Sacramento, CA…CAL FIRE is announcing up to $10 million in funding available for Wildfire Resilience Block Grants. Funding to support private forestland owners is provided through the Budget Act of 2021 and supports California’s goals of improved forest health, resilience to climate change, and reduced forestland impacts due to devastating wildfires as outlined in California’s […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom announced more than $31 million in funding for two Homekey projects in Marin County and San Mateo County. The new projects will provide 94 housing units for people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing homelessness. With today’s announcement, California has awarded more than $350 million to 16 Homekey projects creating more […]
Washington, DC…President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with President Vladimir Putin of Russia about Russia’s escalating military buildup on the borders of Ukraine. President Biden was clear that, if Russia undertakes a further invasion of Ukraine, the United States together with our Allies and partners will respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs […]
Washington, DC…Happy Friday. So, we are joined by our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, today. He will give a brief update and then take some questions from all of you. And with that, I will turn it over to Jake. MR. SULLIVAN: Good afternoon. Thanks, everybody, for giving me the opportunity to be here. I’d […]
Washington, DC…The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 7.5 percent before seasonal adjustment. Increases in the indexes for food, electricity, and shelter were the largest […]
Moscow, Russia….Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron Hold Joint Press Conference. You may have to select auto generate English in subtitles. Not that it will make you sleep any better…we have also included a clip with English captions from the Dailymail.
Oakland, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today visited a small business in Oakland to sign legislation extending COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave for workers, and early budget action to provide an additional $6.1 billion in tax relief, tax credits and direct grants for small businesses hit hard by the pandemic, bolstering the state’s historic COVID relief efforts […]
Washington, DC…Good morning, and thanks for joining us. Today, we’ll start with an update from Dr. Walensky on the state of the pandemic and CDC’s COVID-19 surveillance efforts. DR. WALENSKY: Good morning. Thanks, Jeff. I’d like to start by walking you through today’s data. The current seven-day daily average of cases is about 247,300 cases […]
Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a multistate coalition along with New York Attorney General Letitia James, urged the Biden Administration to repeal a Trump-era rule drastically curtailing protections under the Clean Water Act. Under the 2020 rule, more than half of all wetlands and at least 18% of all streams across the United States were left without federal protections. Western […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his appointment of Office of Digital Innovation Director Amy Tong to serve as Secretary of the California Government Operations Agency and the appointment of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Director Toks Omishakin to serve as Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency. “A veteran of state service, Director Tong’s […]
