Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through October 6th

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through October 6th

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! They have also implemented enhanced safety, cleaning and social distancing procedures in the store. These include plastic shields between staff and public in the checkstands. Due to the supply chain disruptions their normal weekly ad took a bit of a hiatus. […]

CCWD Ebbetts Pass Phased Shutdown & Pipeline Switch for Reach 1 Project Schedule for October

CCWD Ebbetts Pass Phased Shutdown & Pipeline Switch for Reach 1 Project Schedule for October

San Andreas, CA…The construction project to replace the main water transmission pipeline between Avery and Murphys is nearly complete.  The critical transition to the new pipeline will occur gradually over the next couple of weeks.  CCWD is limiting the number of customers impacted by this transition to the extent possible, but a series of planned […]

PG&E Issues Weather ‘All Clear’ in Most Locations for Public Safety Power Shutoff Event

PG&E Issues Weather ‘All Clear’ in Most Locations for Public Safety Power Shutoff Event

San Francisco, CA…Pacific Gas and Electric Company has begun patrols to inspect lines de-energized by the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) that started Sunday morning, Sept. 27, which affected about 65,000 customers in 16 counties. This follows the end of a severe weather pattern that included strong, dry winds coupled with elevated temperatures in portions […]

PSPS Outages Continue for Many Communities East of Hwy 49

PSPS Outages Continue for Many Communities East of Hwy 49

Arnold, CA…PSPS Outages Continue for Many Communities East of Hwy 49. Along the Hwy 4 Corridor the PSPS Outages were moved up to just above Arnold starting at Big Trees and continuing all the way up through Bear Valley. Along the Hwy 49 Corridor in Calaveras Country Mountain Ranch surrounding areas, West Point and most […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through September 29th

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through September 29th

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! They have also implemented enhanced safety, cleaning and social distancing procedures in the store. These include plastic shields between staff and public in the checkstands. Due to the supply chain disruptions their normal weekly ad took a bit of a hiatus. […]

Mens & Women’s Fall Clothing arriving daily in all 3 SNAC Locations!

Mens & Women’s Fall Clothing arriving daily in all 3 SNAC Locations!

Arnold, Murphys & Sonora, CA…Drop by all three SNAC locations seven days a week to see what’s new! Look for Men’s Dakota Grizzly rugged mountain wear at all three stores. In Murphys you’ll find Women’s Aventura, Toad & Co., Carve and Columbia. Women’s Teva and Merrill Fall boots are in stock in Murphys and all […]

Updated Weather Forecast for Dry, Offshore Wind Event Means PG&E Might Need to Proactively Turn Off Power for Safety in Portions of 15 Counties

Updated Weather Forecast for Dry, Offshore Wind Event Means PG&E Might Need to Proactively Turn Off Power for Safety in Portions of 15 Counties

San Francisco, CA…Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) continues to monitor a potentially strong and dry offshore wind event forecasted to start early Sunday morning and expected to last through Monday. Given the expected weather conditions, PG&E began its one-day advance notifications to customers in areas where PG&E may need to proactively turn power off […]

National Weather Service Issues Red Flag Warning for Our Area. May Trigger Sunday Eve PSPS Event

National Weather Service Issues Red Flag Warning for Our Area.  May Trigger Sunday Eve PSPS Event

Arnold, CA…The National Weather Service in Sacramento has elevated the weather warnings for our area from a Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning. This may also trigger a PSPS Event for our area for Sunday Evening with Power restoral time of 6pm on Monday. Red Flag Warning URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National […]

Caltrans District 10 Road Repair & Construction Schedule Through October 3rd

Caltrans District 10 Road Repair & Construction Schedule Through October 3rd

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 […]

Fire Restrictions Extended for all of Stanislaus National Forest Through Sept. 30

Fire Restrictions Extended for all of Stanislaus National Forest Through Sept. 30

Sonora, CA…Fire restrictions were extended by Regional Forester Randy Moore for all California national forests due to the extreme fire danger.  Fire restrictions remain in effect at all elevations on the Stanislaus National Forest, which prohibits using any ignition sources, including campfires, propane or gel-fuel stoves and smoking materials. The new regional order extending fire […]

