Governor authorizes Detroit bankruptcy filing for $18 billion debt and unfunded liabilities

Governor authorizes Detroit bankruptcy filing for $18 billion debt and unfunded liabilities

DETROIT – Gov. Rick Snyder today authorized Detroit’s emergency manager to seek federal bankruptcy protection for the city, saying it was the only viable option to provide the 700,000 people of Detroit with the public services they need and to restore the city. “The fiscal realities confronting Detroit have been ignored for too long. I’m […]

Pebble Beach Resorts Wins 2013 Gold Tee Award

Pebble Beach Resorts Wins 2013 Gold Tee Award

Pebble Beach, CA…Pebble Beach Resorts is the proud recipient of the 2013 Gold Tee Award by Meetings & Conventions magazine. Given annually to outstanding golf and meeting properties around the world, the Gold Tee Award honorees were nominated and selected by more than 50,000 readers of the publication based on each property’s overall excellence. “There […]

American Red Cross Launches New “Team Red Cross” App for Volunteers

American Red Cross Launches New “Team Red Cross” App for Volunteers

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Thursday, July 18, 2013 – The American Red Cross today launched the Team Red Cross App, which allows people to sign up to help, get an overview on basic tasks and receive notifications about Red Cross disaster volunteer opportunities in their community.   “When people see an emergency happening in their community, they […]

Tassajara Fire at 169 Acres

Tassajara Fire at 169 Acres

Tassajara Springs, CA…The Tassajara Fire started at approximately 1:00 pm, on Wednesday, July 16, 2013. The fire is located one mile from Tassajara Springs on the Monterey Ranger District of Los Padres National Forest. The fire is at 169 acres and is burning at a slow to moderate rate of spread. More accurate mapping resulted […]

Monterey County Sheriff’s Logs

Monterey County Sheriff’s Logs

Salinas, CA…Date of Report: 7/15/2013 Time of Report: 08:44 Deputy Name: Maiorino, Johnathon Report Number: 04254-13 Charges: 273.5 PC, 273(A)B PC Suspect Arrested Y/N: Yes Arrestee: Philip Howard Location: Royal Oaks, Ca. Synopsis: Suspect and victim had a past romantic relationship and lived together. Suspect pried Victim’s cell phone from her hand by force and […]

Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix July 19-21

Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix July 19-21

Salinas, CA… Boasting the largest spectator attendance of any race held at Mazda Raceway, the Red Bull United States Grand Prix, featuring the MotoGP World Championship, returns to Monterey for its ninth consecutive year. The Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix is three-days of adrenalin rushes and heart-pounding racing as the world’s best motorcycle riders challenge […]

Walmart Competition Gives Entrepreneurs the Chance to ‘Get on the Shelf’

Walmart Competition Gives Entrepreneurs the Chance to ‘Get on the Shelf’

San Bruno, CA… Walmart has kicked off a new installment of Get on the Shelf, a social, crowdsourcing competition developed by @WalmartLabs that gives entrepreneurs a chance to get noticed and sell their products on Walmart.com and potentially in select Walmart stores.  Entrepreneurs, business owners and inventors can enter now through July 31 by submitting […]