March 21, 2012 11:04 am
 Kevin Petty, of Waterford, pushes his son Ryan, 5, down a slope near Strawberry. Amy Alonzo Rozak/Union Democrat, copyright 2012 Fears over a looming water crisis have abated significantly in the past week due to a series of storms that dumped rain and snow across the Mother Lode. The nearly week-long storm dropped about 3.5 inches of rain on the Sierra foothills, bringing about a third of the total precipitation for the season in only a matter of days. |
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March 21, 2012 10:59 am
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The Union DemocratThe price tag has grown for infrastructure being built at the Tuolumne County Law and Justice Center site, and permitting issues are causing delays. The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a change order of $444,092 for the $2.4 million project at Old Wards Ferry Road, agreeing to pay contractor Sierra Mountain Construction for the additional costs. The increase puts the total cost of the infrastructure project at about $2.86 million. |
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March 20, 2012 01:14 pm
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More than two dozen recreational shooters turned out Monday night at an open house in Arnold to question and comment on proposed limitations on target shooting in the area of Candy Rock Quarry, located near Hathaway Pines in the Calaveras Ranger District of Stanislaus National Forest. Last April, the U.S. Forest Service adopted an order limiting hours for target shooting near the quarry, after receiving numerous written and verbal complaints about the shooting, primarily from nearby residents.
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March 20, 2012 01:13 pm
A Copperopolis man accused of multiple crimes related to an alleged sexual assault will face an April 16 preliminary hearing in Calaveras County Superior Court. Norman Dale Nuttall, 46, of the 4900 block of Yuma Court, was booked into Calaveras County Jail on March 9 on suspicion of raping a victim incapable of consent. |
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March 20, 2012 01:11 pm
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A Valley Springs man received a three-year sentence Monday, to be served in the Calaveras County Jail, after his involuntary manslaughter conviction last month in the death of Marvin Brown, 52. James Alison Livezey, 42, will not serve his time in prison, a result of the state’s Assembly Bill 109 “correctional realignment,” which kicked in late last year. AB 109 — an effort to cut prison populations — saddled counties with the responsibility for incarcerating and monitoring people convicted of so-called “low level” crimes.
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March 20, 2012 01:10 pm
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A Valley Springs man received a three-year sentence Monday, to be served in the Calaveras County Jail, after his involuntary manslaughter conviction last month in the death of Marvin Brown, 52. James Alison Livezey, 42, will not serve his time in prison, a result of the state’s Assembly Bill 109 “correctional realignment,” which kicked in late last year. AB 109 — an effort to cut prison populations — saddled counties with the responsibility for incarcerating and monitoring people convicted of so-called “low level” crimes.
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March 20, 2012 01:06 pm
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A Discovery Bay man pleaded guilty in a Nevada district court last week to reckless driving that caused the death of pedestrian from Valley Springs in July. Joan Marie Hamrick, a former bookkeeper for the Calaveras County Water District, was struck in a crosswalk July 30 in Stateline, Nev., by a Ford pickup truck driven by David Ray Stephenson.
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March 20, 2012 01:05 pm
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A bail-reduction hearing for three members of a Valley Springs family charged in a March 12 pot bust cast more light on the alleged operation. Calaveras County Deputy District Attorney Dana Pfeil argued unsuccessfully Monday against reducing the bail amount of $800,000 for Alicia Pereira and her son, Andrew Adams.
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March 20, 2012 01:03 pm
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Soulsbyville Elementary School students and their parents have raked in an impressive amount of cash this year by collecting “Box Tops for Education,” and they’re not slowing down. Box Tops for Education is a program that donates 10 cents to schools for every box top clipped from a General Mills product. Those products include everything from cereal to garbage bags, with a complete list of about 330 eligible items. |
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March 20, 2012 01:01 pm
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Several local school districts opted out of issuing preliminary layoff notices to teachers this year, reflecting the fact that many have already cut their staffs to the bare minimum as a result of reduced state funding. Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District and Belleview Elementary School District didn’t issue any preliminary layoff notices to teachers before the state-mandated deadline of March 15. Neither did Bret Harte Union High School District, Vallecito Union School District or Mark Twain Union Elementary School District. |
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