Warming Weather Later This Week Leading to Fire Weather Watch this Weekend

Warming Weather Later This Week Leading to Fire Weather Watch this Weekend

Arnold, CA…It will be warming into the weekend and the National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch. The Detailed forecasts for the West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada, Mother Lode & Fire Weather Watch are below… Today Haze in the morning. Sunny. Highs 62 to 77 higher elevations…74 to 84 lower elevations. Prevailing southeast […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through September 29th

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through September 29th

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! They have also implemented enhanced safety, cleaning and social distancing procedures in the store. These include plastic shields between staff and public in the checkstands. Due to the supply chain disruptions their normal weekly ad took a bit of a hiatus. […]

Elder Abuse Investigations in Copperopolis & Arnold for Calaveras Sheriff’s Office

Elder Abuse Investigations in Copperopolis & Arnold for Calaveras Sheriff’s Office

San Andreas, CA…In the evening of September 18, 2020, an elderly male (72 years of age) contacted the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office to report an incident of elder abuse. According to the victim, the suspect began arguing with him for a substantial amount of time. While arguing with the victim, the suspect placed the victim […]

Road Work on Meko Drive Underway in Camp Connell

Road Work on Meko Drive Underway in Camp Connell

Camp Connell, CA…Road work associated with the Techite Project is scheduled to being this week in the Camp Connell area.  The Calaveras County Water District is repaving the shoulders along Meko Drive starting Thursday, September 17 and estimate this to last one week.  Work will occur between the hours of 7 AM to 5 PM […]

Forest Service Increases Access to Stanislaus National Forest

Forest Service Increases Access to Stanislaus National Forest

Sonora, CA…The Stanislaus National Forest is reopening sections of the forest again to public access after the Pacific Southwest Region rescinded its regional closure order. The regional closure order signed by Regional Forester Randy Moore expired at 8 a.m. today. Fire restrictions remain in effect at all elevations on the forest, which prohibit using any ignition […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through September 22nd

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through September 22nd

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! They have also implemented enhanced safety, cleaning and social distancing procedures in the store. These include plastic shields between staff and public in the checkstands. Due to the supply chain disruptions their normal weekly ad took a bit of a hiatus. […]

Chance of Showers Today Before Warming Through the Weekend

Chance of Showers Today Before Warming Through the Weekend

Arnold, CA…The Detailed forecasts for West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada & Motherlode from the National Weather Service are below… Rest Of Today Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny. Areas of smoke in the morning. A chance of rain showers. Highs 55 to 70 higher elevations…66 to 76 lower elevations. Prevailing south winds […]

Bear Valley Plans Opening Thanksgiving Weekend & Mattly’s Updates Commence for the 2020-21 Season

Bear Valley Plans Opening Thanksgiving Weekend & Mattly’s Updates Commence for the 2020-21 Season

Bear Valley, CA…Winter is quickly approaching, and we’re excited to see you back on the mountain! We all know this winter will be a bit different, and our team is working to plan for a safe and successful season. We plan to open over thanksgiving like normal and as always, weather dependent. Over the coming […]

Bret Harte Junior/Senior Post Secondary Virtual Planning Night is October 5th

Bret Harte Junior/Senior Post Secondary Virtual Planning Night is October 5th

Angels Camp, CA…Bret Harte High School would like all junior and seniors and their parents to attend a live virtual post-secondary planning night on October 5, 2020 at 6 pm. Guest speakers from the University of California, the California State University, California Community Colleges, Western Undergraduate Exchange Program, Private Colleges of California, Mother Lode Educational […]

Lori Duse Weathers 1964 – 2020

Lori Duse Weathers 1964 – 2020

Murphys, CA…Lori Duse Weathers, age 55, passed away peacefully with family at her side on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at her family’s home in Salt Lake City, UT. Lori was born September 9, 1964 in Castro Valley, CA to Lawrence and Vivian (Tanghe) Byrnes. A 1982 graduate of Bret Harte HS, she began work with […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through September 22nd

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through September 22nd

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! They have also implemented enhanced safety, cleaning and social distancing procedures in the store. These include plastic shields between staff and public in the checkstands. Due to the supply chain disruptions their normal weekly ad took a bit of a hiatus. […]

Search and Rescue Conducts Swift Water Training

Search and Rescue Conducts Swift Water Training

San Andreas, CA…On September 12th, 2020, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Search and Rescue (SAR) Team conducted their annual swift water rescue training. The training was held on the North Fork of the Stanislaus River. The team trained on a variety of skills including defensive swimming, throw bag rescue, accessing and treating victims in […]