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The arrival of spring brings more than rain and fresh blooms to the Mother Lode. New spring productions are opening at local theaters, beginning with “Alice’s Adventures Underground,” based on the classic childhood tale of “Alice in Wonderland,” at the Metropolitan in San Andreas. Audiences...

West Point, CA — 34 homes in the West Point area of Calaveras County are no longer under an evacuation warning. The homes near the Middle Fork of the Mokelumne River were threatened by a potential debris slide. The Calaveras Office of Emergency Services reports, “Mitigation measures to divert water around the washed-out area on Barney Way have been completed, and the soil has not moved in the last 48 hours. This area will continue to be monitored.”

It's that time of year...Girl Scouts cookies time. Girl Scouts Northern California CEO, Bri Seoane to talk about all the exciting things happening in the organization, including those famous cookies!

California is the nation’s wine garden and wine cellar and Amador Vintners Association’s Behind the Cellar Door event is a great way to discover the fruits of this garden. In a 2023 survey conducted by LawnStarter to discover the best counties in wine-related categories, Amador County scored third place out of California’s 58 counties in the Highest Average Consumer Rating for Wine Tours category (see all ranking at lawnstarter.com/blog/studies/best-california-wine-counties). Experience why March 25 & 26, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day, when Behind the Cellar Door reveals the art of winemaking by sharing the secrets of blending wine and how to pair wine and food plus offering winery tours or meetings with award-winning winemakers. More than 40 wineries in Amador Wine Country will give guests exclusive opportunities to go behind the scenes while enjoying flights of world-class Amador wine, small bites and barrel samples.

It was a sad holiday season in the mining community of Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California, in 1889, for on Sunday, the 22nd day of December of that year, before noon, at the Utica Mine in the town of Angels Camp, occurred the most fearful and heartrending accident that ever happened in the county. Seventeen men lost their lives.

(KTXL) — A truck traveling along Interstate 5 in Colusa County when it was struck by lightning this week, according to the California Highway Patrol Williams station. The truck was traveling northbound on the interstate south Lurline when a lightning bolt hit the top left rear of the cabin and worked its way towards the […]

“That car is pretty totalled.”

Plans to purchase an expensive new scoreboard for Calaveras High School’s football field led some to voice opposition, and now the district is scrapping that plan. Calaveras Unified School District has decided to forgo the $20,000-$30,000 scoreboard project, due to “projected increased costs for installation,” CUSD Superintendent Mark Campbell said. Instead, the current scoreboard will be overhauled at a significantly lower cost.

After having to wait a week between games, the Calaveras High School baseball team finally got to return to the field and ended up playing in back-to-back contests to end the week. Calaveras began Mother Lode League play against the Summerville Bears on March 17 at Matthew Bicocca Field in...

Tuolumne County, CA — Travelers on Highway 49 have faced some traffic delays in the Tuttletown area this morning. The CHP reports that a semi-truck carrying multiple vehicles slid off the road and went into the ditch. It happened at around 8:50am. Traffic was still able to pass through the area, immediately after the crash. However, at around 10am, officials closed both traffic lanes so a tow truck could remove the big rig. Both lanes reopened, at around 10:30am. Cleanup continues in the area.

STOCKTON - Federal investigators are seeking the public's help in finding a suspect wanted in a postal carrier assault in Stockton that was captured on a surveillance camera.The suspect robbed the postal worker while she was on her mail route. The surveillance video shows a postal carrier outside her truck, walking up a Stockton driveway when a white car pulls up.A man gets out of the car wearing a mask and jogs up behind her.  Just out of frame, you can hear the carrier let out a scream.The pair re-appear showing the suspect going after the carrier's master key attached...

Keep your umbrella handy, throw on your jacket, and plan on giving yourself a little extra time to get where you need to go before you head out the door Wednesday. The area of low pressure that was centered off the coast of northern California on Tuesday is now centered along the coast in the Bay Area to start your Wednesday. That trough is pushing moisture north into our region, and that will drive the potential for more scattered rain and snow showers across our region through your Wednesday. Snow levels are hovering between 3500' to 4500' and some mountain travel impacts will be possible today and Thursday due to the light to moderate snowfall making our mountain roads slick. Rain totals will more than likely end up at around or under a quarter inch in the valley Wednesday. Cloudy skies and scattered showers have persisted overnight following the heavier rain and thunderstorms from Tuesday afternoon and evening. Temperatures are starting out in the 40's in the valley, 30's to 40's in the foothills, and 20's to 30's in our mountain zones early Wednesday. We'll have cloudy skies and scattered light to moderate showers today. Winds will be out of the southeast in the 10 to 15mph range, and we'll have the potential for gusts in the 20 to 25mph range. High temperatures are projected to climb into the mid to upper 50's in the valley, 40's to low 50's in the foothills, and 30's to upper 40's in our mountain zones Wednesday afternoon.

Rain and snow are falling in Northern California on Tuesday and some Sierra chain controls are in effect. Here is what to know about the forecast and the latest travel impacts. | Send us your weather video here | Check the latest chain controls and road conditions here | Watch...

Press release from the Humboldt County Growers Alliance:. Northern California’s cannabis industry is the subject of a study that began in 2022 examining the economic impact of industry upon the region. Cal Poly Humboldt and Sonoma State University are examining the economic impact of cannabis farming, manufacturing, distribution and retail sales on the county economies in Humboldt, Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Trinity, and Del Norte counties).

Murphys, CA…The Luck o the Irish was definitely on the side of the Murphys Business Association as the storms stopped as if on cue. The sun came out and gave locals a visitors alike a beautiful day to celebrate all things Irish in Murphys. John & Gail Kautz were parade Grand Marshals it was another great, small town Americana parade. If you couldn’t make it our you would just like to relive the day we have over 200 photos and over a half hour of video for you. Link to slideshow is below featured photos.

The grant comes nearly a year after another for $55 million.

Update at 3:50 pm: Calaveras County Health and Human Services, in coordination with the American Red Cross, has announced the closure of the shelter located at Mokelumne Hill Elementary School. The shelter closed at 3 PM today. However, the site will continue to be staged and ready to use in case the need arises. The shelter located at West Point Community Town Hall will remain open to provide support to the affected individuals.

David Schmalz here, thinking about the weather. Frankly, I’m starting to get tired of it. As I write this another atmospheric river—the 12th of the season—is sweeping over the Central Coast, and it’s starting to feel like it will never end: Wasn’t yesterday, after all, the first day of spring?

SUTTER CREEK — Rising guitar and lap steel player Selwyn Birchwood calls his original music “electric swamp funkin’ blues,” defined by raw and soulful musicianship played with fire-and-brimstone fervor. His gritty, unvarnished vocals draw his audience deep inside his unforgettable tales of love, passion, pain and pleasure. No other band on the current blues scene is built quite like Birchwood’s. In addition to Selwyn’s electrifying guitar and lap steel playing, the other featured instrument is Regi Oliver’s driving baritone sax. The group is rounded out by bass, drums and, for the first time, keyboards.

While I didn’t get the chance to fully take in Murphys Irish Day on Saturday, I did briefly join the crowd for the annual celebration. To make a long story short, a woman and her six friends from Pleasanton — all of whom I had never met — needed a designated driver to give them a ride from their cabin in Arnold to Murphys. I made the decision a while ago to earn a little extra cash, and may have had a drink or two myself before I made the decision.