Calaveras County News

Hoping to score some quick cash, the city plans to put on the market dozens of old hotels, historic buildings, oddball-sized lots and even some lakeside pasture land.

Riley Kitchell, with the Foothill Froggers, won the Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee with his frog, SHHH! Don't Tell Morgan, with a jump of 20 feet 10 inches.

Sunday, May 19, 1963 Rockmart Boy Scouts receive two new flags ROCKMART - Rockmart Boy Scout Troop 23, which has recently been reactivated, and the newly-organized Cub Pack have been presented two new 50-star American flags by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., plant of Rockmart, which sponsors the troops.

A bizarre case of drug-fueled highway violence and harassment ended in Sutter County early Saturday after authorities said the teenage suspect led them on a high-speed chase.

The 2013 Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee picks an idol. Yesterday,our own Bridgette Fanucchi , Mark Truppner and Steve Jackson judged the 2013 Calaveras Idol contest and Mary Ann Curmi hosted the competition.

The father of a 12-year-old boy arrested in the fatal stabbing of his 8-year-old sister said Monday that he will believe his son is innocent until he is shown evidence that proves otherwise.

Jason Bays, 34, and Melissa Smith, 33, are suspected of kidnapping to commit another crime, two counts of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, threats to commit a crime resulting in great bodily injury and penetration with a foreign object by means of force or fear, according to Steve McCallum, a technician with the El ... (more)

After seven years of work, Calaveras County still doesn't have an updated General Plan, and it now appears that it will take another year and a half.

VALLEY SPRINGS, California - Lawyers for a 12-year-old California boy charged with killing his 8-year-old sister are questioning whether he is mature enough to aid his defense.

The Fair has grown to an event with more than 35,000 attendees. It is estimated that the Calaveras County Fair generates approximately 25.5 million dollars in revenues through hotels, restaurants, retail, payroll and other related revenues.

Calaveras County may spend almost $4 million over the next decade to replace the computer systems that manage tax collections, property records, assessments and other essential functions, officials said this week.

Saddle Creek Resort - the Castle & Cooke golf community in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Calaveras County - has announced a two-day, one-night golf stay-and-play package, an ideal opportunity for Northern California golfers to tee it up in scenic Gold Rush Country.

A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister in their Central California home is due in juvenile court Wednesday after his attorney said the boy had been charged with murder.

The story is so outrageous, it seems unbelievable: A mother walking down a street on a sunny day with her 7- and 4-year-old daughters can only look on in horror as a man pulls up in his car, grabs the older girl, throws her in the trunk and speeds off.

Attorney Mark Reichel met Tuesday with the boy in juvenile jail then visited the home where 8-year-old Leila Fowler was found April 27 with knife wounds.

In this April 29, 2013 file photo, Calaveras County Sheriff's deputies and volunteers stand watch at Jenny Lind Elementary School, after the murder of one it's students over the weekend, in Valley Springs, Calif.

California Carnival, a Rancho Cordova company, is the new carnival concessionaire at this year's Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee.

The Junior Miss Calaveras Pageant and Junior Frog Jump were held this weekend at the Altaville Melones Fire District station.

The Calaveras County Commission on Aging will hold the 2013 "Senior of the Year" banquet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on today at St.

The father of a 12-year-old boy arrested in the fatal stabbing of his 8-year-old sister said Monday that he will believe his son is innocent until he is shown evidence that proves otherwise.