Traffic Update….Bicycle Collision Turns Fatal on Cachagua Rd

Traffic Update….Bicycle Collision Turns Fatal on Cachagua Rd

Carmel Valley, CA…Traffic Update….Bicycle Collision Turns Fatal on Cachagua Rd. When we first reported on this collision earlier this evening it looked like it might only be a minor injury collision. As of 9:27pm this evening it took a tragic turn as the CHP was notified that the involved had passed away. Incident: 00218 Type: […]

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Bicycle on Cachagua Rd

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Bicycle on Cachagua Rd

Carmel Valley, CA…Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Bicycle on Cachagua Rd Incident: 00218 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: 18840 Cachagua Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 36.401604 -121.657891 Detail Information 4:56 PM 12 [19] B27-068 RDWY BLOCKED, WILL ADVZ 4:45 PM 11 [18] UNK EXT OF INJ 4:45 PM 10 [17] RDWY 1125 SO 1125 IN THE RDWY 4:44 […]

Coronavirus Update & Press Briefing from HHS

Coronavirus Update & Press Briefing from HHS

Washington, DC…We’ve been monitoring this virus and preparing a response since back in December, but it’s more than that. Preparing for these kinds of outbreaks is part of daily life at HHS and for America’s public health professionals. Preparedness is a day job around here. We are constantly making investments, training personnel at all levels, […]

Governor Newsom on Supreme Court’s Decision on Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule

Governor Newsom on Supreme Court’s Decision on Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement after today’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the public charge rule that targets low-income immigrant families: “The effects of today’s Supreme Court decision on the “public charge” rule will be devastating. Because of the “public charge” rule, families are already going hungry […]

U.S. Contributing $2 Million in Additional Funds to Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

U.S. Contributing $2 Million in Additional Funds to Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

Washington, DC…To honor Holocaust victims, to preserve the Auschwitz and Birkenau Memorial and Museum so future generations never forget, and to further efforts to combat contemporary forms of anti-Semitism, the Department of State, working with Congress, intends to contribute an additional $2 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. This contribution is in addition to the $15 […]

EPA Announces Final WOTUS Navigable Waters Rule

EPA Announces Final WOTUS Navigable Waters Rule

Washington, DC…The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the final Navigable Waters Protection Rule to define “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS).  This rule has been an ongoing effort to reverse the previous WOTUS rule adopted in 2012, which RCRC opposed as a jurisdictional overreach, and inappropriate expansion of […]

China Increases Import of Hemp from United States

China Increases Import of Hemp from United States

Washington, DC…As part of phase-one of the U.S.-China trade agreement, which was agreed to and signed last week, China will now be required to import significantly more hemp from the United States. The crop is one of more than 200 agricultural products that China agreed to import on a larger scale over the next two […]

RCRC Installs 2020 Officers and Presents Rural Leadership Awards

RCRC Installs 2020 Officers and Presents Rural Leadership Awards

Sacramento, CA…The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) installed its 2020 Officers and presented its Rural Leadership Awards at their annual reception in Sacramento yesterday. Merced County Supervisor Daron McDaniel was installed as Chair, Mono County Supervisor Stacy Corless was installed as First Vice Chair, and Nevada County Supervisor Dan Miller was installed as Second […]

11 Arrested for Multimillion Dollar Recycling Fraud Scheme

11 Arrested for Multimillion Dollar Recycling Fraud Scheme

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and CalRecycle Acting Director Ken DaRosa today announced the arrest of and filing of charges against 11 individuals for allegedly defrauding California’s beverage container recycling program by importing ineligible beverage containers sold in Arizona and Nevada to redeem them for the recycling value of such containers sold in California. […]