18th Annual Fall Health Fair Is September 24th At Mark Twain Medical Center

18th Annual Fall Health Fair Is September 24th At Mark Twain Medical Center

San Andreas, CA..Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) will be holding its 18th Annual Fall Health Fair on Saturday, September 24th from 7am to noon at the Hospital Campus in San Andreas. “We are once again delighted to provide these needed health and well-being services at a low cost for our community,” said Bob Diehl, Hospital […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through September 11th

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through September 11th

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are enclosed… We Would Like To Thank Signal Service For Sponsoring Our Law Enforcement Category daily_log_09-11-2016 daily_log_09-10-2016 daily_log_09-09-2016 daily_log_09-08-2016 daily_log_09-07-2016 daily_log_09-06-2016 daily_log_09-05-2016 daily_log_09-04-2016 daily_log_09-03-2016 daily_log_09-02-2016 daily_log_09-01-2016 daily_log_08-31-2016 daily_log_08-30-2016 daily_log_08-29-2016 daily_log_08-28-2016 daily_log_08-27-2016 daily_log_08-26-2016 daily_log_08-25-2016 daily_log_08-24-2016

Investigation Underway In Deadly Rail Road Flat Motorhome Fire

Investigation Underway In Deadly Rail Road Flat Motorhome Fire

Rail Road Flat, CA…On 09-12-16 at about 0750hrs, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a structure fire on the 900 block of Ridge Road in Rail Road Flat. Upon arrival, Deputies observed a fully engulfed motorhome. Calaveras County Fire Investigation Unit and Detectives responded to the motorhome and located a deceased […]

Traffic Update….Lane Closures On Hwy 49 From Poole Station To San Antonio Creek This Week

Traffic Update….Lane Closures On Hwy 49 From Poole Station To San Antonio Creek This Week

San Andreas, CA….Calaveras County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform various road construction activities on State Route 49 (SR-49). Work will occur as follows: A 24-hour closure of the #1 (left) lane and right shoulder on northbound SR-49 from Main Street to Poole Station Road for utility potholing beginning Monday, September 12, […]

Michael Nicholas Kriletich 1953-2016, Celebration Of Life September 24th!

Michael Nicholas Kriletich 1953-2016, Celebration Of Life September 24th!

Paloma, CA…Michael Kriletich was born in San Leandro, CA on February 10, 1953. He attended the seminary on Mt Diablo from age 14 to age 18. At 19 he met Diane Jenkins and 2 years later they were married. Together they formed a loving couple and tight team for over 41 years of marriage. Michael […]

The CCWD Board of Directors Are Back In Action On Wednesday

The CCWD Board of Directors Are Back In Action On Wednesday

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Water District Board of Directors will start their work at 9am wednesday morning at the Board Chambers in San Andreas. Discussion / Action regarding proposed Legislation on Advancing Biomass Efforts in Response to the Bark Beetle & Wednesday, Discussion / Action to Ratify Claim Summary #534 Secretarial Fund in the […]

Butte Fire Anniversary & Recovery Dominate Supervisors Agenda This Week

Butte Fire Anniversary & Recovery Dominate Supervisors Agenda This Week

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors is back in action starting at 9am tomorroW. Some of the agenda items are: Adopt a Proclamation recognizing the County staff providing California HOPE services under the Federal Community Crisis Program (CCP) grant which supports victims of the Butte Fire. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing all first responders, […]

Planning Commission Notice Of Public Hearing On Appeal Of Rejection Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

Planning Commission Notice Of Public Hearing On Appeal Of Rejection Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

Rail Road Flat, CA…Planning commission NOTICE OF public hearing Lead Agency: Calaveras County Planning Department 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-1059 APPEAL of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application for APN: 014-030-006 Jose Orozco on behalf of JCO Farms, is appealing the denial of application 2016-482 for commercial cannabis cultivation registration. […]

Planning Commission Notice Of Public Hearing On Appeal Of Rejection Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

Planning Commission Notice Of Public Hearing On Appeal Of Rejection Of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

Mountain Ranch, CA….Planning commission NOTICE OF public hearing Lead Agency: Calaveras County Planning Department 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-1055 APPEAL of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application for APN 040-024-010 Mong Vang is appealing the Planning Director’s denial of an application for commercial cannabis cultivation registration. The 6.96-acre site is […]

