South Lake Tahoe, Calif., –The Lahontan Regional Water Board (Water Board) has approved the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit’s (LTBMU) operating plan for fuel reduction and forest health work in South Lake Tahoe for the upcoming summer. The plan provides detailed, site-specific information on how the Forest Service will comply with its […]
Tahoe City, CA… Placer County Planning Services Department staff briefed the Board of Supervisors Tuesday on progress made toward updating the Tahoe Basin Community Plans. Primary efforts include consolidating the nine current Tahoe Basin Plans with one overarching community plan and 4 local area plans. Staff provided this briefing during the Board’s regular Tahoe meeting, […]
Sacramento, CA…Today, Assemblyman Frank Bigelow, R-O’Neals, was unanimously elected Chair of the Legislative Rural Caucus. Bigelow takes over the position from outgoing chair Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, R-Modesto. “I am honored to be elected chair of the Legislative Rural Caucus by members of the legislature and look forward to providing a stronger voice for rural communities […]
Sacramento, CA… Caltrans’ executive management team and maintenance workers are out on highways statewide picking up trash today and are asking all Californians for their help in the battle against litter. Today alone, Caltrans expects to haul away more than 2,500 cubic yards of trash, sweep nearly 100 tons of debris off state highways, and remove […]
RIVERSIDE – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors finalized a first-of-its-kind contract Tuesday that allows the County Sheriff to utilize jail inmates in the state’s fire camps. “This historic agreement is another great example of the state working with counties to protect public safety,” CDCR Secretary […]
Sacramento, CA…Senator Ted Gaines’ (R-Rocklin) second bill relating to the illegal fire tax (Senate Bill 125) today failed to receive enough votes to pass out of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water. “For the second time in two weeks, my legislation attempting to ‘make right’ the very wrong fire tax has failed in […]
Washington—U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced the Yosemite National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013, a bill to modify the park’s boundary to protect vital areas from potential development. Senator Barbara Boxer joined the bill as an original cosponsor, and the bill was also introduced today in the House of Representatives by Rep. Jim […]
CARSON CITY, NV – Governor Brian Sandoval today issued the following statement regarding Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas: “In early March, it came to my attention that in at least one instance, discharge policies and procedures were not followed at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas. In light of this information, my Administration took […]
Washington, DC…In his weekly address, President Obama spoke to the American people about the act of terror at the Boston Marathon that wounded dozens and killed three innocent people on Monday, and said that through it all, Boston’s spirit remains undaunted and Americans have proven they refuse to be terrorized. This past week, first responders, […]
SAN QUENTIN, CA… Condemned inmate Justin Alan Helzer, 41, who was on California’s death row from Contra Costa County, was pronounced dead at San Quentin State Prison late Sunday evening, April 14, 2013. The death is being investigated as a suicide. He was single-celled. Helzer was sentenced to death, along with his brother Glenn Helzer, […]
