New York, NY…Bill Gates at The New York Times Conference, Including Comments on Taxes. Comments in this conversation are the foundation of the push pack from the Warren Campaign. Fascinating conversation…
South Lake Tahoe, CA/NV…Winter arrives in Tahoe with mountain tech to breeze through lift lines, new ways to recreate in the snow, a “hot” new celebrity restaurant, as well as environmental opportunities for travelers to support the destination. (www.tahoesouth.com) Heavenly Mountain Resort is the only ski resort in North America to span two states with […]
Tahoe City, CA…Placer County planning officials released plans for a new gated development on the White Wolf property between Tahoe’s Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows yesterday. New development would spread from Alpine Meadows Road north towards Squaw Valley and West to the Granite Chief Wilderness Area. Plans include a subdivision of 38 single-family custom home […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today redoubled his call for fundamental change to PG&E and laid out a path forward to ensure the overly broad application of Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) will never happen again. After spending eight days on the road talking to Californians during the blackouts and wildfires and deploying state resources to […]
Washington, DC…Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 128,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Notable job gains occurred in food services and drinking places, social assistance, and financial activities. Within manufacturing, employment in motor vehicles and parts decreased due to strike […]
San Francisco, CA…PG&E announced today that its meteorological and operations teams in its Emergency Operations Center continue to monitor a potentially widespread, strong and dry wind event Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon. The event will impact northern, central, coastal and Bay Area counties across much of PG&E’s service area. In response to this anticipated event, […]
New York, NY…We, President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, confirm and welcome final agreement on the United States-Japan Trade Agreement and the United States-Japan Digital Trade Agreement. We share the desire that these agreements will be signed at the earliest possible date and enter into force in the very near future, following […]
Sacramento, CA….California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 21 state attorneys general, urged Congress to pass the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment through Entrusting States (STATES) Act of 2019 or similar measures that would allow legal cannabis-related businesses to access the banking system. The STATES Act would bring billions of dollars […]
Sacramento, CA…Today Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation authored by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) to restore employment status for millions of workers who have been misclassified as contractors. Assembly Bill 5 provides clarity for businesses, workers and taxpayers in the wake of the Dynamex ruling by the California Supreme Court in […]
Ebbetts Pass Summit, CA….From Caltrans D!…”We put an overnight shift on to make sure the route stayed open and safe throughout the night and applied sand to some of the corners as there was rain lower down that was expected to freeze.” We also received a call from Caltrans’s Mike Johnson saying they are looking […]