Congratulations to 5th Assembly District’s Veteran of the Year, Don Cuneo!
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/21/2018 11:54 AM
Sacramento, CA...Assemblyman Frank Bigelow Congratulates the 5th Assembly District’s Veteran of the Year, Don Cuneo! Born near San Andreas and a graduate of Calaveras High School, Cuneo enlisted in the US Navy in 1942. Don served on the USS McCord, a destroyer that patrolled all over the South Pacific. He later went to San Diego and went to fire control school, and then he served on the USS Columbus in Boston getting ready for the invasion of Japan. He was in the Navy from November of 1942 to November 1945, earning the Good Conduct Medal and left the Navy as a Fire Control Man, 3rd Class.
Marijuana Eradication in Railroad Flat, 1,309 Plants & 171.56 Lbs of Marijuana
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/14/2018 02:49 PM
Rail Road Flat, CA...On 6-13-18 members of the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team served a search warrant for illegal marijuana/cannabis cultivation at an address in the 2000 block of Mason Road, Railroad Flat. This site was previously registered as a commercial medical cannabis cultivation site. Deputies seized 1,309 marijuana plants, 171.56 pounds of processed marijuana and issued three citations for the three subjects located on the property at the time of the search warrant.
Fires and Prepping For Fireworks Show Keep Fire Fighters Busy in Valley Springs Area
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/13/2018 04:58 PM
Valley Springs, CA...The Valley Springs area has been ground zero for much of the recent fire activity. There have been several fires in the area including a controlled burn getting ready for the firworks show on June 23rd. From CAl-Fire..."CAL FIRE TCU Firefighters with assistance from Calaveras Consolidated Fire quickly contained a vegetation fire in the Valley Springs area this evening. The fire burned two acres and is under investigation." Photos from Stagecoach Fire yesterday and Campo Seco Fire last night...
Mark Twain Medical Center Welcomes Additional Board Certified Surgeon with Multiple Specialties to Join the Team at MTMC
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/13/2018 03:56 PM
San Andreas, CA...Mark Twain Medical Center is pleased to announce the arrival of an additional Surgeon to Mark Twain Medical Center. Dr. Eldo Frezza is a Board Certified General Surgeon, specializing in breast surgery, wound care, colorectal surgery, and advanced technology in hernia surgery. Dr. Frezza has practiced medicine in both the United States and Italy. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.
San Andreas, CA...The results have been updated on the County Election Department website: https://elections.calaverasgov.us/Results . There are 500 ballots left to be processed, which includes provisional ballots issued on Election Day.
San Andreas, CA...Raymond Lloyd Donovan, Born on March 3rd, 1926 and passed away on June 4th, 2018 in San Andreas at the age of 92 from natural causes. He was a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Corps. He loved to camp and was a camp host for many years.
CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/11/2018 08:28 AM
San Andreas, CA...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 State Responsibility Area of Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties. This suspension takes effect at 8:00 a.m., Monday, June 11th, 2018 and bans all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris such as branches and leaves.
