Calaveras County Public Health Department Issues Heat Advisory to Residents

Calaveras County Public Health Department Issues Heat Advisory to Residents

San Andreas, CA… Calaveras County Health and Human Services Agency – Public Health Division has issued a heat advisory for the County. We urge the public to act now to prevent heat-related illness. Temperatures of 100 degrees or more are expected over the next several days. Dr. Kelaita, County Health Officer, stated, “Taking action now […]

Register Your Surveillance Camera & Help Fight Crime

Register Your Surveillance Camera & Help Fight Crime

San Andreas, CA…Help Solve Crime in Your Area! Register Your Video Surveillance Camera with CCSO. The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is reaching out to residents and businesses with surveillance camera(s) on their property. CCSO would like to continue to build a database to catalog the surveillance cameras in our community. As crimes occur, CCSO […]

Moderate Injuries In Head on Collision on Hwy 12

Moderate Injuries In Head on Collision on Hwy 12

San Andreas, CA…On 06/17/2017 at approximately 1610 hours, Katrina Williams was driving her Jeep westbound on SR-12, west of SR-49. Janet Ballou was driving her Ford truck eastbound on SR-12, approaching the Jeep. For an undetermined reason, Williams turned her jeep to the left into the path of Ballou. Ballou had no time to react […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through June 18th

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through June 18th

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below Daily_Log_05-31-2017 Daily_Log_06-01-2017 Daily_Log_06-02-2017 Daily_Log_06-03-2017 Daily_Log_06-04-2017 Daily_Log_06-05-2017 Daily_Log_06-06-2017 Daily_Log_06-07-2017 Daily_Log_06-08-2017 Daily_Log_06-09-2017 Daily_Log_06-10-2017 Daily_Log_06-11-2017 Daily_Log_06-12-2017 Daily_Log_06-13-2017 Daily_Log_06-14-2017 Daily_Log_06-15-2017 Daily_Log_06-16-2017 Daily_Log_06-17-2017 Daily_Log_06-18-2017

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing on Denial of Appeal on Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing on Denial of Appeal on Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

San Andreas, CA…LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-827 APPEAL by Archer Norris representing Joshua Moore, of the Planning Commission Denial of Appeal 2016-827 for the Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application. The 640.35 acre site is located approximately two miles north of State Highway 4 […]

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing on Denial of Appeal on Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing on Denial of Appeal on Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

San Andreas, CA…LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-717 APPEAL by James Hanson of Planning Commission Denial of Appeal 2016-717 for the denial of a Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application. The site is located at on the north side of Highway 12 from 1622 Hwy 12, Valley […]

Update From Calaveras Unified School District Negotiations

Update From Calaveras Unified School District Negotiations

San Andreas, CA…An update regarding negotiations between Calaveras Unified School District and Calaveras Unified Educators Association (CUEA). Posted on the CUSD website at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8dxpNiYFqDlSDF2VDFfeTBRS2s/view is a copy of the official Fact Finding Report, including the formal dissent issued as part of the official report, that was a result of the formal Fact Finding process that […]

Vicki Luann Hegel 1954 – 2017

Vicki Luann Hegel 1954 – 2017

San Andreas, CA…Vicki Luann Hegel, age 63 passed away Friday June 9th at her home in San Andreas Ca. Vicki was born in 1954 in Winfield Alabama. She met her husband Mike Hegel of Angels Camp, CA in 1979 while living in Mississippi. Mike and Vicki moved to San Andreas Ca in 1980. They married […]

Lori Lee (Crain) Pierce 1966 – 2017

Lori Lee (Crain) Pierce 1966 – 2017

Lori Lee (Crain) Pierce, 51, died in San Andreas, CA. on June 9, 2017. Lori was born on January 10, 1966 to Mary Lou (Martin) Crain and Harold Dean Curtis Crain. Lori lived in Calaveras County most of her life and graduated from Calaveras High School in 1984. Lori worked for K-mart and the Jackson […]

Missing Pilot LeRoy Del Don and Beechcraft Airplane Located.

Missing Pilot LeRoy Del Don and Beechcraft Airplane Located.

Mountain Ranch, CA…On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 around noon, a search team reported finding possible aircraft debris. Shortly after this discovery a crash site and aircraft was located around one mile south of the last known radar point of Missing pilot LeRoy Del Don. The area of the site was densely wooded and steep, and […]

Jared Salisbury, 41 of Idaho Falls, ID Lost His Life Yesterday In Hwy 49 Motorcycle Collision

Jared Salisbury, 41 of Idaho Falls, ID Lost His Life Yesterday In Hwy 49 Motorcycle Collision

Mokelumne Hill, CA…Jared Salisbury, 41 of Idaho Falls, ID was riding his motorcycle with three other motorcycles southbound on State Route 49, south of the Mokelumne River. An Auburn man was traveling northbound on State Route 49, approaching Salisbury. Mr. Salisbury had just passed a southbound vehicle when he lost control of his 2010 Ducati […]

Update On Missing or Overdue Aircraft and Pilot.

Update On Missing or Overdue Aircraft and Pilot.

