Monterey, CA – About 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 21, 2013, Soledad Fire Department (FD)/CAL FIRE responded to a call for structure fire on the 600 block of North Street, in the city of Soledad (Monterey County). Soledad FD responded with assistance from Greenfield FD, Correctional Training Facility FD, and CAL FIRE, for a total […]
Washington, DC… Hi, everybody. This week, Congress finished up some important work before heading home for the holidays. For the first time in years, both parties came together in the spirit of compromise to pass a budget – one that helps chart our economic course for the next two years. This budget will unwind some […]
San Francisco, CA…Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced a $2.1 billion multistate and federal settlement with Ocwen Financial Corporation and Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (Ocwen) over alleged mortgage servicing misconduct. The settlement makes California homeowners eligible to receive up to $268 million in first lien principal reductions and nearly $23 million in cash payments to […]
Sacramento, CA…The California State Board of Equalization’s (BOE) newest convenient website service allows qualifying tax or feepayers to request a payment plan online. Payment plans allow tax or feepayers to pay down a past due balance over time, helping them avoid additional penalties and interest. “California taxpayers deserve credit for bringing this commonsense idea to […]
San Francisco, CA…Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) paid property taxes totaling more than $158 million this week to the 49 counties in which it operates in Northern and Central California. The payments are the first of two installments and represent all property taxes due for the period from July 1, 2013 to December 31, […]
San Francisco, CA… Mary Alexander, San Francisco victims’ rights attorney, announced that a state Judge in Santa Clara County, California, has ordered top lead paint companies including Sherwin-Williams to pay $1.1 billion into a fund to be used to remove the lead potentially dangerous to children in hundreds of thousands of homes in ten cities […]
Watsonville, CA…Fox Factory recalls Evolution mountain bike suspension forks due to fall hazard. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall Summary Name of Product: Evolution 2013 Mountain Bike Suspension Forks Hazard: The suspension fork’s damper cylinder/piston can separate and […]
Sacramento, CA…The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) is proud to announce that it has been honored with three State Agency Recognition Awards for its outstanding work with California’s small and disabled veteran owned businesses. The following awards will be presented at the December 17, 2013 Board meeting in Sacramento: Most Notable Improvement for Disabled Veteran Business […]
Washington, DC…Dear Mr. President: We are honored to present you with the Final Report of the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Consistent with your memorandum of August 27, 2013, our recommendations are designed to protect our national security and advance our foreign policy while also respecting our longstanding commitment to privacy and civil […]
Washington, DC…Today, President Obama met with his Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies — Richard Clarke, Michael Morell, Geoffrey Stone, Cass Sunstein and Peter Swire — to discuss the report they submitted to the President on December 13. This meeting offered President Obama an opportunity to hear directly from the group’s members and discuss […]