Mother Lode League Football Is In Full Swing

Mother Lode League Football Is In Full Swing

Arnold, CA….Our local Mother Lode League Football teams are marching forward in the 2016 season. Most of our teams put another W in the win column with the exception of Summerville and Linden. The Bullfrogs football team took Friday’s home non-conference game against Golden Sierra 27-6. Calaveras won Friday’s home non-conference game against perennial powerhouse […]

Annual Residential Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Events

Annual Residential Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Events

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras County is pleased to announce that the Annual Residential Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Events have been scheduled for September 10th & 11th, 2016. Saturday, September 10th at 1191 Linebaugh Road Arnold (County Road Yard) 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Saturday, September 10th at 891 Mountain Ranch Road (Government Center) 9:00 am […]

Calaveras County Public Access TV Studio PATV Schedule Through September 15th & 2016 Miss Calaveras Pageant!

Calaveras County Public Access TV Studio PATV Schedule Through September 15th & 2016 Miss Calaveras Pageant!

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras Community TV is located in San Andreas, CA. We are a non-profit organization which helps facilitate the local studio and air original community programming to your home. The goals for PEG Access Television are to promote free speech, foster diverse points of view, encourage communications, create opportunities, encourage artistic expression, expand educational […]

My Life, My Choice, My Hospice Is Hospice Of Amador & Calaveras

My Life, My Choice, My Hospice Is Hospice Of Amador & Calaveras

Amador & Calaveras Counties, CA…Hospice is a concept of care that treats the person, not the disease, and emphasizes quality of life, not the duration. Since 1982, Hospice of Amador and Calaveras has been working to meet the needs of those nearing the end of their lives. Hospice care neither hastens nor postpones death but […]

Calaveras County Public Access TV Studio PATV Schedule Through September 8th &Inside View #220 With Host Dana Nichols and Guest Sheriff Rick Dibasilio Measure D

Calaveras County Public Access TV Studio PATV Schedule Through September 8th &Inside View #220 With Host Dana Nichols and Guest Sheriff Rick Dibasilio Measure D

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras Community TV is located in San Andreas, CA. We are a non-profit organization which helps facilitate the local studio and air original community programming to your home. The goals for PEG Access Television are to promote free speech, foster diverse points of view, encourage communications, create opportunities, encourage artistic expression, expand educational […]

$122,000.00 Donated to Butte Fire Relief

$122,000.00 Donated to Butte Fire Relief

COUNTYWIDE – Calaveras Recovers, a long-term relief organization helping survivors of the 2015 Butte Fire, has received a generous, $22,000 donation from the congregation of Good Samaritan Community Covenant Church of Valley Springs. Another anonymous donor also privately contributed $100,000. “We studied and prayed where we should put our money,” said Jeff Jolliff, church Executive […]

Valley Springs News Awarded County Legal Notice Contract! County Legal Notices Coming To ThePineTree.net

Valley Springs News Awarded County Legal Notice Contract!  County Legal Notices Coming To ThePineTree.net

Valley Springs, CA…(Editor’s Note: ThePineTree.net will be working with The Valley Springs news to provide county legal notices to as wide of an audience as possible. We would like to congratulate the Valley Springs News on being awarded the contract and we are pleased to be able to provide additional exposure for the notices. The […]

VOTE NO on “Measure D” It’s claim to “Control Commercial Cannabis Cultivation in Calaveras” is deceptive!

VOTE NO on “Measure D” It’s claim to “Control Commercial Cannabis Cultivation in Calaveras” is deceptive!

