A controversial bill that would have required mandatory spaying and neutering of most California cats and dogs was shelved last Monday. Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, pulled AB 1634 at a hearing of the state Senate Local Government Committee at the Capitol. "It pains me to have to tell everybody this, but I've been reading the handwriting on the wall and it doesn't look like we have the votes," Levine said as he announced his…
A California Youth Authority (CYA) fire crew made a gruesome discovery yesterday while working in Fiddletown when they stumbled upon skeletal remains. According to a press release from the Amador County Sheriff’s Office, yesterday at approximately 9:30am the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office advised the Amador County Sheriff’s Office that they were responding into Amador County regarding a lead on the possible location of a murder victim. The Amador County Sheriff’s Office assigned an investigator…
Fast response by local fire crews set the minds of a residents in the China Graveyard Road area at ease. A vegetation fire was reported at 1:56 pm as spreading on a a hill. The fire was moving from the edge of a residence’s property down the hill towards the Kennedy Mine Apartments. Residents watched to be sure they didn’t need to evacuate as the fire creeped towards the apartments. Crews arrived on scene and…
Last night Amador County residents in the Jackson and Sutter Creek areas lost power for the third day in a row as PG&E announced yesterday that the power would be shut off between 11pm and 3am while they worked on the transformer that blew on Monday due to heat. PG&E spokesperson Nicole Tam said the planned outage was to allow PG&E crews time perform replacement work to increase electric viability. We will have to approx.…
On Tuesday the discussion surrounding the Bureau of Land Management’s Sierra Proposed Resource Management Plan seemed to be an item of contention for some of the Supervisors as it was learned that the County had missed the deadline to comment on the plan by a day. The plan provides direction and guidance for more than 230,000 acres of public land located primarily in nine central California counties including Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer,…
The next item to appear before the board was part history lesson as the board learned about a long time family name that is not very well known in Amador County. A proposal was received form the United States Board on Geographic Names to name an unnamed Summit in Amador County, Trembath Mountain after the Trembath family who migrated here form England in the 1800’s. The summit is located approximately 5 miles north-northeast of Amador…
The Amador Fire Safe Council has announced they are extending the entry deadline for their defensible space contest to close of business July 16, 2007. The Contest is open to all Amador County residents and will honor those homeowners who are an excellent example of defensible space requirements. Criteria will be the law, PRC 4291. See our website at www.amadorfiresafe.org or call the office at 296-6220 for entry details. Winners of the contest will receive…
A report released this week from the California State Department of Finance has some interesting details regarding the make up of the population of California, including details on mortality, fertility and migration rates of the ethnic groups that make up the GoldenState. The report projects California's population will reach almost 60 million people by 2050, adding over 25 million since the 2000 decennial census, according to long-range population projections released today by the California Department…
A new petition for signatures to put a new ballot measure on February’s Primary election ballot may be coming to a store front near you. The subject of the proposed initiative- Eminent Domain. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced on Friday that the proponents of the new initiative may begin collecting petition signatures for their measure. The Attorney General has prepared the legal title and summary which is required to appear on initiative petitions.
Jackson Planning Commissioner Warren Carlton said his final goodbyes Monday night to the City Council as they honored him with a resolution for his 6 years of service. Mayor Drew Stidger read the resolution out loud and then presented it to Carlton who thanked the citizens of Jackson for their support and continued involvement in City issues he commended them on their involvement. The audience responded with a standing ovation as Carlton took his seat.…
