Copperopolis, CA...(Copperopolis, CA) On 01/31/13 at approx. 2:30 pm Calaveras County Sheriff’s deputies, detectives, and Angels Camp Police officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Firefall Jewelry located in the Copper Town Square in Copperopolis. According to the store clerk the suspect walked into the store and displayed a round object, stating that it was a hand grenade. The suspect also told the clerk that he had an accomplice outside on a roof with a “high powered rifle”. Furthermore, the suspect declared that he had a package that he would leave behind the building, indicating that it possibly contained an explosive device. After stealing a significant amount of jewelry he walked out of and away from the store. A witness who was interviewed during the investigation confirmed that they had seen a man matching the suspect’s description place the package on the ground behind the building...
Armed Robbery of Copperopolis Jewelry Store. Update as of 11pm...The Grenade Burglar Still on the Loose
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 01/31/2013 04:41 PM
(Copperopolis, CA) On 01/31/13 at approx. 2:30 pm Calaveras County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center received a cellular 911 call regarding an armed robbery at Firefall Jewelry located in the Copper Town Square in Copperopolis. According to the caller a Caucasian adult male with a bruised eye, described as: 5-10 in height, brown hair, medium build, approx. 30 years of age, and wearing a red hat and black sweat jacket, walked into the store, displayed what the caller described as a round object, and demanded the jewelry from the store display cases. The suspect told the clerk that the round object was a hand grenade. The suspect stole an unknown amount of jewelry and walked away from the store....
Gateway Press Wins Business of the Year Award - Updated Additional Photos
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/30/2013 08:20 PM
Angels Camp, CA...Walt Markus and his team at Gateway Press in Murphys were the winners of the "Business of the Year" award at tonight's Annual Chamber of Commerce Dinner. For 28 years they have been providing a wide range if business graphics and printed products. This a well deserved honor for this well run and fixture of the community. State Senator Tom Berryhill was on hand to present the honor. 2012 was a great year for the Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce and tonight was their 89th Annual Dinner where the new officers, directors, and business of the year are announced....
Bret Harte Senior Marissa Brechtel Has Chosen To Raise Funds for The Salvation Army as Her Senior Project
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/29/2013 03:12 AM
Angels Camp, CA... My Senior project involves learning about the work of The Salvation Army and supporting that work by raising $5,000 through an online Red Kettle campaign. At this time of year when we remember how grateful we are for all that we have, I hope you will consider a gift to The Salvation Army and support Marissa's senior project by clicking on the link below to donate through her online Red Kettle. I also encourage you to forward this message to friends and family so we can ROCK THIS KETTLE big time.
Mark Twain Medical Center Awards $22,000 in Community Grants With Video Enclosed
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/28/2013 11:50 AM
San Andreas, CA...January 23, 2013– Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) has selected six Calaveras County nonprofit organizations to receive Dignity Health Community Grants for 2012. “Besides having the opportunity to listen to each of the recipients about their projects, this luncheon also provides us the opportunity to talk about our Community Benefit programs and celebrate their successes,” commented Larry Cornish, V.P. Chief Operating Officer, who serves on the Executive Leadership team that evaluated grants. “In 2012, over 52,000 persons benefited from our community programs. Highlights included a total community benefit expenditure of over $32 million. Quantifiable benefits included over $3M in benefit to our more vulnerable populations, $40,000 for the broader community, traditional charity care, unpaid costs of Medi-cal and Medicare, community service donations, community health services and education, and community building activities.”
From left to right:
Craig Marks, Mark Twain Medical Center; Renee Davis, Hospice of Amador & Calaveras; Catherine Lambie, Blue Mountain Coalition for Youth and Families; Peggy Chambers, Blue Mountain Coalition for Youth and Families; Kim Molina, Live On! Suicide Prevention; Amber Chambers, Live On! Suicide Prevention; Jeannie Hayward, The Resource Connection Food Bank; Laurie Perry, Calaveras Children’s Dental Project; Kelli Fraguero, The Calaveras Sexual Assault Response Team; Barbara Yook, The Calaveras Sexual Assault Response Team; Larry Cornish, Mark Twain Medical Center, and Jacob Lewis, Mark Twain Medical Center
Calaveras County Sheriff's Logs for January 19 -26, 2013
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/26/2013 01:26 PM
San Andreas, CA...Traffic Stops, Shots Fired, 911 Hang Ups, Criminal Contempt, Burglaries, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Ongoing Issues Between Parties, Prowler Opened Door...Left When Owner Yelled, 80 Silver Dollars Missing and much, much more...
Firefall Jewelers Has Everything to Make This Valentines Day One To Remember
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/25/2013 03:09 PM
Angels Camp, Valley Springs & Copperopolis, CA...With three locations to serve you Firefall Jewelers is your Valentines Day Headquarters. Firefall Jewelers is your neighborhood jewelry store. Firefall Jewelers is a family owned and operated business, staffed by second and third generation members of the Coca family. Our mission is to help our customers mark all the important occasions in their lives. In addition to a variety of beautiful designer lines and moderately priced jewelry, Firefall Jewelers creates custom, one of a kind pieces that will endure generation after generation. We are a full service jewelry store, performing repairs on site. With locations in historic downtown Angels Camp, Valley Springs and Copperopolis we look forward to assisting you with all your jewelry needs...
Habitat for Humanity Calaveras is Seeking Volunteers
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/25/2013 11:44 PM
San Andreas, CA...In its efforts to assist more local families with their housing needs, Habitat for Humanity is seeking volunteers to help with its continuing projects. Depending on their interests and abilities, volunteers may be assigned to help in operating the ReStore (proceeds fund Habitat’s housing programs), “A Brush With Kindness” sprucing up homes in various local neighborhoods, a Women Build project in May, a Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative at the Community Hall in West Point, and fundraising for Snow-Down for Habitat in March and Hoe-Down for Habitat in September....
Business Focus with Mark Twain Medical Center's CEO Craig Marks (Welcome Home Update)
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/23/2013 07:31 PM
San Andeas, CA...(We planned this interview to be part of the Chamber's Welcome Home Campaign. We shot it a couple of weeks before the announcement so we thought a repost is in order. One of the things a vibrant and healthy community needs is quality health care. Mark Twain Medical Center's CEO Craig Marks and his team have the vision and plans to do just that) We had the pleasure to spend a few minutes with new Mark Twain Medical Center CEO Craig Marks. There have and will be big changes and plans at our local hospital and medical centers. They plan on recruiting up to 30 new providers over the next few years and they are opening up a new cancer center as well. We conducted our interview in a new Fluoroscopy Suite that is being installed.
Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Agenda for January 22, 2013
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/19/2013 10:22 AM
San Andreas, CA...It will be a busy BOS Meeting as the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors for 2013 wade into county business. Resolutions honoring Colleen Smart for her leadership and inspiration in support of health care programs and services in Calaveras County and recognizing Jeannie Middleton for her “24” years of service with the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department will get the meeting started. The noisy issue of Copperopolis Area Lake Tulloch vacation rentals is back on the docket and more as the agenda is enclosed...