Angels Camp, CA…Why Vote No on D when it offers “Control for Commercial Cannabis”? Simple — Measure D is a hastily and poorly written legislation. It lacks the necessary authority for law enforcement and code compliance to do their jobs! It is in conflict with current zoning law. It has a seriously flawed land-lease component. […]

Safe Driving Classes Start Tomorrow!! Then September 1, 7 & 14

Safe Driving Classes Start Tomorrow!! Then September 1, 7 & 14

San Andreas, CA…FREE interactive safe driving awareness class for new drivers and their Parents/Guardians provided by the San Andreas CHP. MURPHYS, August 31, 2016, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Murphys Fire Dept. SAN ANDREAS, September 1, 2016, 6:30pm – 8:00pm, Mark Twain Hospital. COPPEROPOLIS, September 7, 2016, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Copper Fire Dept. SAN ANDREAS, September 14, […]

Robbery Of Marijuana Plants In San Andreas

Robbery Of Marijuana Plants In San Andreas

San Andreas, CA…On 08-28-16 at 10:30 AM, Calaveras Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 3000 block of Central Hill Road in San Andreas to investigate a report of a brandishing of a firearm. The victim was approached by two adult suspects, one male and one female, who had parked their vehicle at the entrance to the […]

Clarence “Smokey” Spreadborough Aug. 22, 1928 – Aug. 27, 2016

Clarence “Smokey” Spreadborough  Aug. 22, 1928 – Aug. 27, 2016

Angels Camp, CA…Clarence “Smokey” Spreadborough, Aug. 22, 1928 – Aug. 27, 2016. Born in Monterey, CA, moved to Calaveras County, where his mother was born. He and his siblings attended the little two room school house in Altaville and Bret Harte High. Smokey was a Teamster Truck Driver for 40 years, starting with Blagen Lumber […]

Kenneth Eino Hirvonen 1978 – 2016

Kenneth Eino Hirvonen 1978 – 2016

Mountain Ranch, CA…Kenneth Eino Hirvonen, 37, passed away in a tragic construction accident on Friday August 19th in Mountain Ranch, CA. Kenny was born September 20th 1978 in Mission Hills, CA to Arto and Jeanne Hirvonen. Kenny was currently living in Sutter Creek, CA working as a general contractor and had recently received his Bachelors […]

West Point Woman Who Started Willow Fire Arrested On Multiple Charges

West Point Woman Who Started Willow Fire Arrested On Multiple Charges

San Andreas, CA…Hogan was driving her vehicle eastbound on Mountain Ranch Rd. For an unknown reason the right rear tire became flat and the rim was in contact with the roadway while she was driving. The rim was causing a shower of sparks that was igniting the grass shoulder of the roadway. A witness behind […]

Woman Arrested For DUI, Unlawfully Starting Fire Causing Inhabited Residence To Burn & More!

Woman Arrested For DUI, Unlawfully Starting Fire Causing Inhabited Residence To Burn & More!

San Andreas, CA…Peace Officers with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Tuolumne – Calaveras Unit determined that a vehicle driving on Mountain Ranch Road, sparked several fires. These fires have so far ultimately burned approximately 450 acres of vegetation. Renee Hogan was arrested by the California Highway Patrol at the eastern […]

94 Year Old Valley Springs Man Sustains Minor Injuries When Youngster Loses Control…

94 Year Old Valley Springs Man Sustains Minor Injuries When Youngster Loses Control…

San Andreas, CA…Yesterday shortly after noon a 94 year old Valley Springs man sustained minor injuries when a Valley Springs woman who is probably younger than some of his shirts, lost control of her vehicle and went into a spin. He tried to avoid the young whippersnapper but was unsuccessful. Youthful drivers these days & […]

Arnold CHS Thrift Store’s Super Sales Thursday!! It’s Big, Ginormous, Buy One Get One Free Dress Sale!!!

Arnold CHS Thrift Store’s Super Sales Thursday!!  It’s Big, Ginormous, Buy One Get One Free Dress Sale!!!

Arnold, CA…Super Sales Thursday Starts August 4th, 2016!! The Arnold Calaveras Humane Society Thrift Stores Big, Ginormous, Buy One Get One Free Dress Sale!!! Don’t Miss it as All Women’s & Girl’s Dresses ARE ON SALE – BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!!! (EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE) Stay posted on our Face Book Page! https://www.facebook.com/CHSThriftStores. Calaveras […]

California Hunter Education Class Starting September 4th In Arnold

California Hunter Education Class Starting September 4th In Arnold

Arnold, CA… If your student is interested in a Hunter Education class, Mark Oswald and Al Courtwright will be offering a course on September 4th, 11th, and 18th at Ebbetts Pass Fire Station #1, 1027 Blagen Road, Arnold from Noon—5pm each day. All three days must be attended to pass the class. The cost is […]