Keeping Customers Connected: Suspension of Energy Service Disconnections Extended to September 30, 2021

Keeping Customers Connected: Suspension of Energy Service Disconnections Extended to September 30, 2021

San Francisco, CA… Other COVID-19 Emergency Customer Protections Have Ended, With Changes to be Rolled Out in Phases. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it will extend the moratorium on utility service disconnections through September 30, 2021. The moratorium was put in place in March 2020 by the California Public Utilities Commission […]

Yosemite National Park Fire Update

Yosemite National Park Fire Update

Yosemite National Park, CA…On Monday June 28, 2021 through July 2, thunderstorms developed over Yosemite National Park creating lightning that ignited 16 fires. Fire managers have been assessing all fires for an appropriate response. Due to the risk of visitor safety and park values the King Fire is being suppressed in the Illilouette Creek drainage […]

Governor Newsom Issues Proclamation Declaring Independence Day

Governor Newsom Issues Proclamation Declaring Independence Day

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring July 4, 2021, as Independence Day in the State of California. PROCLAMATION Each year we celebrate the Fourth of July as the birth of America, commemorating the day our founders stood up to tyranny and formed a new nation founded on the principles of equality, freedom and […]

President Biden Names Fifth Round of Judicial Nominees

President Biden Names Fifth Round of Judicial Nominees

Washington, D.C…As he continues to move at an historic pace with respect to judicial nominees, the President is announcing eight new candidates for the federal bench and one new candidate for District of Columbia courts, all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution. These choices also […]

Vice President Harris at the Generation Equality Forum

Vice President Harris at the Generation Equality Forum

Washington, D.C…Greetings from the White House. President Macron, President López Obrador, Mis- — (applause) —PRESIDENT MACRON: Big applause to welcome you. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: (Laughs.) Merci beaucoup. It is — it is wonderful to be with you. President Macron, Mr. Secretary-General, Madam Executive Director, Shantel, and the Youth Task Force: Thank you for convening this […]

Charles Kenneth Lafferty Receives 15 Year Sentence in Highway Projectile Case

Charles Kenneth Lafferty Receives 15 Year Sentence in Highway Projectile Case

Monterey, CA…Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced today that the Honorable Mark E. Hood sentenced Charles Kenneth Lafferty, age 54, to 15 years in state prison following his guilty pleas to 28 counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. All […]

39 Year Old Salinas Man Convicted on Multiple Sexual Assault Charges

39 Year Old Salinas Man Convicted on Multiple Sexual Assault Charges

Monterey, CA…Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced that a jury found Salinas resident Ignacio Ramirez, age 39, guilty of sexually assaulting three victims. The Honorable Rafael Vazquez presided over the trial. In December 2018, Jane Doe 1, who was under 14 years old at the time, reported to her school nurse that she […]