Vallecito News

The Junior Miss Calaveras Pageant and Junior Frog Jump were held this weekend at the Altaville Melones Fire District station.

Bret Harte Union High School District's Board of Trustees voted Monday to move the alternative Vallecito High School to the main Bret Harte High campus in Angels Camp.

In an effort to curb an increase in smoke pollution caused by yard waste burning in Calaveras County, the county's Air Pollution Control District and Public Works Department are offering residents a chance to dispose of waste for free at county landfills Saturday and Sunday.

Performances will be given at 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday the Bret Harte High School Theater in Angels Camp.

A veteran of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, White's still cracking up the crowd with buddies Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy on cable-TV re-runs. Known for performing his stand-up routine with a glass of Scotch and a cigar, the 56-year-old native of Fritch, Texas, has released six CDs, a DVD and "I Had the Right to Remain Silent ... (more)

The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office reports that Steven Scharf, 25 of Douglas Flat, got into a fight over the weekend at the Nugget bar near downtown Murphys.