First 5 Amador held another Dad & Me event on Saturday November 18th at the Plymouth Elementary School.

If the Oakdale parolee suspected of robbing six banks including branches in Sonora, San Andreas and Valley Springs — in the past year will face federal or state charges is not yet clear. Joe Luis Resendez Jr., 38, was arrested Thursday at the intersection of Hwy 49 and Clinton Rd, in Jackson after he was seen fleeing from Umpqua Bank in Valley Springs shortly after it was robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash.

This weekend’s accident reports began with a hit and run accident on Friday at approximately 4:04pm, involving a 2005 BMW Motorcycle. According to Investigating Officer Zane Fralick’s report Robert Waggomer, 59 of Pioneer, was east bound on Ridge Rd. when he was hit by a pickup truck, make and model unknown.

The National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting above-average rainfall throughout California this winter due to moderate El Niño weather conditions.

Tomorrow Tracey Towner Yep, Executive Director of the Amador County Recreation Agency will present to the Board of Supervisors her report on the “State of Recreation” here in the county. The Recreation Agency, one of the newest agencies here in the county, has grown rapidly in the past 20 months.

Property taxes are due now and delinquent on December 10th. Because Dec 10th is a Sunday the taxes must be the Tax Collector’s office by Monday, Dec 11th by 5pm.

At yesterday’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting the Executive Director of the Amador County Recreation Agency, Tracy Towner Yep discussed the possibility of receiving grant funding from the Recreational Trails Program through the California Dept. of Parks and Recreation. The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is a local assistance program of the US Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.

Saturday Battalion 10 Chief Ray Blankenheim receives a huge hug of thanks from the owner of a home at1488 Meadow Vista Drive, in Pioneer.

More sales of land in the Jackson Valley around the proposed Buena Vista Band of Miwok Indians Flying Cloud Casino have been recorded by the Amador County recorder’s office. Some of the buyers have familiar names and the prices continue to escalate. In the last few years several large parcels either adjacent to or near the proposed casino site on Coal Mine Road have changed hands. A 55 acre parcel near the proposed casino site recently sold for 342,000.

This past holiday weekend was a busy one on roadways, both here in the county and statewide.