Wednesday, 27 June 2007 01:51
New Planning Commissioner For Jackson
On Monday night the AWA Council’s
appointments to the Jackson Planning Commission were made. On June 30th the
seats Warren Carlton, David Butow and Wayne Garibaldi all expire. While
Garibaldi and Butow reapplied Carlton
chose not to. The City
advertised for interested persons and received applications from: Walter
Hoeser, Steve McLean, and Katy Pridy. Also an application from Keith Sweet was
received after the June 20th deadline.
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County Growth
Wednesday, 27 June 2007 01:45
Angora Fire Spreads Threatening 500 More Homes Leading To More Evacuations
Yesterday
the Angora Fire in the Lake Tahoe area jumped its fire line near Tallac Village.
Residents were ordered to evacuate. According to a US
Forest Spokesman the fire line breach was caused by embers that caused a crown
fire in a tree which then spread rapidly.
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Law Enforcement
Wednesday, 27 June 2007 01:41
CHP Reports 3 Accidents On Amador County Roads yesterday, 2 Involve Motorcyclists
The CHP reports that Amador County
roadways saw a rash of motorcycle accidents Monday with two out of three
accidents reported involving motorcycles. This rash of accidents came after an
unusually quiet weekend. The
first accident was reported around 6:10 am on Sugar Pine Drive after Thomas Evans of
Pioneer swerved to avoid a deer that was in the roadway.
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Law Enforcement
Friday, 15 June 2007 01:52
Vehicle Versus House Accident Last Evening
A vehicle versus house accident sent emergency
personnel to an address on Niles Rd in the KC Ranchette subdivision. According
to emergency personnel on scene a small fuel leak, a constantly honking horn
and minor injuries were the result of the vehicle versus garage accident that
occurred around 5pm last night. Apparently the driver thought the car was in
reverse when exiting the garage and instead lurched through an exterior wall of
the garage.
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Law Enforcement
Friday, 15 June 2007 01:50
Collision On North Main Street Jackson Injures Two
This afternoon, around 1 pm, a traffic collision
involving a single car was reported in the parking lot at 1029 North Main
Street, Jackson. According
to responding Officer Chris Rice, the accident, involving a 17 year old female
driver, was the result of driver inexperience. The driver lost control in the
parking lot and hit several parked cars. Her two passengers, a 29 year
old female and a 23 year old male were both transported to Sutter Amador with
complaints of neck and back pain.
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Law Enforcement
Friday, 15 June 2007 01:47
Burn Permit Suspension Announced
The Amador-El Dorado Unit of the California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has suspended all burning permits within State
Responsibility Areas of Amador – El Dorado counties as of 8 am this comingg
Monday June 18th 2007. Campfires will be allowed in
designated campgrounds with permission of the jurisdictional authority. Anyone with questions about this declaration
may contact their nearest CAL FIRE facility. The California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Amador/El Dorado Unit would like to
remind you the sale or
discharge of all fireworks including Safe and Sane are prohibited in all
portions of El Dorado County and in most areas of Amador County.
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Law Enforcement
Friday, 15 June 2007 01:45
Board of Supervisors Comes Up With Compromise Plan For Kirkwood Project
Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting went
until almost 3pm with the discussion focusing on one main topic- the Friends of Kirkwood and
Foothill Conservancy’s appeal of the Planning Commissions approval of the Martin
Point Tentative Subdivision Map located at Kirkwood. The Board of
Supervisors was considering whether or not to uphold the Planning Commission’s
decision. Before a project description was given Chairman Louis Boitano and
Supervisors Ted Novelli, Richard Forster and Brian Oneto disclosed that they
each individually met with either or both the Foothill Conservancy or Friends
of Kirkwood representatives prior to the meeting.
Published in
County Growth
Friday, 15 June 2007 01:37
ACRA Meeting: Project Manager For Park Projects Discussed
The Amador County Recreation Agency began their
meeting with a discussion of vandalism to the lights at Pioneer Park. According to Executive Director
Tracey Towner Yep, the lenses of the lights were shot out. Towner Yep
had already taken the initiative and authorized an emergency expenditure to
hired Upchurch Electric to fix the lights.
Published in
County Growth
Friday, 15 June 2007 01:32
Amador County Waste Management: Pandemic Of Plastic Waste
It may seem like a trivial thing, but those
"free" plastic bags we get at the grocers, department stores and
restaurants are actually contributing to a world wide pandemic of plastics
waste. Only 1-4% of the
19 billion plastic grocery and merchandise bags used annually in the State of
California are recycled. That means that nearly 600 bags per second are
discarded in California—destined either for the landfill or our marine
environment. On July 1, 2007 California will become America's first state to
initiate a mandatory recycling program to cut down on its mounds of plastic
bags.
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State
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 04:26
Another Wild Land Fire Reported: Another Bullet Dodged
Amador County dodged another
bullet last night when fire crews quickly extinguished an escaped control burn near
Charleston Rd.
and Ponderosa in Volcano. The fire, according to Calfire’s Camino dispatch
burned about one acre and was contained by fire crews from Amador Fire
Protection District Battalion 10 and CalFire Crews. Crews stayed on scene most
of the night mopping up.
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Law Enforcement
