Arnold News

CRACKDOWN: Officers detain two people encamped on the sidewalk along 6th Street.

The federal and California state tax honchos couldn't plan it this way if they tried, so forget about your conspiracy theories.

Teaching runs in John Hofstetter's blood. Born and raised in Jenny Lind, a tiny western Calaveras County town, he was taught by his mother in the same one-room schoolhouse that her father taught her in.

The doors will open Thursday on an Arnold thrift store where buying a used coat will help those born in fur coats.

An 8-inch pipe bomb exploded in Arnold just after midnight Monday, damaging a bus stop along Highway 4. Deputies responding to reports of an explosion in the area found debris - including intact portions of the bomb - strewn across the highway and Lilac Drive, according to a Calaveras County Sheriff's Department statement.

The Calaveras Big Trees Association recently elected its board of directors for 2009-10. The new officers, who serve one-year terms, are Marcy Crawford, president; Dick Watson, vice president; Rich Szukalski, treasurer; and Marilyn Regan, secretary.

A 19-year-old Arnold resident was in custody awaiting charges Thursday after being arrested on burglary charges the day before following a standoff in which he allegedly threatened to shoot officers.

A little more than a week remains to nominate Calaveras County's best spots for a National Geographic-sponsored virtual and print map of top Sierra Nevada destinations.

Eighty-nine years ago, U.S. women won the right to vote after many years of painstaking struggle and hard work by courageous suffragists, commemorated each year on Women's Equality Day, Aug.

Calaveras County has registered its sixth case of the H1N1 influenza. According to the Public Health Department a 74 year old Arnold resident was hospitalized in intensive care during September for serious illness from the H1N1 flu.

The law will require handgun ammunition be kept behind the counter where customers cannot access it without assistance from store employees.

The Calaveras County Office of Education invites grandparents who are raising their grandchildren to a free series of talks on various relevant topics beginning Thursday.

The owner of bankrupt Cedar Funding investment company, who is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme with investors' money, posted a property bond worth $1 million Thursday.

I n order to ensure the vaccine is available to those who need it the most, G overnor Arnold S chwarzenegger has signed an executive order.

Two teenage hunters missing since sundown Tuesday were found late Wednesday morning near White Pines after sending a text message to a friend.

A hunter missing most of the week in the wilderness of Calaveras County has been found safe.

Today marks the fourth day of a multi-agency search for missing hunter Devin Smith.

Two missing hunters have been located safe in Calaveras County, but officials are still investigating a separate missing persons case.

Two missing teenage hunters have been found safe in Calaveras County, while another hunter is still missing, according to the sheriff's department.

MORE THAN 300 runners participated in the Los Vaqueros Tarantula Run last year, and race organizers would like to see similar numbers this year.