Angels Camp News

Summer's starting earlier this year in the Sierra, and campers and the businesses that serve them are glad of it.

Elizabeth Lee likely never picked up a gun during World War I. And she never faced enemy fire in the trenches.

The city of Davis announced Tuesday that a new interim fire chief has been hired to replace Bill Weisgerber, who retired this week, ending a two-year stint as temporary head of the Davis Fire Department.

Kenley, a firefighter for more than 40 years and a former president of the California Fire Chiefs Association, was named to the post Tuesday, said city officials.

Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/16/2012 10:20 AM Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/16/2012 10:20 AM Expires: 01/01/2017 12:00 AM Country Cloth Shop At The Fair! Angels Camp, CA..."The Country Cloth Shop will have a booth at the Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee & we would like to invite you to stop by! The fair starts on Thursday, May 17 & ... (more)

"I grew as an individual the past year," Harp said. "I've been wanting to be Saddle Queen since I was a little girl I just looked up to all these queens." She rode her sister's horse, Bear, for the competition Thursday at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee and won the knowledge quiz, equitation and barrel competitions.

Modesto's Family Cycling Festival and Criterium features BMX stunt shows, obstacle courses and races, bounce houses, a rock climbing wall, face painting and more.

Kaitlyn Butler, 12, and Rebecca Butler, 10, from Jenny Lind 4-H, show their pigs Thursday on the opening day of the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee.

"He was a really great example for me," said Smith, 29, whose 16-year-old brother died in a traffic accident when Canaan was 11.

Military veterans and their friends will gather Memorial Day weekend in Angels Camp for a dinner to honor the late Gavin Brummund and to raise money for the Fisher House in Palo Alto.

Three candidates for the District 4 Board of Supervisors seat in Calaveras County squared off in a tense debate Tuesday night recorded by Calaveras County Public Access Television.

Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/14/2012 11:23 AM Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/14/2012 11:58 AM Expires: 01/01/2017 12:00 AM Calaveras Families Have a "Grand" Time at Ice Cream Social Angels Camp, CA..Calaveras County's Grandparent Project wrapped up another successful year with an afternoon in Utica Park in Angels Camp on Sunday, May 6. More than ... (more)

Rope, Ride & Ribbit is three events within a week. First, the Mother Lode Roundup Parade and Rodeo took place last weekend , followed by the Amgen Race today and concludes with the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping From Jubilee from Thursday May 17th - Sunday May 20th.

May is the time of the year that small communities--Sonora and Angels Camp, CA,-- will start their activities for the summer season.

Temperatures hovered around 90 degrees under sunny skies as 175 entries made their way up Washington Street for the 55th Mother Lode Roundup Parade on Saturday morning.

The London Olympics still are a few months away, but if you want to witness some of the best jumpers in the world, you have to wait only a few days.

Griffith on January 13, 1946. After raising three children, Margie obtained her bachelor's degree in nursing and was a Nurse Educator at St.

Dan R. Harris, raised in Fairfield and now a San Francisco resident, is screening his first feature length movie May 19.

The 'Rope' is the Mother Lode RoundUp and parade, the "Ride" is the Amgen Tour of California, and the "Ribbit" is the Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee.

Experts say the chance of falling victim to one of the venomous reptiles is fairly slim when taking the proper precautions.