San Andreas News

This year, 2009, marks the 50th anniversary of the Pacifica Tribune under the ownership of Bill Drake, now publisher emeritus.

Scientists say many recent earthquakes might have been the aftershocks of large quakes that occurred hundreds of years ago, BBC News reported.

The Valley Springs Optimist Club will present "The Music Man" this month at the LDS Cultural Hall at 221 Church Hill Road, San Andreas.

Teaching runs in John Hofstetter's blood. Born and raised in Jenny Lind, a tiny western Calaveras County town, he was taught by his mother in the same one-room schoolhouse that her father taught her in.

Just when we thought all the sturm and drang had died out from San Jose's demotion as America's Safest Big City, a new study has emerged that gives the city - how to put it? - an even uglier grade.

Friday scanner report from Roger updated: Oct 23, 2009, 10:43 AM by Roger the scanner guy From the looks of things I think some people are not satisfied with the work of the police in Santa Barbara after the Wednesday afternoon attacks on the Eastside.

The Sonora High homecoming parade will begin shortly after two o'clock Friday afternoon in the downtown area.

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 proposal to create an online charter school available anywhere in California will get its first hearing in the region tonight at the regular meeting of the Calaveras Unified School District board of trustees in San Andreas.

Where I live, seven miles from the San Andreas Fault in California, we just passed the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, which devastated some areas of towns near where I live.

Share + Oct 17, 2009 10:53 am US/Pacific SAN FRANCISCO Join the CBS 5 news team for a series of reports looking back at the Loma Prieta earthquake 20 years later, and ahead at the future of science in quake prediction and better protection.

The College of Marin is seeking up to $3 million in federal stimulus funds to repair and reopen its marine laboratory on the shores of the Bolinas Lagoon.

Deborah Kempton, 49, of Valley Springs, was taken to Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital in San Andreas with moderate injuries after a two-car collision in western Calaveras County Wednesday.

Thursday, October 15th, 2009. Issue 42, Volume 9. RIVERSIDE - Students at UC Riverside will &#34drop, cover and hold on&#34 today during a statewide drill being orchestrated to prepare Californians for a massive earthquake.

Residents across the Southland are urged to duck for cover Thursday morning when the region holds its second annual Great Southern California ShakeOut earthquake drill.

CALAVERAS COUNTY Sheriff's reports TUESDAY 4:24 p.m., Valley Springs - Someone was arrested for shoplifting on the 100 block of California Street.

A rescue effort on the collapsed wreckage of the Cypress Freeway in Oakland, Calif.

Normally, Kathy Freeman staffs the admissions desk at Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital in San Andreas.

Palm Springs Fire Department Encourages Residents to Paticipate in 2009 ShakeOut Slated for Oct.

Links between earthquakes which have struck Samoa, Indonesia and now Vanuatu cannot be ruled out, an international expert says.