Murphys News

It matters not if you have the bank account of a prince or the piggybank of a pauper, you are still on the hook for Valentine's Day - which, by the way, is Sunday.

The CHP has identified 76-year-old Warren Freedlun of Copperopolis as the man who was fatally injured on Highway 4 Friday afternoon.

Sierra Macintosh Users Group will hold its monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the community room of the Murphys Library, 480 Park Lane, Murphys.

Relaxing yoga classes are available from 6 to 7:30 p.m. beginning today and Thursday and continuing every Monday and Thursday at Hutchins Street Square, 125 S. Hutchins St., Lodi.

Kali Erickson, 10, of Sonora, receives some bowling tips from mentor, Candice Waight, of Sonora, while at Sonora Family Bowl.

Gayle was arrested at 10:45pm on a charge of driving-under-the-influence and hit-and-run. According to the CHP report Gayle was parked at the Chevron Station in Murphys.

Castle Air Museum will be hosting a book signing by author Bill Yenne from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Castle Air Museum, 5050 Santa Fe Drive, Atwater.

Two more people have taken out papers that are a step toward running for a seat on the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, bringing to six the number of prospective candidates for two seats open this year.

The enormous shovel, rake and other tools welded together to form a chair - one that would conform to no human posterior - generated immediate controversy earlier this week.

Visitors and permanent residents of Calaveras County in coming weeks will face an increased risk of someone being kind to them, county officials announced last week.

If you notice your fellow Calaveras County residents being extra nice to you about this time next month, don't be alarmed.

Ask the next person you meet on the street what the No. 1 cause of lung cancer is and you'll get a quick answer.

The dream of turning the brown hills of Calaveras County greener with increased farm production is still alive despite decades of frustrated efforts to establish irrigation systems.

That's how long it has been since I departed Mary's home in Murphys, CA on November 30, 2009 to escape the coming cold weather.

David Gerber, owner of the Laraine Winery in Murphys, didn't talk much about his time in World War II.

The Murphys Historic Hotel and Lodge's third annual Chili Cook-off to benefit the Calaveras County Food Bank is Super Bowl Sunday, Feb.

When David Gerber, who became an Emmy Award-winning television producer, was a student at then-College of the Pacific in the late 1940s, he and a few football buddies would head up to the hills for a little fun at the Murphys Hotel.

Wren Cafe is what happens when one of the Mother Lode's top chefs decides to downshift.

It's not as well known as Napa or Sonoma, but the Mother Lode region of Northern California along the western side of the Sierra Nevada is just as rich in scenery, food and wine.

Area organizers expect an increase in attendance at various community dinners planned for Christmas.