Overwhelming Response to Call for Project Applications Promoting Biking, Walking, and a Healthier California

Overwhelming Response to Call for Project Applications Promoting Biking, Walking, and a Healthier California

Sacramento, Ca – Caltrans is in the process of reviewing hundreds of applications due to an overwhelming response to its call for applications for projects that promote biking and walking. The 770 applications – more than half benefiting disadvantaged communities – have been received from cities and counties throughout California, totaling nearly $1 billion in project […]

2014 Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights Hearings in Culver City June 24

2014 Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights Hearings in Culver City June 24

Sacramento, Ca – Individuals and businesses with ideas or concerns about the administration and oversight of California’s business and property taxes are invited to attend the Board of Equalization’s (BOE) annual Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights hearings in Culver City on June 24, 2014. “We invite California taxpayers to share with us their ideas for how government can serve […]

Rabobank Highest in Customer Satisfaction in California Four Years Running, According to J.D. Power

Rabobank Highest in Customer Satisfaction in California Four Years Running, According to J.D. Power

Roseville, Ca — For the fourth straight year, Rabobank N.A. has ranked highest in customer satisfaction among retail banks in California, according to J.D. Power. The global marketing information services company’s 2014 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study℠ (http://www.jdpower.com/press-releases/2014-us-retail-banking-satisfaction-study) reported that, over the prior year, Rabobank rose further apart from other banks examined in the state. […]

Indie Blues Rocker Zach Caruso Does Not Get Mad at Ex-Lovers – He Gets Even with New Album “Might Be The Rain”

Indie Blues Rocker Zach Caruso Does Not Get Mad at Ex-Lovers – He Gets Even with New Album “Might Be The Rain”

Saint Petersburg, Florida — When it comes to getting screwed-over by women, singer/songwriter Zach Caruso doesn’t get mad, but he does get even with the release of his fourth album, “Might Be The Rain,” a sizzling set of eight high-impact blues-influenced rock tracks. Several of which, Caruso admits are craftily worded get-backs aimed at the women […]

California Fair Share, Public School Officials Praise Investment in Early Childhood Learning; Call on Gov. Brown to Sign Budget Agreement

California Fair Share, Public School Officials Praise Investment in Early Childhood Learning; Call on Gov. Brown to Sign Budget Agreement

Sacramento, Ca – California Fair Share today praised state lawmakers for passage of a budget that significantly boosts funding for early childhood education as well as early childcare. More than 50 public school superintendents, school board members and trustees joined California Fair Share in calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the budget legislation as […]

BOE Chairman Horton Responds to Budget Passage

BOE Chairman Horton Responds to Budget Passage

El Segundo — California State Board of Equalization (BOE) Chairman Jerome E. Horton issued the following statement Monday, June, 16, 2014, in response to the Legislature’s approval of the state budget.   “I’m happy to see that the Legislature worked together to get an on-time budget done so we can continue the business of California without any delays […]

Senator Gaines Opposes Wasteful Budget

Senator Gaines Opposes Wasteful Budget

Sacramento, Ca – Senator Ted Gaines (R-Roseville) issued the following statement regarding the Democrat majority-vote budget bill:   “Revenues shot up but the Legislature’s fiscal IQ stayed flat,” said Senator Gaines. “California has built a $340 billion wall of debt and liabilities and we need to route every single spare dollar towards paying it down. […]

Governor Brown, Legislative Leaders Issue Statements on Budget Agreement

Governor Brown, Legislative Leaders Issue Statements on Budget Agreement

Sacramento, CA…Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins released the following statements on the state budget: “The leaders of the Legislature have worked very hard to build a solid and sustainable budget that pays down debt, brings stability to the teachers’ pension system and builds at […]

Starbucks Offers Full Tuition Reimbursement for Partners To Complete A Bachelor’s Degree

Starbucks Offers Full Tuition Reimbursement for Partners To Complete A Bachelor’s Degree

New York, June 15, 2014 – Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Arizona State University (ASU) will announce tomorrow (Monday) the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, a powerful, first-of-its-kind program designed to unleash lifetime opportunity for thousands of eligible part-time and full-time U.S. partners (employees)…. Starbucks chairman, president and ceo Howard Schultz will host the first Partner Family […]