Angels Camp News

Students at Bret Harte High School recently conducted a study in conjunction with the Calaveras County Public Health Department to find out how easy or difficult it is to purchase tobacco underage.

Fire officials in San Joaquin County and the Mother Lode are urging residents to take care that Independence Day celebrations don't become incinerations.

The Angels Camp Police Department is looking for 22-year-old Bruce Peter Garcia.

California is still in a drought despite precipitation year totals that are only slightly below average.

At a glance What: The Lazy Z Resort, best suited to couples and families who enjoy being in the outdoors and who want a good base of operations for exploring nearby Gold Country.

On Feb. 25, 1866, miners, 130 feet down the Bald Mountain Mine shaft near Angels Camp, removed a well-preserved human skull.

Blaine Oborn has agreed to terms with the Village of Kronenwetter and will begin his tenure as village administrator on July 27.

The Calaveras County Archives is famous for storing historic gems such as a letter written by Mark Twain and a hotel guest register from the 1800s bearing the signatures of Ulysses S. Grant and Charles Bolton, who is better known as the stagecoach robber Black Bart.

Central Valley residents who use Highway 4 to escape to wineries in Murphys or the ski slopes of Bear Valley will soon be shaving minutes off their travel times.

The Angels Camp City Council will stay one member short until after the Nov. 3 election.

The Angels Camp Police Department has issued a warrant for 27-year-old Phillip Ryan Coulson in connection to a burglary at the Valero gas station on May 31st.

The historic Longfellow Stamp Mill and mine are on Bureau of Land Management property and may receive economic stimulus funds for cleanup.

With water already pooling behind New Melones Dam, river guide Mark Dubois wandered upstream and bolted himself to a rock with a 6-inch chain around his ankle.

Adults who want to learn about opportunities to mentor youths are invited to spend their lunch hour at any of three brown bag lunch orientations in coming weeks.

1922: Ice-making plant is built. 1928: Fuel oil sales begin. 1930: New feed mill is built.

According to Tim McSorley of the Calaveras County Council of Governments the Angels Camp Bypass will officially open July 22.

Ceremony: 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 5, 2009, in the stadium at Bret Harte Union High School, 364 Murphys Grade Road, Angels Camp.

Ceremony: Thursday, June 4, 2009, at the Bret Harte Theater at Bret Harte High School, 364 Murphys Grade Road, Angels Camp.

The Highway 4 Angels Camp Bypass will open more than a year early, on July 22. Calaveras Council of Governments Executive Director Tim McSorley Tuesday told the Board of Supervisors that the $61.5 million project will open with great fanfare, as Gov.

The Valero station at 1049 S. Main St. in Angels Camp was burglarized sometime between midnight and 5am on Sunday.