Altaville News

An application earlier this year to drill a well on the Lightner Mine property above Utica Park in Angels Camp has put well policy on the City Council's agenda Tuesday.

The Calaveras County supervisors will close out their October meetings today with a number of items on the agenda.

Calaveras County officials on Tuesday will consider whether to join a statewide program that allows local governments to sell bonds to compensate for property taxes state officials are planning to use to help close California's billion-dollar budget hole.

A petition to save a 60-year-old redwood and three dozen oaks next to the Altaville Grammar School from being chopped down has gained 600 signatures, organizers announced Tuesday.

A 60-year-old redwood and three dozen oaks may be chopped down to make way for a wider driveway and new parking lot at the Altaville Cal Fire station.

A catalytic converter on a deer hunter's vehicle was the cause of a five acre fire in the 2800 block of Willow Creek Rd.

Lurline Bird, 99, of Sonora is still active and drives herself to the grocery store and doctors appointments inside the city limits.

A 50-year-old resident of Mokelumne Hill had a confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, the fifth reported such case in Calaveras County, officials said Monday.

Firefighters responded early Thursday morning to a structure fire that has destroyed two residences and has injured five individuals.

Residents in Angels Camp and other parts of Calaveras County will someday be able to attend classes at an expanded Columbia College campus to be built in Angels Camp.

A Columbia College campus in Calaveras County is coming closer and closer to reality.

The fast just keep getting faster. Chico State distance coach Gary Towne announced the three newest additions to his women's cross country/track and field team Monday, and in doing so, dubbed the recruiting class of Ventura High School's Olivia Guadiana, Bret Harte High School of Altaville's Sara Mikesell, and Ramona High School's Brittany Balcom, ...

The San Andreas CHP office has received confirmation from the Sacramento County Coroner's Office that 50-year-old Margaret Colson of Altaville has passed away from injuries sustained in a rollover accident on June 11th on Hwy 49 near San Andreas.

An unidentifed 50 year old Altaville woman was arrested by the C.H.P. following a single vehicle accident at 2:05 Thursday afternoon.

A sting by the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department targeting stores that sell alcohol to minors resulted in the arrests of five county residents earlier this month.

Seats on 26 utility and service district boards around Calaveras County - ranging from the Murphys Sanitary District to the Three Cent Flat Community Services District - will be decided by a mail-in election Aug.

Farm equipment used to cut hay was the cause of a 13.6-acre grass fire on the 18400 block of Milton Road Thursday afternoon.

Saturday Haley Warner of Murphys was selected the Junior Miss Calaveras Queen. The pageant along with the Junior Frog Jump competition was held between 10am-2pm at the Altaville Melones Fire District Station in Angels Camp.

Maybe all an amorous amphibian needs to gets its heart pounding, and its legs leaping, is a kiss from a beautiful princess.