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Dana Nichols

Dana has worked as a journalist for The Record since 1988. He now lives in San Andreas in Calaveras County and covers the Mother Lode region.

Astronaut lawsuit

Jose Hernandez wants to list “astronaut” behind his name on ballots as he runs for Congress in the 10th Congressional District. A lawsuit is challenging that on the basis that he is not currently an astronaut and hasn’t been for several years. Of course, the result of the lawsuit is just that Jose’s status as [...]

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Video on forest restoration on the Upper Mokelumne River

Steve Dunsky, a video producer for the U.S. Forest Service, just emailed me a link to a video in which Calaveras County Supervisor Steve Wilensky talks about what forest restoration means in West Point and other communities in the Upper Mokelumne River watershed. It is episode 4 on this page: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/podcasts/  

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Alcohol and kids in Calaveras

The Calaveras Unfied School District Board of Trustees during its next meeting on Tuesday (Feb. 7) will review the 2011 Healthy Kids survey results. This survey, done every two years, looks at drug and alcohol use among kids in 7th, 9th and 11th grades. Sadly, there’s not much new in it. By their junior year of high [...]

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Trinitas update

Will golf continue? Will Calaveras County zoning codes put a stop to it? Those are just two of the questions hanging over the beautiful but unpermitted Trinitas golf course on 280 acres south of Wallace. In the fall, Trinitas owners Mike and Michelle Nemee lost a trial in U.S. Bankruptcy Court over whether golf was a [...]

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Everybody’s a farmer

Almost everybody was a farmer Tuesday night as area politicians spoke at Chez Shari in Manteca to a meeting of the South San Joaquin County Republicans. “I’m a family farmer. A small business owner,” said Ricky Gill, candidate in the 9th Congressional District. “I grew up farming,” said Congressman Jeff Denham, who currently represents the 19th [...]

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Bill Berryhill

Bill Berryhill, a Republican who currently represents the 26th Assembly District, is running for the newly drawn 5th Senate District. Like all candidates, Berryhill is raising money for the campaign. Here’s a list of what donors can get for various prices at a lunch reception for Berryhill to be held Jan. 27 at the DoubleTree Hotel [...]

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Russ Thomas responds

Former Calaveras County Supervisor Russ Thomas, who is running in the newly-drawn 4th District that includes Angels Camp and Copperopolis, today emailed me this response to incumbent Tom Tryon’s announcement Tuesday that he’ll seek an 8th term representing the 4th. Tryon said he wanted to complete work on matters such as the county General Plan [...]

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Breakfast with Ricky and Jeb

The website bayareagop.com says that 9th Congressional District candidate Ricky Gill of Lodi will have breakfast in San Francisco Tuesday with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Guests can join the breakfast at the Gap clothing company headquarters on Folsom Street  for $1,000, or, if they pay $2,500 can also get a photo with Gill and Bush. [...]

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Trinitas update

U.S Bankruptcy Court Judge Ronald Sargis is threatening to dismiss a $12 million civil rights lawsuit filed by the owners of the Trinitas golf course. That suit argues that various county officials violated the Constitutional rights of Michael and Michelle Nemee by not allowing them to legalize their golf course near Wallace. This week Sargis  filed [...]

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Santa’s Express needs volunteers

Santa’s Express is the biggest volunteer distribution of food and gifts in Calaveras County. It is based in San Andreas.  Many families are suffering now due to the economic decline and the food and gifts from Santa’s Express make life a little less difficult during this cold time. I just got an email forwarded to [...]

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