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Vote on road access measure in Calaveras County postponed

31 min 33 sec ago

SAN ANDREAS - The long-running dispute over whether Calaveras County property owners can build homes on lots even if they can't prove they have a legal way to drive there is not over.

Calaveras supervisors sworn in

31 min 33 sec ago

SAN ANDREAS - A new year and a little new blood were not enough Tuesday morning to prevent the old-blood majority on the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors from immediately resuming the bickering that has characterized it over the past several years.

Group cites deep flaws in juvenile justice plan

January 6, 2009 - 3:00am

SAN ANDREAS - The $93 million effort to reform California's juvenile justice system by transferring many young offenders to county custody is deeply flawed, with inadequate guidelines for how the money should be spent and contains no system for tracking...

Salamander may trump subdivision

January 6, 2009 - 3:00am

WALLACE - Calaveras County's planning staff is recommending that the Board of Supervisors today reject a proposed 124-home subdivision in Wallace because the developer behind the project has not made changes necessary to protect the California Tiger...

Stevenot Winery will stay open, owner says

January 3, 2009 - 7:11am

MURPHYS - Despite foreclosure proceedings against several Stevenot Winery properties, the famed Calaveras County winery itself will not close and will soon expand, Stevenot owner Jack Munari said Friday.

San Andreas sewer bills may rise again

January 3, 2009 - 3:00am

SAN ANDREAS - Residents of San Andreas already pay among the highest monthly sewer bills in the region, and that rate might soon increase again as the San Andreas Sanitary District braces for an estimated $9.

Calaveras youths seem to take the hint

January 2, 2009 - 3:00am

SAN ANDREAS - The good news is that the majority of youths who tangled with the law in Calaveras County over a recent three year period - almost 80 percent according to a consultant's analysis - weren't caught violating the law again.

River enthusiast launches group to put face on waterway

January 1, 2009 - 3:00am

Jeremy Terhune knows how most people look at the Calaveras River.

Mentor program needs volunteers

December 31, 2008 - 3:00am

VALLEY SPRINGS - The Calaveras Youth Mentoring program is looking for a few good men and women to work with area youths.

Parks commission seeks public comment

December 31, 2008 - 3:00am

MURPHYS - Folks interested in the future of parks and recreation in Calaveras County are invited to a meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 14 in Native Sons Hall, 389 Main St., Murphys.

Murphys opens healthy dialogue

December 31, 2008 - 3:00am

MURPHYS - President-elect Barack Obama appears to have a rebellion on his hands when it comes to his proposals for reforming health care.

Fallen folk hero Nesler dies at 56

December 30, 2008 - 6:08am

SAN ANDREAS - Ellie Nesler, notorious for walking into a Jamestown courtroom and fatally shooting the man accused of molesting her son, died Friday of cancer at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento. She was 56.

Stimulus funds could benefit Lode golf course

December 29, 2008 - 3:00am

WALLACE - A proposed golf course resort and luxury home development on the far western edge of Calaveras County would be among the beneficiaries of a new water pipeline that would be built with federal economic stimulus dollars, if Calaveras County Water...

A shoe-in for winter fun

December 28, 2008 - 3:00am

ARNOLD - Sarah Mishkind, 9, got a pair of pink, aluminum-framed snowshoes for Christmas. She took them on their maiden voyage Saturday at Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

A shoe-in for winter fun

December 28, 2008 - 3:00am

ARNOLD - Sarah Mishkind, 9, got a pair of pink, aluminum-framed snowshoes for Christmas. She took them on their maiden voyage Saturday at Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

Food Review: Escape the cold -- Kawk-Eyed Cafe's homemade soup will warm you

December 25, 2008 - 3:00am

VALLEY SPRINGS - The Kawk-Eyed Cafe is a great place to get warm.

Timber company's herbicide use blasted

December 19, 2008 - 3:00am

SAN ANDREAS - The environmental group Forest Ethics released a report Thursday analyzing the 770,000 pounds of herbicides that timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries used on its lands during an 11-year period and calling on the company to reduce its use...

Lode officials say septic rules tough for poor

December 18, 2008 - 3:00am

SAN ANDREAS - Rural Californians are balking at the cost of proposed state rules intended to force them to keep their septic tank discharges out of the water the rest of the state drinks.

Police ask drinkers to be safe or face punishment

December 18, 2008 - 3:00am

MANTECA - San Joaquin County law enforcement agencies have begun their yearly holiday season campaign to remove drunken drivers from the roadways.

Tossing a line has a new angle at New Melones

December 17, 2008 - 3:00am

ANGELS CAMP - Fishing is a bit chaotic at New Melones Lake these days. It seems like the cold water is attracting many kinds of fish and drawing them close to the shoreline, where unassuming anglers are being surprised by what they hook.