near  Murphys Grade Rd / French Gulch Rd

Murphys, CA…Traffic Update….Tree Down in Roadway Near Murphys Grade Rd / French Gulch Rd Incident: 00096 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: Murphys Grade Rd / French Gulch Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.137882 -120.468599 Detail Information 5:59 AM 1 [1] TREE DOWN IN RDWY Unit Information 6:15 AM 2 Unit Assigned 6:15 AM 1 Unit Enroute

Angels Food and Sierra Hills Markets Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through December 4th

Angels Food and Sierra Hills Markets Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through December 4th

Angels Camp & Murphys, CA…For the best Deli Sandwiches in Calaveras County, come on in and treat yourself to the tastiest and freshest ‘made with love’ deli sandwiches around. Angels Food Deli, Text your order to 209.753.7331 Or You may call your order into 209.736.4243 ext 14. Sierra Hills Market Deli, Text your order to […]

Clarence Thomas (C.T.) Johnson 1925 – 2018

Clarence Thomas (C.T.) Johnson 1925 – 2018

Angels Camp, CA…Clarence Thomas (C.T.) Johnson. Our beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather and friend passed into God’s hands on November 12, 2018 due to natural causes. He was 93. C.T. was born in Hardyville, Kentucky on August 29, 1925 to James and Beulah Johnson. He had 5 brothers and 3 sisters, all of whom preceded him […]

Valley Springs Town Center Connectivity Plan Meeting on December 3rd

Valley Springs Town Center Connectivity Plan Meeting on December 3rd

Valley Springs, CA…The Valley Springs Town Center Connectivity Plan will provide an implementation framework for transportation projects that improve safety and access for students, residents, shoppers, and visitors. The plan will develop realistic projects, based on available near-term and long-term funding sources, that improve student and resident safety, improve vehicular circulation, and create a bicycle […]

Caltrans Announces Seasonal Closures for Ebbetts, Monitor & Sonora Passes

Caltrans Announces Seasonal Closures for Ebbetts, Monitor & Sonora Passes

Stockton, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has closed mountain passes in the central Sierra Nevada for the season due to winter conditions. The seasonal closures now in effect include Ebbetts Pass/State Route 4 (SR-4), Sonora Pass/SR-108 and Monitor Pass/SR-89. As of 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 28, 2018, the seasonal closures are as follows: • […]

Carol Burton 1926 – 2018

Carol Burton 1926 – 2018

Angels Camp, Nov 16, 2018 Carol Burton,92, passed away peacefully in her sleep. She was born on May 7, 1926 in Salinas, CA to Chester and Jess Guild. She graduated from Piedmont High School and UC Berkeley and moved to Hathaway Pines in 1958 with her husband Dr.Clark Burton(dentist in Altaville, then Murphys), and her […]

Rabobank in Angels Camp Already Received 4 Letters to Santa

Rabobank in Angels Camp Already Received 4 Letters to Santa

Angels Camp, CA…Rabobank, N.A. is helping Santa’s elves by collecting Letters to Santa and expediting personalized responses to eager children who drop off their letters in early December. Rabobank will pay the first-class postage on all letters dropped off at a local branch on or before Friday, Dec. 7, and confirm that the letters are […]

Ebbetts Pass Fire District Needs Your Help Deciding Our Future

Ebbetts Pass Fire District Needs Your Help Deciding Our Future

Arnold, CA…Ebbetts Pass Fire District Needs Your Help Deciding Their Future. December 11th at 6pm, Independence Hall in White Pines. EPFD is funded, in part, by two special taxes that enable us to provide top notch FIRE and EMS services. The first special tax was voted on and passed in 1998. This provided additional staffing […]

This Saturday, Dec 1st it’s HECTOR at The Lucky Penny for Camp Fire Relief

This Saturday, Dec 1st it’s HECTOR at The Lucky Penny for Camp Fire Relief

Murphys, CA…This Saturday, December 1st don’t miss HECTOR Live at the Lucky Penny! This will be their last stop in CA for 2018. All monies to go to the Paradise Rotary Club to help in Camp Fire Relief. The Band is fast & brash, ala the Ramones, Green Day, Dick Dale. Eric Walle and Tom […]

Interested In Purchasing A Home? Call Judy Today for a Personal Consultation!

