Minden, Nev. — Douglas County 911 Emergency Services is encouraging residents to sign up for Reverse 911, an emergency alert system designed to send alert texts directly to your phone. The alerts will be sent for natural disasters, community emergencies, industrial accidents, wildfires, floods, severe weather, chemical spills, or when police actions occur. Reverse 911 […]
El Dorado Hills, CA…El Dorado County Connections – One Stop is hosting a free hiring event on Thursday, November 17, 2016, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the El Dorado Hills Library in the meeting room located at 7455 Silva Valley Parkway, El Dorado Hills. During the event, representatives from Wollborg Michelson Recruiting will […]
Olympic Village, CA…The Placer County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 today to approve the Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan and the certification of the project environmental impact report, after a more than nine hour meeting, with significant public comment both for and against the development. This approval makes way for the development of 94 […]
Truckee, CA…The Triumph Development Hotel and Residential project has been continued to a future meeting of the Planning Commission. At this time, staff anticipates that the project will be heard at a December Planning Commission meeting, which will be noticed once date and time are confirmed. At this hearing, the Planning Commission will provide a […]
Sacramento, CA… Caltrans today announced the appointment of Ellen Greenberg as its new Deputy Director for Sustainability, who will oversee Caltrans’ continued efforts to shift and align its policies and practices to improve the environment, the economy and social equity for all Californians. Ellen Greenberg, FAICP“Ellen will be a valuable addition to the Caltrans Executive […]
Washington, DC…The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. They died Nov. 12 of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Bagram, Afghanistan. The soldiers were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. […]
Sacramento, CA…This week, the California USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced the availability of $4 million in funding, through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), for tree mortality projects on private forestlands. Landowners on non-industrial private forestlands in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Riverside, San Bernardino, […]
Washington, DC…Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a statement that he was “deeply saddened” to learn that an explosion at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan just after 5:30 a.m. local time resulted in U.S. casualties. An apparent suicide bomber took the lives of two U.S. service members and two U.S. contractors working on the base, Carter […]
Washington, DC…Hi, everybody. This weekend, as we search for ways to bridge our differences, we look to the principles that are more enduring than politics. And some of the best examples are found in the men and women we saluted yesterday, and every day – our troops and veterans. It is the example of young […]
Sacramento, CA…California voters once again reiterated their overwhelming support for investing in public education and a better future for our students in Tuesday’s election. Educators are thankful for the passage of Propositions 55 and 58 that will protect schools from billions in funding cuts and give students much more language learning opportunities. “California’s voters are […]
