Sunday, June 25, 2017

Arrest for assault in Angels Camp

   On June 19, 2017 Angels Camp Police say they got a call about a suspicious incident on Gold Cliff Road in Angels Camp.

Motorcycle crashes in Glencoe

   June 25, 2017 at 12:55 PM:  A motorcycle has run off Hwy 26 and crashed near Rich Gulch Road in the Glencoe area.

  An ambulance and tow truck are responding to the scene.  Three CHP are currently at the scene.

Residents of Angels Camp: This is NOT the time to be sentimental!!

   For many years now, the Sierra Sentinel has witnessed first hand the corruption, the general meanness, the malfeasance and the incompetent failure to run  a city

Two vehicle collision in Lockeford

   June 25, 2017 at 12 Noon:  A traffic collision involving two vehicles has been reported on Hwy 12 in Lockeford.

   Minor injuries have been indicated. A Ford Ranger pickup will need to be towed. CHP is at the scene.

Collision at San Joaquin County Jail

   June 25, 2017 at 11:50 AM:  A traffic collision has been reported at the San Joaquin County Jail involving a Patrol car in French Camp.

   No injuries have been indicated. CHP is en route to the scene.

Sierra MacIntosh Users meet

   On July 11, 2017 at 7 PM the Sierra MacIntosh Users Group will hold a regular meeting in Arnold.

   The meeting will be held at the Ebbetts Pass Fire station just off Hwy 4 on Blagen Road.

Kellyanne Conway and FOX and Friends subvert the truth!

   Both Trump and Kellyanne Conway (assistant of alternative facts at the White House) have been on FOX this week, spreading their alternative facts

Representative Garamendi calls out GOP on health bill

   In an interview this morning, Congressman John Garamendi called out the GOP health care bill as 'obscene' and the biggest corrupt transfer of wealth from the poor to the richest

Bears just gotta have fun!!!

A mother bear and her FIVE (count them, five) cubs find a cool place
to play!!

Real "Law and Order"--Anti-Racism and '60's Protests"

   Most men I know love the TV show "Law and Order" and many are watching as they replay shows back in 1999 in a marathon of sorts, especially the ones with Jerry Orbach.

   Last evening there were two 1999

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Two collisions, one fatal in Turlock

   June 24, 2017 at 5:30 PM:  One traffic collision was reported on Hwy 99 at Landers in Turlock, where a black Denali went

Vehicle collision in Mokelumne Hill

   UPDATE:  Per CHP minor injuries are indicated. Ambulance is cancelled.

"Moose-Gate" on Calaveras Supervisor agenda

   The infamous bridge on Blagen Road, used by the Ebbetts Pass Moose Lodge, SPI and Calaveras Water District, is on the Calaveras Supervisors agenda on June 27, 2017.

   The cost of the actual bridge is $90,000.  This bridge is now facetiously called Calaveras
Supervisor Oliveira's MOOSE-GATE, cause he just can't seem to get things right!!

Calaveras Building Department requests $500,000 system

   With all the talk of NO money at Calaveras County, we are somewhat surprised to see the Building Department requesting a $500,000 permit tracking system from a company called Superion.

   Was it approved at Budget Hearings??  In 2007 we could say they needed such a thing. Now, however, there is not much going on, so why???  Seems like a lot of money!

Sheriff Thorn's Badge to be Moved...

Sheriff Ben Thorn (1829 - 1905)
   Calaveras County owns the badge of once Sheriff Benjamin Thorn, who's mansion home