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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 05/24/2012 01:30 PM Updated by: John_Hamilton on 05/24/2012 01:30 PM Expires: 01/01/2017 12:00 AM Traffic Update...Accident in Valley Springs, CA... Valley Springs, CA...Crews are coming on scene now of an accident on Hwy 26 and Baldwin Street.

The CHP says the unidentified 55-year-old man is from Escalon. Officers believe that a tire went out on a 2002 Ford driven by 52-year-old Joel Gruenhagen of Modesto, causing the vehicle to cross into the opposing traffic lane.

Summer's starting earlier this year in the Sierra, and campers and the businesses that serve them are glad of it.

Because of the winter-like weather, Highway 108 Sonora Pass is now closed at Kennedy Meadows, and Highway 4 Ebbetts Pass is closed at the Mount Reba turnoff.

He came home 40 years ago from the Vietnam War to an ungrateful nation. Dillman, 64, doesn't want that to happen again - ever.

An ambulance is responding to a motorcycle accident on Creekside Drive in Tuolumne County.

The CHP reports that 73-year-old Jack Bodine was riding his 1996 Harley Davidson near the area of Rock Creek in Calaveras County, approximately four miles north of Highway 4. Bodine lost control of the bike while going into a curve at approximately 35-40 mph.

The Mountain Ranch Community Club, Citizens for San Andreas, the Foothill Conservancy, the Calaveras Child Care Council, MyValleySprings.com and a number of other community groups are part of a covert, international effort to re-engineer society and impose a one-world government.

In 1929, a 13-year-old Jack Hayre stole a box of .22 shells from a Valley Springs store.

"I grew as an individual the past year," Harp said. "I've been wanting to be Saddle Queen since I was a little girl I just looked up to all these queens." She rode her sister's horse, Bear, for the competition Thursday at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee and won the knowledge quiz, equitation and barrel competitions.

Calaveras County Fair's Jumping Frog Jubilee takes flight Thursday and runs for four days, culminating in May 20's grand finals, in which the best of the best compete in front of an expected crowd of 2,000 people at the fair's amphitheater.

A clean up on Old Priest Grade today will mean a detour for motorists. The road is shut down until noon as volunteers are picking up litter there.

To bring that number down by 75% the CHP added another officer on that stretch to catch motorist breaking the law.

Posted by: John_Hamilton on 05/04/2012 11:11 AM Updated by: John_Hamilton on 05/04/2012 11:21 AM Expires: 01/01/2017 12:00 AM Seana Hogan's World Record Attempt Under Way San Jose, CA...Valley Springs resident Seana Hogan is attempting to break the women's 24 hour cycling record.

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Voters in Calaveras County Supervisorial District 2 have a field of four candidates to choose from this year.