Sacramento, CA…California has taken a major step today to protect our children with the Governor’s signing of SB 568, a measure that increases privacy protections for minors on the internet. Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg’s measure will allow children and adolescents under the age of 18 to remove their postings on internet and social […]
“Without the right of privacy, there is no real freedom of speech or freedom of opinion, and so there is no actual democracy,” Dilma Rousseff President of Brazil
ORACLE TEAM USA’s improbable comeback is alive and well in the 34th America’s Cup. Skipper Jimmy Spithill led the defender to another wire-to-wire victory in Race 16 and now needs just three more victories to successfully defend the America’s Cup. Challenger Emirates Team New Zealand finished 33 seconds in arrears, but still leads on the […]
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 […]
Santa Cruz, CA…On September 22, 2013, at approximately 0717′ hours, a rear-end collision occurred on SR-l, north of Market Street resulting in an overturned vehicle and a car tire. The driver ofthe Mitsubishi was traveling southbound on SR-l, north ofthe Market Street undercrossing, approaching the Chevrolet’s location. The driver ofthe Chevrolet was traveling southbound on […]
Washington, DC…The following remarks were prepared for delivery by FBI Washington Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave concerning the September 16, 2013 shootings at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Good afternoon. As we have progressed past the initial 24 hours after yesterday’s shootings at the Washington Navy Yard, we wanted to take a moment […]
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 […]
New York, NY (September 16, 2013) – The combined wealth of the Forbes’ 2013 ranking of the richest people in America (“The Forbes 400,” p. 124) is $2 trillion, up from $1.7 trillion in 2012 and the highest ever, due in part to the strength of both the U.S. stock and real estate markets. The […]