Parks and Recreation Winter-Spring Activity Guide Available Now

Parks and Recreation Winter-Spring Activity Guide Available Now

Santa Cruz, CA…Parks and Recreation is offering dozens of inspiring classes to help you reach your goals in 2014. Kids capoeira is featured on the cover of theWinter-Spring Guide which is available online and in area mailboxes beginning December 26. Check out these NEW classes for winter-spring and register beginning January 6, 2014 on instaReg: Understanding Form and Light: A Drawing Approach, Boys Hip Hop, Modern Dance, Beginning […]

Initial Jobless Claims Drop by 42,000 Latest Week’s Data

Initial Jobless Claims Drop by 42,000 Latest Week’s Data

Washington, DC…In Seasonally Adjusted Data: In the week ending December 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 338,000, a decrease of 42,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 380,000. The 4-week moving average was 348,000, an increase of 4,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 343,750. The advance seasonally adjusted […]

Tis The Season For Traffic Safety

Tis The Season For Traffic Safety

Sacramento, CA….As Californians ready for their holiday travels, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is set to begin its annual Christmas Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP). The two-day holiday enforcement effort is designed to help ensure the safety of the motoring public during a time when celebrations are in full swing. The MEP begins at 6 p.m. […]

New Study Shows Post-Prison Arrests are Down, Convictions Static under Realignment

New Study Shows Post-Prison Arrests are Down, Convictions Static under Realignment

Sacramento, CA…One-year arrest rates are down and conviction rates are virtually static for offenders released after completing their state prison sentences post-Realignment, according to a report released today by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). “The results here are very encouraging, especially when you consider they reflect the very beginning of Realignment, when […]

Structure Fire In Soledad To Cover Burglary

Structure Fire In Soledad To Cover Burglary

Monterey, CA – About 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 21, 2013, Soledad Fire Department (FD)/CAL FIRE responded to a call for structure fire on the 600 block of North Street, in the city of Soledad (Monterey County). Soledad FD responded with assistance from Greenfield FD, Correctional Training Facility FD, and CAL FIRE, for a total […]

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces $2.1 Billion Mortgage Settlement with Ocwen

San Francisco, CA…Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced a $2.1 billion multistate and federal settlement with Ocwen Financial Corporation and Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (Ocwen) over alleged mortgage servicing misconduct. The settlement makes California homeowners eligible to receive up to $268 million in first lien principal reductions and nearly $23 million in cash payments to […]

Help is Available For Taxpayers Falling Behind on Payments

Sacramento, CA…The California State Board of Equalization’s (BOE) newest convenient website service allows qualifying tax or feepayers to request a payment plan online. Payment plans allow tax or feepayers to pay down a past due balance over time, helping them avoid additional penalties and interest. “California taxpayers deserve credit for bringing this commonsense idea to […]