San Andreas, CA…Last Night’s update on missing pilot. “Today around 35 Searchers from agencies including the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office, Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office, and the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office performed an extensive search in an area east of Mountain Ranch. Searchers reported slow progress due to terrain and heavy […]

Calaveras Board of Supervisors are Back in Action Today

Calaveras Board of Supervisors are Back in Action Today

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are back in action today. There full agenda is below.. Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting 6/13/2017 8:00 AM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road   San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads: Agenda Agenda Packet Call to Order Roll Call CLOSED SESSION AGENDA 1. Pursuant to Govt. Code section […]

Butte Fire Claims May Expire Soon!

Butte Fire Claims May Expire Soon!

San Andreas, CA…Airola Butte Fire Attorneys in San Andreas is ready to help. We are a team of lawyers fighting for the rights of property owners in Amador and Calaveras Counties. The Airola family has been serving the legal needs of the Motherlode for 99 years. Now, in the aftermath of the Butte fire, the […]

Six Local Students Awarded Career & Technical Training (C&TT) Scholarships for 2017

Six Local Students Awarded Career & Technical Training (C&TT) Scholarships for 2017

Angels Camp, CA…Calaveras Community Foundation (CCF) awarded Career and Technical Training scholarships to a total of six high school students during recent award night events. Four Calaveras High School students, one Bret Harte High student and one student from Mountain Oaks will each receive $1,500. Calaveras High School student Jayda Hufana, of Valley Springs, is […]

Search Is On For Missing Plane, Last Known Above Mountain Ranch Area

Search Is On For Missing Plane, Last Known Above Mountain Ranch Area

Mountain Ranch, CA…On June 10, 2017 the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office was notified by the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office about a missing or overdue aircraft. It was reported that 75 year old Leroy Del Don Jr had departed an airstrip in Stanislaus County (Wesley, Ca.) on Friday, June 9th around 2:00 pm and had not made […]

Mark Twain Medical Center Announces Availability of Community Grant Funding

Mark Twain Medical Center Announces Availability of Community Grant Funding

San Andreas, CA…Mark Twain Medical Center, (MTMC) through its affiliation with Dignity Health, has announced the opening of the 2017 Dignity Health Community Grants Program. Each grant program candidate must submit a letter of intent by the June 30th deadline in order to be considered. Applicants must be a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization or have […]

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties

San Andreas, CA…June 12th, 2017 – After a wet winter, warming temperatures are quickly drying out the abundant annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the […]

The 2017 Calaveras High Graduation Photos & Full Video

The 2017 Calaveras High Graduation Photos & Full Video

San Andreas, CA…Congratulations to the Calaveras High School Class of 2017. 200 of our area’s best and brightest marched across the stage and received their diplomas last night in San Andreas. Below we have some highlight photos and full video in HD of the entire ceremony. When you click on most photos they will take […]

Planning Commission Notice Of Public Hearing On A Planned Development Permit

Planning Commission Notice Of Public Hearing On A Planned Development Permit

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249. 2017-058 PD for Connie Romano: A Planned Development Permit to construct a 480 sq. ft. detached garage accessory to the existing single family residence located at 8409 Peek Circle in Mokelumne Hill. APN: […]

Planning Commission Notice Of Public Hearing On Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Denial

Planning Commission Notice Of Public Hearing On Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Denial

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249. 2016-629 APPEAL by Stewart Alberts of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application The site is located at 8429 Oak Ridge Rd., Mountain Ranch. In the NW 1/4 of Section 01, T4N, R13e, […]

Marijuana Eradication in Burson Leads To Arrest

Marijuana Eradication in Burson Leads To Arrest

Burson, CA) On 06/02/2017 at approximately 9:45 AM Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies served a search warrant on a property located in the 3800 block of Dickenson Court in Burson. In late May, Deputies identified the property as a marijuana growing operation. During the investigation it was discovered that the location was an unregistered and illegal […]

Dr. Mike Kifune Returns to Practice Medicine in Arnold

Dr. Mike Kifune Returns to Practice Medicine in Arnold

San Andreas, CA June 6, 2017 –Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Mike Kifune to their Arnold Family Medical Center. “I am grateful to be returning to practice in the Arnold community,’ commented Dr. Kifune, “I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to Dr. Nadler for his […]

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Study Session On Cannabis Resumes This Morning

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Study Session On Cannabis Resumes This Morning

San Andreas, CA…After a closed session for labor negotiations the Board will resume the Cannabis Study session from last week. The study session is scheduled to resume at 10am. This study session is designed to allow the Board of Supervisors, County Departments and Calaveras County residents an opportunity to hear about and discuss the County’s […]

Tragic DUI Golf Cart Accident Leads To Death Of San Jose Woman

Tragic DUI Golf Cart Accident Leads To Death Of San Jose Woman

Valley Springs, CA…Richard Clarke, 57 from San Jose was driving a golf cart while intoxicated through a private olive orchard. As he approached the end of the orchard he made a left turn. His passenger Debra Bedard, 58 from San Jose was holding two wine glasses and was unable to stabilize herself as he made […]