Reminder Tonight is Locals Night at Milliaire Winery Tonight Don’t Miss It

Reminder Tonight is Locals Night at Milliaire Winery Tonight Don’t Miss It

Murphys, CA…Enjoy a glass of wine on our creekside patio, tacos by La Esperanza Taco Truck and live music featuring Risky Biscuits! Milliaire Winery is a small family-owned winery founded by Liz and Steve Millier in 1983 in the cellar of their former home in Murphys CA. In 1990, the winery moved to an old […]

Angels Camp Man Succumbs to Injuries After Being Struck by a Vehicle

Angels Camp Man Succumbs to Injuries After Being Struck by a Vehicle

Angels Camp, CA…On July 1, 2018 at approximately 5:00 AM, a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox being driven by 55 year old Angels Camp resident, Jutta Larson, struck a pedestrian on South Main Street just north of Mayo Street. The pedestrian was identified as 60 year old Angels Camp resident, Jon VanWey. For unknown reasons, VanWey was […]

Operation Green Wave – Marijuana Eradications Continue for Calaveras Sheriff’s Dept.

Operation Green Wave – Marijuana Eradications Continue for Calaveras Sheriff’s Dept.

San Andreas, CA…Beginning on 7/9/18, The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office along with the California National Guard Counter Drug Task Force and several cooperating agencies began serving a series of criminal search warrants throughout Calaveras County. The search warrants were part of a month’s long operation into the illegal cultivation of marijuana/cannabis and directly associated environmental […]

The 2018 GABA Arnold Independence Day Parade Photos & Video

The 2018 GABA Arnold Independence Day Parade Photos & Video

Arnold, CA…The 2018 GABA Arnold Independence Parade is in the books. Linda Baker did another amazing job shepherding the event! The Carlons were honored as Grand Marshals and below are a few of the winners. By Category: Auto Vintage: Arnold Lilac Park HOA. Arnold Classic Cars, Robertson Family. Auto Non-Vintage: Old Coots on Scoots, Calaveras […]

Tree Removal Work on Hwy 4 Above Arnold

Tree Removal Work on Hwy 4 Above Arnold

Arnold, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform road construction including tree removal of dead and dying trees on eastbound and westbound State Route 4 (SR-4) from Upper Moran Road to the Calaveras/Alpine county line. Work will occur as follows: One-way traffic control will be in effect on eastbound and westbound SR-4 from Upper […]

Summer Temps Are Here With Chance of Thunderstorms in High Country

Summer Temps Are Here With Chance of Thunderstorms in High Country

Arnold, CA…From the National Weather Service for the West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada. Today Sunny. Highs 73 to 88 higher elevations…86 to 94 lower elevations. Prevailing east winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Tonight Mostly clear. At higher elevations, a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. […]

Independent Mercantile Hosting Artist Reception for Thea Schoettgen at ND&X

Independent Mercantile Hosting Artist Reception for Thea Schoettgen at ND&X

Murphys, CA…Independent Mercantile will be hosting our 2nd of 5 artist receptions of the summer at our Main St. store, the ND&X, July 14th. This reception will feature the work of another local favorite Thea Schoettgen. Thea finds beauty and inspiration in the panoramic views that surround her home in Bear Valley, CA and in […]

Adventure Week Vacation Bible School July 16-20

Adventure Week Vacation Bible School July 16-20

San Andreas, CA…Vacation Bible School July 16-20. 5:30-7:30, dinner included. San Andreas Community Covenant Church has been a part of the life of San Andreas and Calaveras County since the 1860’s. We are your neighbors and friends who live, work and play in Calaveras County. We are a member of a larger family of churches […]

Update on Officer Involved Shooting of John James Corrigan

Update on Officer Involved Shooting of John James Corrigan

San Andreas, CA…The following media release is to update information on the officer involved shooting that occurred on Mountain Ranch Road on 7-5-18. As previously reported, Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and CHP Officers responded around 2145 hours to multiple 911 calls regarding a man waiving a gun and acting strangely in the roadway. Upon […]

Edward Lucien Gouzenne 1949 – 2018

Edward Lucien Gouzenne 1949 – 2018

Copperopolis, CA…Edward Lucien Gouzenne was born on March 21, 1949 in Modesto, California.  Ed was a fourth-generation Calaveras County resident and lived there all of his life. He graduated from Calaveras High School in 1967.  Ed was traveling with his wife on an RV trip, through Medford, Oregon, when he became ill. Ed passed away […]

Traffic Update….Vehicle Hanging Off Cliff Near Cherry Lake Rd / Sr120

Traffic Update….Vehicle Hanging Off Cliff Near Cherry Lake Rd / Sr120

Groveland, CA…Traffic Update….Vehicle Hanging Off Cliff Near Cherry Lake Rd / Sr120. Incident: 00288 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Cherry Lake Rd / Sr120 Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.824793 -120.010396 Detail Information 3:00 PM 7 [10] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 MILLER BROS TOW 2099627712 2:59 PM 6 [9] 61-004 START 1185 2:58 PM 5 [8] ETA […]

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 […]