Jared Salisbury, 41 of Idaho Falls, ID Lost His Life Yesterday In Hwy 49 Motorcycle Collision
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/13/2017 11:51 AM
Mokelumne Hill, CA...Jared Salisbury, 41 of Idaho Falls, ID was riding his motorcycle with three other motorcycles southbound on State Route 49, south of the Mokelumne River. An Auburn man was traveling northbound on State Route 49, approaching Salisbury. Mr. Salisbury had just passed a southbound vehicle when he lost control of his 2010 Ducati Street Fighter. The Ducati fell to its side and he was ejected onto the roadway. Salisbury and the Ducati slid into the northbound traffic lane and collided with the front of an approaching Dodge Ram. Mr. Salisbury was pronounced deceased at the scene.
San Andreas, CA...Airola Butte Fire Attorneys in San Andreas is ready to help. We are a team of lawyers fighting for the rights of property owners in Amador and Calaveras Counties. The Airola family has been serving the legal needs of the Motherlode for 99 years. Now, in the aftermath of the Butte fire, the community has more legal issues than ever. We have assembled our own team of statewide attorneys and experts in wildfire litigation to help.
Moderate Injuries To German Woman When Rented Harley Went Down In Mokelumne Hill Area
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/12/2017 01:22 PM
Mokelumne Hill, CA...A 48 year old German woman was riding a rented 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on Hwy 49, north of Poverty Gulch at about 35 to 40 mph. As she started to negotiate a curve to her left, she was traveling too fast for the curve and had to lean the motorcycle so far to the left that the crash bars scraped on the roadway. She lost control of the motorcycle as it ran off the east roadway edge and up and embankment. The motorcycle rolled over and ejected her to the ground.
CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/09/2017 10:44 AM
San Andreas, CA...June 12th, 2017 – 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 June 12th, 2017 and bans all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris such as branches and leaves.
The 2017 Calaveras High Graduation Photos & Full Video
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/09/2017 09:44 AM
San Andreas, CA...Congratulations to the Calaveras High School Class of 2017. 200 of our area's best and brightest marched across the stage and received their diplomas last night in San Andreas. Below we have some highlight photos and full video in HD of the entire ceremony. When you click on most photos they will take you to a full sized version. We have included two versions of the class photo so if we happened to catch your graduate looking left or right we have two versions to hopefully get one where their faces are visible. Below the photos we also have images of the program to refer to if you would like. We have been posting full videos of the graduation ceremonies of our local high schools since 2006. Congratulations to the Class of 2017!!!
Traffic & Fire Update...Motorcycle Down & Other Vehicles Involved & Vegetation Fire
Posted by: thepinetree on 06/04/2017 02:19 PM
Paloma, CA...Emergency Crews & Fire Fighters are working a collision & Vegetation fire. Units from ground and air are working a fire that has grown to several acres.
42 Year Old Christopher Tilton From Manteca Passed Away Motorcycle Collision In West Point Area
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/30/2017 11:40 AM
West Point, CA...On May 27th, 2017, at approximately 2330 hours, 42 Year Old Christopher Tilton was riding his 1999 Kawasaki KX250 southbound on Mitchell Mill Road south of Blue Mountain Road on private property at an unknown speed. He entered a right hand curve in the roadway. Due to the Kawasaki's speed, he was unable to negotiate the curve and lost control of the motorcycle. The rider and his bike traveled under the guardrail of a small bridge and then off an approximate 8-10 foot drop to the creek bed below.
