Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for Trinity County due to the McFarland and Monument fires; Tehama County due to the McFarland and Dixie fires; and Shasta County due to the McFarland Fire. The fires collectively have burned nearly 100,000 acres, destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of thousands of residents. The […]
Watsonville, CA- On August 7, 2021, at approximately 1557 hours, CHP officers responded to a traffic collision on State Route 152 (SR-152) east of Carlton Rd. A 26-year-old Salinas man driving a 2020 Ford F-550 proceeded to enter westbound traffic from a private driveway from the south shoulder of SR-152. As the Ford merged into […]
Big Sur, CA…Traffic Update…..Injury Collision Near Hwy 1 & JPB. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00308 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr1 N / Jpb Loc Desc: JNO, NEAR MM 36 Lat/Lon: 36.169444 -121.682778 Detail Information 6:13 PM 17 [62] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 UNITED 831-393-5000 6:11 PM 16 [61] [Notification] [CHP]-MTRY COM […]
Scotts Valley, CA…Traffic Update….Road Closure for Structure Fire on Branciforte Dr Incident: 00432 Type: SIG Alert Location: 5300 Branciforte Dr Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.050394 -121.980458 Detail Information 9:26 PM 4 [5] WILL MONITOR THE STRUCTURE FIRE OVER NIGHT 9:26 PM 3 [4] CO RDS HAS A HARD CLOSURE IN PLACE ON BRANCIFORTE / FIRE WILL […]
Washington, DC…Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 943,000 in July, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.5 percentage point to 5.4 percent. Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, in local government, education, and in professional and business services. Reflecting the initial impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the labor market, job losses totaled […]
Elk Creek, CA…On the heels of a White House wildfire briefing with Western state governors last week, Governor Gavin Newsom today joined U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Forest Service Fire Chief Randy Moore at the burn scar of the 2020 August Complex to discuss state and federal collaboration on wildfire response, fuels management […]