San Francisco, CA…Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will soon begin offering a competitive new electric rate aimed at promoting economic development by making it possible for eligible employers to keep, expand or launch new operations in California rather than leave the state. The new rate, approved today by the California Public Utilities Commission, is […]
Sacramento, CA – In recent days, CalVet has received a number of calls from concerned veterans regarding the impact of the federal government shut down on the CalVet Home Loan program. CalVet Home Loans is not being impacted by the U.S. federal government shutdown. The Department is open for business originating and closing loans for […]
Auburn, CA…A program that will encourage Placer County employees to contribute to the charitable program of their choice was approved Tuesday by the Supervisors when they declared October as the Placer County Combined Giving Campaign Month. After a hiatus for several years, the program will allow all employees to voluntarily make donations to charities and […]
Kings Beach, CA…With a 4-0 vote, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday OK’d a construction management contract for a portion of the larger Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project. This phase, called the Core of the Core, is located along State Route 28. The proposed project will improve roadway, pedestrian, bicycle, and roadside drainage facilities; […]
Sacramento, CA…Senator Ted Gaines (R-Rocklin) today announced his candidacy for California Insurance Commissioner. “The Insurance Commissioner should work to protect consumers, keep rates low, and make it easier for companies to hire and retain workers,” Gaines said. Senator Gaines noted that under its current leadership, the California Department of Insurance has become a hostile bureaucracy […]
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is closing Forest Service-operated facilities and cancelling Forest-Service staffed events due to the lapse in federal government funding, effective October 1, 2013 until funding is restored. Concession-operated facilities, campgrounds and events will continue as normal for the time being. Most forest […]
OAKLAND – Acting to help California’s working families, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed AB 10 by Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas), which will raise the minimum wage in California from $8.00 per hour to $10.00 per hour. “It’s a special day to stand with workers who are laboring for all of us and laboring […]
ORACLE TEAM USA’s improbable comeback is alive and well in the 34th America’s Cup. Skipper Jimmy Spithill led the defender to another wire-to-wire victory in Race 16 and now needs just three more victories to successfully defend the America’s Cup. Challenger Emirates Team New Zealand finished 33 seconds in arrears, but still leads on the […]
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. –The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will lift fire restrictions on National Forest System lands beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, September 24, 2013. “The arrival of cooler, wetter weather brings safer conditions and has allowed us to lift restrictions on Forest Service managed lands,” said Forest Service fire chief Kit […]
Fresno, CA…A joint program between the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and Caltrans that helps parolees cultivate job skills is expanding to Los Angeles, Fresno, Stockton and San Bernardino. This year, the Caltrans Work Crew program will give 136 parolees an opportunity to earn a wage cleaning up roadside litter and to learn […]
