Get Your Home Organized for the Holidays With Laurie’s Home Organizing 209.728.4700

Get Your Home Organized for the Holidays With Laurie’s Home Organizing  209.728.4700

Murphys, CA…Laurie’s Home Organizing can ring more order & new beauty to your surroundings. Existing furnishings skillfully & artfully put together to increase the charm and function of living spaces. As your professional organizer I find joy in helping manage the “stuff of life” –whatever it may be. Creative, neat, orderly, fast, easy to work […]

“Tackle Your Health” Sparks Men’s Health Conversation

“Tackle Your Health” Sparks Men’s Health Conversation

San Andreas, CA…It’s a fact, most men do not talk about their health – with family, friends or especially with a physician. That’s changing in Calaveras County where four community-minded men are speaking out on the topic during Men’s Health Month in November. Bret Harte High School Coach Casey Kester, Calaveras High School Coach Jason […]

Sonora & Tioga Passes Reopen, Ebbetts Remains Closed Due to Icy Sections

Sonora & Tioga Passes Reopen, Ebbetts Remains Closed Due to Icy Sections

Pinecrest, CA…Sonora Pass(SR-108) is now open as of 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Ebbetts Pass (SR-4) remains closed due to the accumulation of ice on the road. Our maintenance crews report that they will try to keep Sonora Pass open as long as possible until the next storm and conditions remain safe. Ebbetts […]

ARNOLD SIR, Branch 152, Monthly Luncheon Meeting on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 11:00 am

ARNOLD SIR, Branch 152, Monthly Luncheon Meeting on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 11:00 am

Arnold, CA…ARNOLD SIR (Sons in Retirement), Branch 152, will hold its Monthly Luncheon Meeting on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 11:00 am, Snow Flake Lodge at the Blue Lake Springs Homeowners Association, 2255 Blue Lake Springs Dr., Arnold, CA Dr. John Kramer This month, we will complete our Speaker Series for 2017 and we are very […]

Kenneth James Ingle Passed Away at 56, on November 3rd

Kenneth James Ingle  Passed Away at 56, on November 3rd

Mountain Ranch, CA…Kenneth James Ingle—“Ken” a certified electrician and lock smith, and all around Handy-Man. There as not a job that Ken could not handle. A longtime resident of Mountain Ranch, Ca, Ken unexpectedly died on November 03, 2017 during a vehicle accident. Ken is survived by his mother Kathleen and Step Father Brian, a […]

WWII Era Grenades, Mortar Rounds & Ordnance Rendered Safe By Calaveras Bomb Squad

WWII Era Grenades, Mortar Rounds & Ordnance Rendered Safe By Calaveras Bomb Squad

La Grange, CA…Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies received assistance from The Calaveras Bomb Squad yesterday morning at the Lake Don Pedro Storage Facility in La Grange to remove items of military ordnance. The WWII era explosives were found by a woman cleaning out the unit of her deceased father. The Bomb tech took possession of the […]

Elsie May Hebenstreit 1932 – 2017

Elsie May Hebenstreit 1932 – 2017

Angels Camp, CA…Elsie May Hebenstreit. Elsie was born February 2, 1932 in Murphys, California and lived her entire life in Calaveras County. She passed away on November 3, 2017 in San Andreas, California with her family at her side. At the time of her death she resided in Angels Camp, CA. She was preceded in […]

Traffic & Fire Update…Structure Fire In Valley Springs Area

Traffic & Fire Update…Structure Fire In Valley Springs Area

Valley Springs, CA….CHP is reporting a fire near Hartvickson Ln / Hanley Dr in the Valley Springs area. Scanner traffic has a fully involved structure fire. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00122 Type: Report of Fire Location: Hartvickson Ln / Hanley Dr Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.147999 -120.848400 Close Detail Information 9:22 AM 3 […]

Ken James Ingle, 56 from Mokelumne Hill Passed Away in Mountain Ranch Collision

Ken James Ingle, 56 from Mokelumne Hill Passed Away in Mountain Ranch Collision

Mountain Ranch, CA…On November 3, 2017, at approximately 1505 hours, Ken James Ingle was driving his 2000 Ford Explorer northbound on Michel Road, north of Cave City Road at an unknown speed. For unknown reasons, Ingle allowed his vehicle to drive across the southbound lane and onto the west shoulder. Ingle’s vehicle subsequently collided with […]

Amador Flyfishers Hosting Free Fly Fishing Faire Saturday, December 2

Amador Flyfishers Hosting Free Fly Fishing Faire Saturday, December 2

Jackson, CA…Amador FlyFishers (AFF) will be hosting a free Fly Fishing Faire Saturday, December 2, from 10am to 2pm at Detert Park, 530 Highway 49, Jackson, California. There will be booths with club members demonstrating the use of the tools of the sport and answering questions to help attendees learn more about the wonderful sport […]

