A crowd gathered at the Amador County Transportation Commission building to honor long time Transportation minded citizen Bill Breiner. Breiner was appointed as ACTC in 1992 by the Board of Supervisors. He served in that capacity for 14 years was elected as the Chairman of the commission for 12 consecutive years of his tenure. . Last night, ACTC Executive Director Charles Field commended Breiner on making Amador County’s Transportation System what it is today. Supervisor…
The murder trial has been set for two men accused of killing a Mokelumne Hill man in the spring of 2005. Donald Pinon and Daniel Rocha are accused of shooting David Jessop, 19 in the back of the head while Jessop was in bed. According to Calaveras County officials drugs and gangs are believed to be involved. A Calaveras County Superior Court Judge ruled in May 2005 that two Valley Springs men must stand trial…
After numerous incidents of injury, 100,000 infant sling carriers made by Infantino have been recalled. Thursday the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of the SlingRider Infant Carrier. The slings have a plastic slider on the fabric strap that can break causing infants to fall out of the carrier. There have been ten reports of the sliders breaking. Eight babies actually fell out of the carriers, four of which had impact injuries and…
Monday night the Sutter Creek city council received a final staff report on the Sutter Creek wastewater treatment plant and regional wastewater plans. City Manager Rob Duke presented the council with findings from a study which analyzed the possibilities of three options for a regional wastewater solution. Option one was to build a new regional plant in Martel. The estimated completion date for a Martel wastewater plant would be approximately in March of 2013. Rob…
Yesterday’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting must have set a record time with the open session discussion lasting for a total of 7 minutes. The only open session item before the Board Tuesday was consideration of the renewal of their membership the Central Sierra Resource Conservation District. According to the District’s website, “The United States Department of Agriculture's Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) program helps people in rural areas plan and carry out activities that increase…
The Jackson Planning Commission met last night with two items before them the project determination of the Jackson Hills project and administrative reports. Before discussions began under public matters Kathy DuBois spoke in regards to the City’s proposed General Plan. She said the Plan was missing pertinent information in regards to population and demographics. She said the recently adopted 106 HEU’s (or Housing Equivalent Units) for the upcoming year presents a growth rate of 6.3%…
The city of Ione has established their position with the Buena Vista Band of Miwok Indians. That position has not changed within a year’s time or with another TEIR. The City and its officials say the new Draft Tribal Environmental Impact report is still not sufficient in how it addresses mitigations for impacts that will be caused by the tribe’s Flying Cloud Casino. The city addresses traffic issues and what is termed as “gridlock” in…
CHP and local law enforcement remained busy over the weekend between the popular event Dandelion Days, a drunk driving accident that resulted in a triple fatality, as well as the 13 other accidents that occurred between Friday and Sunday afternoon. According to CHP Officer Melissa Scobee’s report an accident occurred on Latrobe Rd south of the El Dorado City Line Saturday morning around 9 am. Cyrus Perata of Fair Oaks was driving south bound on…
United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced yesterday that Plymouth bank robber JIM BRIAN SMITH, 26, of Orangevale, California, has pled guilty to two felony counts of bank robbery before United States District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. The case was investigated by the Sacramento Violent Crimes Task Force, which includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Roseville Police Department, Amador County Sheriff's Department, Grass Valley Police Department, Lincoln Police Department, and Sacramento County Sheriff's Department.
The Jackson Planning Commission met last night to discuss what date would be appropriate for a meeting with Amador County Transportation Commission to discuss possible mitigations and changes for the Jackson Hills Project, at least changes to how the project is currently proposed. City Planner Susan Peters said that at the special meeting held March 5th that the Planning Commission decided to continue public hearings regarding the issuance of a Planning Commission recommendation to the…
