Valley Springs News

The proposed solar system to power the Bear Valley water pumps at the booster station would be located in the area of the pump station on the left and the booster station/water tank in the center on the photo.

The driver of a Dodge Charger who died after allegedly running a red light and crashing into a packed minivan on Saturday, sending six others, including four children and a pregnant woman to the hospital, was identified Monday as 47-year-old Mary Hopper.

They returned and refused to leave. An agreement was reached. 5:07 p.m., Burson - Someone was doing donuts in their vehicle, stirring up dust and rocks on the 3200 block of Highway 12. 7:58 p.m., Valley Springs - There is an ongoing issue with a youth "racing" down the street in a vehicle and spinning in a dirt field on Saint Andrews Drive.

Posted by: John_Hamilton on 06/08/2013 04:00 PM Updated by: thepinetree on 06/08/2013 05:20 PM Expires: 01/01/2018 12:00 AM Fire Update...Vegetation Fire in Valley Springs Area on Hogan Dam Road.

A third medical marijuana dispensary has opened in Calaveras County, according to a medical marijuana advocate familiar with the business.

State fire investigators are asking witnesses to come forward with information about a campfire that escaped June 3 and started a blaze that burned 7 acres and destroyed two residences in the Rancho Calaveras subdivision near Valley Springs.

Fire Fighters are on the scene of a vegetation fire near Valley Springs. The flames broke out on Palomino Ridge Road off of Hogan Dam Road.

7:53 p.m., Arnold - People are at a vacation home on El Dorado Drive and the caller doesn't think they're the owners.

Sign carrying demonstrators representing doctors, hospitals and unionized health care workers rallied against a 10 percent cut in the amount the state pays for Medi-Cal reimbursements, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

At Juvenile Hall in Placerville, Calif., in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, a 12-year-old boy gets his schoolwork delivered by guards.

A wildland fire that started in dense brush Monday destroyed two residences and prompted the brief evacuation of half a dozen homes on Treosti Place in the Rancho Calaveras subdivision.

The Calaveras County Sheriff's Department has ordered mandatory evacuation of all residences in the area of Treosti Place between Bergsma Lane and Baldwin Street in Valley Springs because of a grass fire.

The fire is reported in the 6000 block of Treosti Place, in the Rancho Calaveras subdivision outside of Valley Springs.

The Calaveras County Water District announced the proposed rate increases last week now they are going to give customers a chance to speak out on the proposed jump in rates.

A Burson woman decided to pay for her gas inside the station, the only problem was she didn't get out of her car.

A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his younger sister in a crime that traumatized their Northern California town denied a second-degree murder charge through his attorney in a juvenile court hearing on Wednesday.

A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his younger sister in a crime that traumatized their Northern California town denied a second-degree murder charge through his attorney in a juvenile court hearing on Wednesday.

An attorney for a Central California 12-year-old boy charged with fatally stabbing his little sister says his client has pleaded not guilty.

The latest news - A Bear Valley Springs police officer involved in a shooting in April that left a local man dead was cleared Tuesday by the Kern County District Attorney's office.

The Calaveras County Office of Education held the 33rd annual fifth and sixth grade Math Mini-Bowl last Thursday at Calaveras River Academy and Mountain Oaks School in San Andreas.