CAL FIRE Plans Memorial Service for Airtanker Pilot

CAL FIRE Plans Memorial Service for Airtanker Pilot

San Jose – Firefighters will gather together to pay their respects to Airtanker Pilot Geoffrey “Craig” Hunt as well as to his family, who paid the ultimate sacrifice with his life while fighting the Dog Rock Fire near El Portal, California. A celebration of Craig’s life, with full Line of Duty Death fire service honors, […]

CDC and Frontier Airlines Announce Passenger Notification Underway

CDC and Frontier Airlines Announce Passenger Notification Underway

Dallas, TX…On the morning of Oct. 14, the second healthcare worker reported to the hospital with a low-grade fever and was isolated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that the second healthcare worker who tested positive last night for Ebola traveled by air Oct. 13, the day before she reported symptoms. Because of […]

Texas Reports Positive Test for Ebola in a Health Care Worker

Texas Reports Positive Test for Ebola in a Health Care Worker

Dallas, TX…A healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient has tested positive for Ebola according to preliminary tests by the Texas Department of State Health Services’ laboratory. The patient was isolated after the initial report of a fever and remains so now. Confirmation testing at the Centers for Disease […]

CDC and Texas Health Department Confirm First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the U.S.

CDC and Texas Health Department Confirm First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the U.S.

Dallas, TX…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed today, through laboratory tests, the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United States in a person who had traveled to Dallas, Texas from Liberia. The patient did not have symptoms when leaving West Africa, but developed symptoms approximately four days after arriving […]

President Obama’s Weekly Address: We Will Degrade and Destroy ISIL

President Obama’s Weekly Address: We Will Degrade and Destroy ISIL

Washington, DC…As Commander in Chief, my highest priority is the security of the American people. And I’ve made it clear that those who threaten the United States will find no safe haven. Thanks to our military and counterterrorism professionals, we took out Osama bin Laden, much of al Qaeda’s leadership in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and […]

New Law Requires Motorists To Allow Three Feet Of Clearance Near Bicyclists

New Law Requires Motorists To Allow Three Feet Of Clearance Near Bicyclists

Sacramento, CA…With children heading back to school, motorists should expect to see more children riding to and from school on their bicycles. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) would like to remind the public that on September 16, 2014, a new law affecting motorists and bicyclists takes effect. According to the law, a driver must allow […]

Weekly Address: Time to Give the Middle Class a Chance

Weekly Address: Time to Give the Middle Class a Chance

Washington, DC…Ladies and gentlemen, this is Joe Biden, I’m filling in for President Obama, while he addresses the NATO summit in Wales. When the President and I took office in January of 2009, this nation was in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. Our economy had plummeted at a rate […]

President Obama’s Weekly Address: Everyone Should Be Able to Afford Higher Education

President Obama’s Weekly Address: Everyone Should Be Able to Afford Higher Education

Martha’s Vineyard, MA…Hi, everybody. Over the next couple weeks, schools all across the country will be opening their doors. Students will suit up for fall sports, marching band, and the school play; moms and dads will snap those first-day-of-school pictures — and that includes me and Michelle. And so today, I want to talk directly […]

13 Acre Vegetation Fire Robinson Canyon Rd

13 Acre Vegetation Fire Robinson Canyon Rd

Monterey, CA – A vegetation fire was reported at about 12:40 p.m. today on Robinson Canyon Rd near Carmel Valley (Monterey County). CAL FIRE responded to the incident with 5 fire engines, 2 chief officers, an air tactical observation unit, 4 air tankers, 2 helicopters with helitack crew, 1 bulldozer, and 4 hand crews. Monterey […]