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Carmel Mountain Ranch, CA - Party-goers describe the campaign fundraiser as a quiet evening with a group of educated 50, 60, and 70-year-olds. Now, guests and witnesses who attended a campaign fundraiser party for Congressional Candidate Francine Busby ar Your Rating Score: 0.0 , votes: 0 If you'd like to rate or comment on the story above, please ...

Drivers on Interstate 15 may have noticed new trees popping up, as Caltrans is now landscaping the first-opened section of its $1.3 billion I-15 Express Lanes project with a variety of drought-tolerant and native species.

The ballot is almost set for a late-summer vote in Calaveras County. Twenty-six utility and service "special district" boards around the county have seats up for grabs in this election cycle.

Calaveras County now has three sites where newborns can be legally surrendered. Although a safe-surrender sign has been up at one of the sites - the Central Calaveras Fire and Rescue Protection District in Mountain Ranch - since 2007, county officials never formally approved the location.

The Prevent Child Abuse Council Calaveras has worked with local fire departments to establish two new Safe Surrender Sites for infants.

Calaveras County has staked its claim to the oldest courthouse in the state, dating back to the Gold Rush days when a tent could stand in for a bar, or a house of justice.

Comment: "It feels great," said graduate Jesse Main, 18, of Rail Road Flat. "This school helped me out a lot.

A Calaveras County sheriff's detective injured Wednesday near Rail Road Flat was hit by ricocheting metal fragments as a result of shots fired by a fellow detective, authorities said Thursday.

May 28, 2009 12:52 pm US/Pacific MOUNTAIN RANCH, Calif. A Calaveras County detective who was hurt while he tried to arrest a man suspected of car theft was actually hit by bullet fragments from another deputy's gun.

A sheriff's deputy was back home Thursday after he was dragged and shot during a traffic stop Wednesday in rural Calaveras County.

A Calaveras County Sheriff's Department detective and a vehicle theft suspect were shot during an encounter about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday on a stretch of Rail Road Flat Road a few miles north of Mountain Ranch.

BY SHERRI LIGHTNER In this challenging economy, I'm glad neighbors are working together on so many projects.

Windward Vineyards owners Marc Goldberg and Maggie D'Ambrosia founded the Paso Pinot and Paella Festival, which quickly outgrew its original venue at Windward.

Volunteers are urgently needed to help with The Mayor Hike and Bike from 6:15 a.m. to noon May 23 at Stockton Ballpark, 404 W. Fremont St., Stockton.

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Those words - especially as more and more paternalistic federal and state agencies try to improve our lives - can throw a chill through even the most stalwart of citizens.

The Calaveras Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday that county government will take ownership of the 4-acre Mountain Ranch Community Park.

May 12, 2009 11:20 pm US/Pacific Reporting Andrea Menniti MOUNTAIN RANCH A charity sold hundreds of raffle tickets for a new car, but criminals stole the prize before it could be given away.

The Mountain Ranch Community Club and its scholarship committee recently announced the winners of their 2009 college scholarships awards.

Facing a budget shortfall estimated as high as $420,000, Calaveras Transit must significantly scale back service and raise fares, according to a consultant's report.

A Wisconsin couple reinvents a proud Paso Robles winery. May 04, 2009 Food and wine have long been a passion for Thunderbolt Winery Owners Richard and Aurora Gumerman.