Interested In Purchasing A Home?  Call Judy Today for a Personal Consultation!

Arnold, CA…Judy Bettencourt purchased a home in Blue Lake Springs in 2004 and decided to make it her full time residence in 2008. Judy has been helping clients with homeownership since 1998. Besides her desire to help people with their dream of home ownership, she has a passion for the outdoors and enjoys hiking and […]

Ebbetts Pass Fire District Receives Office of Traffic Safety Grant for Emergency Response Equipment

Ebbetts Pass Fire District Receives Office of Traffic Safety Grant for Emergency Response Equipment

Arnold, CA…The Ebbetts Pass Fire District (host agency) was awarded a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) of $100,000 for the purchase of Extrication Equipment to assist crash victims and help with emergency response. The grant funded Extrication Equipment can aid in extricating victims from a severely damaged vehicle, reducing the time […]

“Unfair Labor Practices Strike” Underway at Columbia College on November 27 and Wednesday, November 28

“Unfair Labor Practices Strike” Underway  at Columbia College on November 27 and Wednesday, November 28

Columbia, CA…What follows is a press release from Yosemite Faculty Assosiation…”YFA writes to correct the misleading and false representations about the state of negotiations and YFA’s anticipated strike in the District’s November 21st statement. With regards to negotiations, the District’s “last, best, and final offer” continues to demand unsustainable class size increases–to 45 students per […]

Traffic Update…Power Pole Fire on Lakemont Drive

Traffic Update…Power Pole Fire on Lakemont Drive

Arnold, CA…Traffic Update…Power Pole Fire on Lakemont Drive Incident: 00190 Type: Report of Fire Location: 4135 Lakemont Dr Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.238276 -120.377516 Detail Information 2:10 PM 5 [8] PGE ETA – 40 MIN 2:01 PM 4 [6] 1039 PGandE 2:00 PM 3 [5] NEG 1125 2:00 PM 2 [4] 1039 CDF SDS 1:59 PM […]

Board of Supervisors Amend Zoning for Agricultural Preserve

Board of Supervisors Amend Zoning for Agricultural Preserve

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance to amend the zoning of APN 048-025-034 and APN: 050-002-120 from Unclassified (U) to Agriculture Preserve (AP) identifying the land being restricted by a California Land Conservation Contract, Agriculture Preserve No. 363 for Mark Connolly. The subject property is a portion of Section 32, […]

Board of Supervisors Remove Planned Development & Adopt Design Review in Mokelumne Hill

Board of Supervisors Remove Planned Development & Adopt Design Review in Mokelumne Hill

San Andreas, CA…BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SUMMARY PUBLICATION: The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance to amend the zoning of parcels in Mokelumne Hill. The planned development combining zone was removed from 102 parcels and the design review combining zone was added to 117 parcels. A negative declaration was adopted by the Board of […]

Board of Supervisors Adopt Design Review for Mokelumne Hill

Board of Supervisors Adopt Design Review for Mokelumne Hill

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance to add Chapter 17.52 of the Calaveras County Code to provide for a design review process for Mokelumne Hill. The design review process provides for planning director approval of specified development consistent with the Mokelumne Hill Design Guidelines. A negative declaration was adopted by […]

Public Notice: Supervisors Approve Repealing PEG Commision Ordinance

Public Notice: Supervisors Approve Repealing PEG Commision Ordinance

San Andreas, CA…At their meeting held on November 13, 2018, the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors approved the rescission of ordinance repealing ordinance 2169 which established the Calaveras County Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) Television Commission, as codified as Chapter 5.12.380-5.12.384 of the Calaveras County Code. Passed and adopted on the 13th of November, 2018 […]