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Fire Update....Jacksonville Fire Now at 130 Acres and More Evacuation Advisories

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/29/2017 05:30 PM

Jamestown, CA...An update from the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Department on the vegetation fire west of Jamestown. "Update at 4:40 PM: Evacuation advisories are being issued to Campbells Flat Road, Meadowlark Lane and Blackbird Lane. Mother Lode Fairgrounds available to take livestock. Update at 4:15 PM: Fire at 130 acres. Evacuation advisories for Algerine Road, Twist Road and Hog Mountain Road are now upgraded to mandatory Evacuation Orders.

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Caltrans District 10 Road Report Through August 5th

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/28/2017 05:48 AM

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 and other factors can alter their schedule.

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Philip Douglas Hilmanofski 1927 - 2017

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/28/2017 10:37 PM

Sonora, CA...Philip Douglas Hilmanofski passed away on July 19, 2017 in Sonora, Ca., he was 90 years old. Phil was born May 2, 1927 in North Hudson, Wisconsin. He was a Merchant Marine and Owner/Operator of a tree trimming company for 27 years and a resident of Calaveras county for 57 years.

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Detwiler Fire Community Meeting on July 27th in Greeley Hill

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/26/2017 08:28 PM

Greeley Hill, CA...CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 4, the Mariposa County Sherriff’s Office and additional cooperating agencies on the Detwiler Fire will be hosting a community meeting in Greeley Hill. Representatives from the agencies managing the incident will provide an operational briefing and be available for questions. Please arrive early as the meeting will start promptly at 7:00 p.m. If you have questions about the meeting or the fire, please call the Fire Information Line at 844 (MMU)-FIRE OR 844-668-3473.

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Sierra Repertory Theatre Recipient of Irving J. Symons Community Impact Award

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/25/2017 02:27 PM

Sonora, CA...The Sonora Area Foundation has announced Sierra Repertory Theatre as recipient of the 2017 Irving J. Symons Community Impact Award, an honor this year accompanied by a grant of $40,000. The award is presented by the Irving J. Symons Foundation for Tuolumne County, a supporting organization of the Sonora Area Foundation.

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Walk on Water with Hobie Mirage Eclipse!! Get your Standup Leg Powered SUP at SNAC!

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/25/2017 10:58 PM

Arnold, CA...We had the pleasure to get a Hobie Mirage Eclipse demonstration from SNAC Arnold's Max McCormick! Enjoy your time on the water with this fast, fun, human powered watercraft. They are perfect for Fun & Fitness. They are in stock now are ready for the lake!!

Parolee at Large Captured in Sonora.

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/24/2017 12:45 PM

Sonora, CA...A traffic stop was conducted early Friday morning on a gray Honda Accord for speeding. The Honda turned into the Wal-Mart parking lot and when it came to a stop, a man jumped out and started running towards the Applebee's restaurant. The Deputy notified additional units in the area and then contacted 25-year-old driver Jenna Caples and 32-year-old passenger, Joshua Caudill. The pair gave deputies a false name of the man who fled from the car and claimed they had just met him.

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Attempted Murder Charges In Sonora for 71 Year Old Man

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/24/2017 01:16 PM

Sonora, CA...A 71-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder charges after trying to run his neighbor over, following an argument. On Friday evening, Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the Tamarron Mobile Home Park on Mono Way in Sonora for a report of a vehicle driving into a home. Following an investigation and after speaking to witnesses on scene, Deputies learned 71-year-old Wayne Whitney went to his neighbor’s home and after a brief argument, got in his car and drove the vehicle into the man several times pinning him against his home.

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CAL-FIRE Cancels Greeley Hill Town Hall Because of Fire Activity on North Flank of Detwiler Fire

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/24/2017 09:23 PM

Greeley Hill, CA...The Detwiler fire is now at 78,900 acres and 65% contained While the containment number rising is a good thing almost all of the burned acreage jumps have been on the northern edges of the fire. Even as most of the news from the Detwiler Fire is good there have been some troubling developments on the northern end of the fire. If you look at the map below all of the dark edges of the map are on the southern flank closer to Mariposa. The red or still burning sections of the fire are mostly on the northern end of the fire. What has concerned us from the start of watching this fire is that northern edge. For those of you familiar with that area there is a 500ft to 1,t00 elevation change in a very short distance. The elevation of Coulterville is 1,699 and the elevation of Greeley Hill is 3,153. In general the Rim Fire burned predominately on the eastern side of Hwy 120 on it's northern flanks. So there is lots of heavy fuel and lots of uphill runs the fire can make in the areas closer to us. They will get this fire but she still unfortunately has more destructive life in her yet. Tragically this area is at least physiologically in the Rim Fire burn scar shadow. For those affected the scars from the Rim Fire are being opened up again South of Groveland.

Click above for the detailed Incident Action Plan which may be of deep interest to those on the northern edge of this fire still in search of fuel.

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Detwiler Fire Morning Update, 75,200 acres, 30% Contained, 60 Residences Destroyed, 1 Commercial Building Lost, 63 Minor Structures Burned, 13 Residences Damaged and 7 Minor Structures Damaged, 4,489 Personnel Working Fire.

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/22/2017 08:55 AM

Mariposa, CA...The 4,489 strong fire fighting army that has been assembled to battle this fire now has the upper hand and are working hard on putting the Detwiler in the history books. There is a long, long way to go but this does seem like an apt place to insert a Churchill quote..."Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill Ok, now for the latest..Last night firefighters continued to construct and reinforce fire lines. Today conditions will start to heat up. High temperatures are expected to range from 96-102 degrees with minimum humidities from 12-16 percent. Fire activity is expected to be moderate with isolated tree torching. The damage inspection team is now approximately 98 percent complete with their assessment of damaged and destroyed buildings. We ask the public to exercise caution and remember that, “One Less Spark-One Less Wildfire”.

Click Above for the IAP or Incident Action Plan for today. We hadn't included these before now as these tend to be very conservative and rightly so but can be upsetting to those whose property or homes fall inside the areas not seen as immediately defensible. As an example for the Butte Fire some of the IAPs had "keeping the fire out of the Stanislaus Drainage as a goal. Which by default meant using Hwy 4 as a defense line if necessary. Those whose homes ended up being south of the burn area but north of Hwy 4 are very glad it never had to come to that. Now that they have the upper hand on the Detwiler the additional details can be fascinating without causing anxiety to those near the fire.

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