As radical changes are made in health care across the country, Amador County is moving ahead. Kim Vagt – Director of Ancillary Services at Sutter Amador Hospital and Marvin Hampton – Chairman of the Sutter Amador Hospital Foundation explain what is happening in their areas, goals for this coming year, and what it takes to be a leader in health care.

Jim McHargue Amador County Air District Officer informs county residents about Burn Piles and Burn Days in Amador County.

Operation Care's Color Madness 5K Fun Run/Walk  Sat. Feb 7th 9am Teen Domestic Violence Awareness is the topic of this AMLive Segment with guest Anna Garcia.

Sunny Cal Solar is your Local Solar Company.  Steve Dollens  talks Solor update and whats new on AMLive

Chronic Pain and your Mental Health again on Thursday Feb. 18th from 2-4pm Find out more from Ruthella Turner in this segment of AMLive

Pat Campo, Author of "Pilgrims Progress in Today's World and Today's Language" shares His new book and how it can help people understand the original "Pilgrims Progress" by John Bunyan.

Pat Campo, Author of "Pilgrims Progress in Today's World and Today's Language" shares His new book and how it can help people understand the original "Pilgrims Progress" by John Bunyan.

Substance Abuse Counselor Mary Lisa Patton, shares how Christ Centered Recovery can transform lives and provide tools for saving a life of freedom.

Substance Abuse Counselor Mary Lisa Patton, shares how Christ Centered Recovery can transform lives and provide tools for saving a life of freedom.

(San Andreas, CA) February 7th, 2015 – As the winter winds make our bodies shiver, it’s nice to wrap our cold hands around a steaming bowl of hot soup.  You can pop the top off of a commercial can of soup and amuse yourself trying to pronounce all of the ingredients.  Or you can pop the lid off of a jar of home canned soup, confident that you don’t need internet access to understand what the ingredients are.

Join us for the UCCE Master Food Preservers’ Sizzling Soups class on February 7th between 10 a.m. and noon at the Calaveras Senior Center at 956 Mountain Ranch Road in San Andreas.

The first part of this free class will focus on making soups using a pressure canner.  After covering the basics of pressure canning (and why you don’t use a boiling water canner to process soups) you’ll learn how to make vegetable and meat stocks.  You’ll see firm chunks of potatoes in finished soups and learn how to keep them from becoming mush.  Learn how to can vegetable, seafood, and various bean soups, as well as chili.  It’s important to know what you’re able to safely can and what you shouldn’t can, and why.

The second part of the class will focus on freezing and reheating soups.  Some soups are more safely preserved by freezing; learn why.

Join us and learn how to take your favorite recipe and make it safe to preserve.  Let us help you keep warm this winter with sizzling soups!

Contact the UCCE Master Food Preservers of Amador/Calaveras Counties at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for any questions.