“The Dodge Brothers” Lecture at Angels Camp Museum

“The Dodge Brothers” Lecture at Angels Camp Museum

Donn Marinovich has a history in Tuolumne County as a General Contractor but his passion lies with the study and preservation of vintage Dodge Brothers Trucks. Marinovich is an officer of the Northern California Dodge Brothers & Sisters, a chapter of the worldwide Dodge Brothers Club that was founded in 1983 and is dedicated to […]

Minimum-Security Inmate Who Walked Away from North Kern State Prison Believed to be in Tuolumne County

Minimum-Security Inmate Who Walked Away from North Kern State Prison Believed to be in Tuolumne County

Sonora, CA…Deputies have located a stolen vehicle on Jamestown Road that Daniel Salazar was said to have escaped the Fire Camp in. The vehicle was unoccupied and parked on the side of the road. Deputies are searching the area. Please call the Sheriff’s Office if you see him at 209-533-5815 or 9-1-1. Salazar was sentenced […]

Angels Camp’s TJ Dillashaw Regains Title as He Takes Garbrandt’s Belt in UFC 217

Angels Camp’s TJ Dillashaw Regains Title as He Takes Garbrandt’s Belt in UFC 217

New York, NY…(UFC.com) After nearly two years in the wilderness as he attempted to regain his UFC bantamweight title, TJ Dillashaw finally got his chance Saturday against a former teammate in Cody Garbrandt and made the most of it, stopping the previously unbeaten Ohio native in the second round of their UFC 217 co-main event at Madison Square Garden.  […]

Mother Lode League Football Regular Season Winds Down

Mother Lode League Football Regular Season Winds Down

Sonora, CA…The Bret Harte Bullfrogs traveled to Sonora the Frogs ended up on the smaller side of of a 70-15 final score. Calaveras quieted the roar of the Linden Lions 49-0. Summerville rolled over Amador 35-10. Argonaut ended up on the south end of a non-conference game against Dixon 7-35

Vicki Harrington Named Mentor of the Month for November

Vicki Harrington Named Mentor of the Month for November

Angels Camp, CA…The Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program is pleased to announce that Sheep Ranch resident Vicki Harrington has been named Mentor of the Month for November 2017. Vicki and her nine-year-old mentee Cris have been matched in the Mentoring Program for just over a year. “Vicki is an exceptional volunteer,” said Katie Lackler, coordinator of […]

Traffic Update…Fatal Vehicle into Tree Collision Near Michel Road & Mountain Ranch Road.

Traffic Update…Fatal Vehicle into Tree Collision Near Michel Road & Mountain Ranch Road.

Mountain Ranch, CA…Just after 3pm this afternoon CHP reported a vehicle vs tree collision near Michel Road & Mountain Ranch Road. Initially a medi-flight was requested and CHP was done but the patient was too severly injured to survive. Our thoughts and prayers are with another family who’s lives have taken a tragic turn for […]

Experience the Magic of Christmas At Calaveras & Sonora Lumber

Experience the Magic of Christmas At Calaveras & Sonora Lumber

Angels Camp & Sonora, CA….Experience the Magic of Christmas At Calaveras & Sonora Lumber Calaveras Lumber Co. is here to help you with all your home, garden, and construction needs. Whether you are a weekend warrior or a seasoned contractor, we have what you need to get the job done right, and expert staff to […]

Say No to Drugs Poster Contest Winners & Prizes

Say No to Drugs Poster Contest Winners & Prizes

San Andreas, CA…Yesterday, November 2nd 2017, Sheriff Rick DiBasilio presented several students from Valley Springs Elementary School, Avery Middle School and Michelson Elementary School with backpacks and school supplies as prizes. These students participated in the Sheriff’s Office third annual ‘Say No to Drugs’ Poster Contest that concluded last week coinciding with Red Ribbon Week. […]

San Andreas Home was Vacant During Oct. 26 Fire

San Andreas Home was Vacant During Oct. 26 Fire

San Andreas, CA…No one was home when firefighters were called in the early morning Oct. 26 to extinguish a fire in a two-story residence at 211 W. St. Charles St. in Andreas. San Andreas Fire Protection District Chief Don Young was first to arrive after the fire was reported at 2:42 a.m. Young said he […]

Caltrans District 10 Road Report & Repair Schedule Through November 11th

Caltrans District 10 Road Report & Repair Schedule Through November 11th

Angels Camp, CA…The latest schedule of road repairs and maintenance that will affect your travels in our area and as you travel. Locally crews will be working on many of our roadways. Below is Caltrans plans for repairs and maintenance on local roads. It shows the route, county and location of the possible repairs. Weather […]

Murphys Creek Theatre Play Festival

Murphys Creek Theatre Play Festival

Murphys, CA…Presentation of new works all weekend at MCT. A writer learns best by handing over their work to a group of actors & watching them bring it to life on a stage before an audience. Murphys Creek Theatre is excited to present a three-day event of readings & development labs for emerging & seasoned […]