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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hoboken, NJ…It’s a fact: women in business are on the rise. We’ve all heard of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, both of whom rocketed Wonder Woman-like through the glass ceiling to become household names. And those two famous females are hardly alone: women now occupy 24% of corporate senior leadership positions […]
Monterey, CA – CAL FIRE plans to conduct a prescribed burn on private property in the Gabilan Range near Hollister in San Benito County on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. The purpose of the project is to prepare control lines for a large prescribed burn later this month or October. The project is dependent upon proper […]
SAN FRANCISCO – September 17, 2013 – The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) was recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the winner of the 2013 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Advocate and Partner Award. The award, issued by the Office of Civil Rights, recognizes SFO for its strategies to promote small disadvantaged business participation […]
New York, NY…Innovative submersible fish pens and new developments in fish food may change the way “fish farming” is conducted throughout the world. Sustainable aquaculture is possible, say some innovative practitioners — and open ocean fish farms may be the solution to a whole range of environmental problems. These are not the crowded, close-to-shore pens […]
Sacramento, CA…A bill that will codify a partnership made up of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), Franchise Tax Board (FTB), Employment Development Department (EDD), and Department of Justice (DOJ) is headed to the Governor’s desk. Legislation unanimously supported by the BOE (Assembly Bill 576, V. Manuel Pérez) would strategically target sales, income, and […]
Sacramento, CA…The California State Transportation Agency today joined the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in announcing that the federal government has rewarded California with a near-record $155 million in transportation funding after the state met all its 2013 transportation project federal deadlines. “The federal government has rewarded Caltrans – yet again – for using all […]
