San Andreas News

Previously unrecognised tremors along a critical part of California's infamous San Andreas Fault could give an early warning of when the American state s next major earthquake - or Big One - may occur.

As a wife, mother of three, actress, avid bowler and self-described "Karaoke Queen," Mary Peterson wears many hats.

For nearly 20 years, Amador and Calaveras county residents have given generously to a holiday fund drive to provide warm, new clothing for needy children.

To the embittered liberals who say Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's fundraising of $73,000 a day proves he's owned by special interests, my response is: Dear Guv, please keep raking in far more dough than Gray ...

Six months after being appointed Calaveras County undersheriff, Ron McFall has announced his retirement along with sheriff's Capt.

An item in the Bottomline column on yesterday's business page incorrectly stated the amount that tourism will increase next year in Tuolumne County.

Christian leaders on Wednesday denounced a Nativity scene at a London wax museum featuring soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, a former Spice Girl, as the parents of Jesus.

A late model Honda Accord lays wedged between a retaining wall and the ground in Ione, narrowly missing an apartment building.

An Oakdale man arrested in connection with the October nabbing of roughly $30,000 in rods and reels from an Angels Camp fishing supply shop is to be arraigned early next month.

Trial is slated for today in Calaveras County Superior Court for Patricia Ordway of Arnold.

American River Bankshares of Sacramento said Monday that it finished its acquisition of the Bank of Amador on Friday, swapping 0.5394 shares of American River common stock and $6.825 for each share of the ...

Tis the season to be jolly, right? Not for Dorian Faught. The owner of the Murphys Hotel hasn't had what one might call a joyful year.

A fire swept through a two-story Pine Grove home Wednesday morning, killing three cats while a woman escaped unharmed.

Long in danger of closing due to high operating costs, tiny Rail Road Flat Elementary School has just lived up to its motto: "the little school that can." The remote Calaveras County school of about 90 students ...