Dorrington News

Unusually low, heavy snow in the foothills felled trees on Highway 49, closed all the schools in Calaveras County, and sent big rigs and passenger cars alike spinning out of control Monday morning.

CALAVERAS COUNTY Sheriff's reports WEDNESDAY 8:52 a.m., Arnold - A cabin was reportedly burglarized on Fairway Drive.

The Calaveras Big Trees Association recently elected its board of directors for 2009-10. The new officers, who serve one-year terms, are Marcy Crawford, president; Dick Watson, vice president; Rich Szukalski, treasurer; and Marilyn Regan, secretary.

A little more than a week remains to nominate Calaveras County's best spots for a National Geographic-sponsored virtual and print map of top Sierra Nevada destinations.

We have all heard the expression. "Never judge a book by its cover." So when you first pull up to the Lube Room, along Highway 4 in Calaveras County's town of Dorrington, do not let the rather rustic...ok really rustic exterior start to sway you to look elsewhere for a meal.

Despite the fact that there were 50 plus search and rescue personnel northeast of Arnold, Smith was met by two other hunters at 12:30pm today on a Forest Rd.

Dorrington's famed sugar pine, a behemoth once believed to be the largest in the world, may be brought to the ground by a case of bark beetles.

CALAVERAS COUNTY, Calif. -- A hunter who disappeared in the wilderness of Calaveras County and found Friday said he got lost when he "missed a road somewhere." Devin Smith, 37, was on a trip near White Pines Lake when he went missing.

It's been a record-breaking year in terms of illegal marijuana garden eradication, law enforcement officials say.

Cherry-O's Ingredients 2 cups sugar 1/4 cup butter or oleo 3/4 cup evaporated milk 9 marshmallows Maraschino Cherries - chopped, save juice Combine sugar, butter, milk and marshmallows in saucepan Cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved and marshmallows melted.

Some West Hollywood residents went before the City Council recently to complain about a spate of traffic accidents involving people speeding up and down their streets.