Reparations Task Force to Hear Testimony and Public Comment on the Impacts of Racism in California

Reparations Task Force to Hear Testimony and Public Comment on the Impacts of Racism in California

Sacramento, CA…As part of California’s historic Assembly Bill 3121 (AB 3121), the state’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans will hold full-day public meetings on Tuesday, October 12 and Wednesday, October 13. The meetings build on a series of previous public hearings initially launched on June 1, the 100th anniversary […]

Governor Newsom Signs COVID-19 Recovery Package to Extend Outdoor Dining, Drinks to Go & More

Governor Newsom Signs COVID-19 Recovery Package to Extend Outdoor Dining, Drinks to Go & More

Oakland, CA…AB 61 and SB 314 extend outdoor dining operations expanded as part of pandemic regulatory relief, SB 389 authorizes continued sale of to-go alcoholic drinks. California Comeback Plan’s unprecedented small business support includes $4 billion relief grant program and $6.2 billion in tax relief. Additional measures fortify pandemic preparedness by increasing state’s vaccination and […]

Governor Newsom Supports Communities Across Rural California with New Legislation and Investments

Governor Newsom Supports Communities Across Rural California with New Legislation and Investments

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom highlighted the Administration’s commitment to lifting up rural communities across California, including new legislation supporting access to key outdoor activities and major investments in the California Comeback Plan to support agriculture, build drought resiliency and support high-road job growth as part of a statewide economic recovery. “California is committed to an equitable […]

Monterey Bay Aquarium on the Huntington Beach Oil Spill

Monterey Bay Aquarium on the Huntington Beach Oil Spill

Monterey, CA…Monterey Bay Aquarium is unequivocal in our opposition to offshore oil and gas development. Oil spills threaten our coastline, our wildlife, our economy, and our health. “California is no stranger to the destructive impacts of oil spills and offshore oil drilling. The 1969 Santa Barbara Channel disaster was a catalyst for the modern environmental […]

Bears Ears National Monument Restored

Bears Ears National Monument Restored

Washington, DC…Today, President Joseph Biden issued an Executive Proclamation restoring Bears Ears National Monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante in southeast Utah and Northeast Canyon and Seamounts Marine National Monument on the New England coast. The protection of Bears Ears National Monument has been one of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s top priorities for the past decade. […]

Unrestrained Pickup Driver Perished in Head on Collision on Carmel Valley Road

Unrestrained Pickup Driver Perished in Head on Collision on Carmel Valley Road

Carmel Valley, CA…On Friday, October 8, 2021, at 12:44 PM, a green Ford F250 was traveling eastbound on Carmel Valley Road east of Scarlett Road. At the same time a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling westbound on Carmel Valley Road approaching the Ford F250. The Jeep Grand Cherokee drove the wrong way directly into […]

President Biden on the September Jobs Report

President Biden on the September Jobs Report

Washington, DC…Hello, folks. Good afternoon, everyone. Today, for the first time since March of 2020, the American unemployment rate is below 5 percent. In just eight months since I became President, in the midst of a grave public health and economic crisis, the unemployment rate is now down below 5 percent — at 4.8 percent. […]

Economy Treading Water with Only 194,000 Jobs Added in September

Economy Treading Water with Only 194,000 Jobs Added in September

Washington, DC…Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 194,000 in September, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 4.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, in professional and business services, in retail trade, and in transportation and warehousing. Employment in public education […]

Traffic Update….Fatal Collision Near CRG16 / Schulte Rd

Traffic Update….Fatal Collision Near CRG16 / Schulte Rd

Carmel Valley, CA…Traffic Update….Fatal Collision Near CRG16 / Schulte Rd Incident: 00196 Type: Fatality Location: CRG16 / Schulte Rd Loc Desc: CVR JEO Lat/Lon: 36.529966 -121.830659 Detail Information 4:22 PM 39 [135] D1, BTH VEHS HAVE BTH PLTS 4:15 PM 38 [133] B27-068 RDWY OPEN IN BTH DIRECTIONS 3:29 PM 37 [124] 1039 27-L1 VIA […]