The Calaveras County Sheriff's Department on Thursday announced that this week it took down two unrelated marijuana growing operations and arrested three people on marijuana cultivation charges.

A loan the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday to a local social welfare agency serving Tuolumne and Calaveras counties illustrates the budget difficulties facing California.

All Tuolumne County Schools and most Calaveras County schools met federal benchmarks for students' test score improvements in 2008.