Two fires were reported in Tuolumne County overnight. An unattended candle burning in the closet was listed as the cause of a fire reported on the 15400 block of El Mapache Lane in the Phoenix Lake area at 6:30 p.m. Friday, said Mary Jo Boone of Cal Fire dispatch in San Andreas.

The annual CHIPS program for kids is now in full swing at the San Andreas C.H.P. Office.

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Calaveras County property owners who may be forced to pay higher flood insurance rates under a proposed federal flood zone map now pending can learn more about the process at public meetings to be held at 4:30 and 6 p.m. Dec.

A new report on the San Jacinto Fault, which runs through the Coachella Valley, shows that a rupture here might not produce the big one scientists believe will strike in the next 30 years.

San Joaquin County Historical Museum has changed to its winter hours. The museum exhibits and grounds will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

A study suggests California's San Jacinto fault, with about four mini-earthquakes daily, is less likely to produce a major quake than the San Andreas fault.

Avoid the tourist throngs and discover two desert oddities 3 hours east of San Diego in Calipatria and Niland.

A University of Miami study by Dr. Shimon Wdowinski in Nature Geosciences demonstrates that deep creep means milder, more frequent earthquakes along SoCal's San Jacinto fault make it a less likely candidate for a major earthquake than its neighbor to the east, the Southern San Andreas fault.

This year, 2009, marks the 50th anniversary of the Pacifica Tribune under the ownership of Bill Drake, now publisher emeritus.

Scientists say many recent earthquakes might have been the aftershocks of large quakes that occurred hundreds of years ago, BBC News reported.

The Valley Springs Optimist Club will present "The Music Man" this month at the LDS Cultural Hall at 221 Church Hill Road, San Andreas.

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.

Just when we thought all the sturm and drang had died out from San Jose's demotion as America's Safest Big City, a new study has emerged that gives the city - how to put it? - an even uglier grade.

Friday scanner report from Roger updated: Oct 23, 2009, 10:43 AM by Roger the scanner guy From the looks of things I think some people are not satisfied with the work of the police in Santa Barbara after the Wednesday afternoon attacks on the Eastside.