New Guidance For Places of Worship, Hair and Barbershops to Reopen Safely
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/28/2020 10:04 AM
San Andreas, CA...On Monday May 25, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued guidance to places of worship and providers of religious services and cultural ceremonies on how they can safely reopen during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While the guidance itself does not obligate places of worship to resume in-person services, it is strongly recommended that they continue remote services and other related activities for groups who are most at risk for sever COVID-19 illness.
President Trump's Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/28/2020 04:39 PM
Washington, DC...By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Free speech is the bedrock of American democracy. Our Founding Fathers protected this sacred right with the First Amendment to the Constitution. The freedom to express and debate ideas is the foundation for all of our rights as a free people.
Governor Newsom on Continuing Steps in Reopening California
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/27/2020 09:49 AM
Sacramento, CA...CA's hospitalization rates continue to be stable & testing capacity continues to increase. Because of this, CA will take more steps toward the new normal. Approved counties can open modified hair salons & barber shops. http://covid19.ca.gov/
CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/27/2020 12:49 PM
San Andreas, CA...With 2020 starting out with February being the driest month since the 1850’s in California, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State Responsibility Area of Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties. This suspension takes effect June 1st, 2020 and bans all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris such as branches and leaves.
AG Becerra Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Rollback of Clean Car Standards
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/27/2020 01:50 PM
Sacramento, CA...California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading a multistate coalition, today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s disastrous final rule rolling back the nation’s Clean Car Standards. The Clean Car Standards require appropriate and feasible improvements in fuel economy and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and light trucks. Since their introduction in 2010, these standards have saved consumers money, reduced harmful emissions, and helped protect the health of our communities. The Trump Administration’s misguided Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles (SAFE) rule stops this progress in its tracks, hurting the economy and public health at a time when the country can least afford it. In the lawsuit, the coalition will argue that the final rule unlawfully violates the Clean Air Act, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
UWPA Board Hires Joel Metzger as New General Manager
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/27/2020 03:42 PM
Angels Camp, CA — The Utica Water and Power Authority (UWPA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Joel Metzger has been hired as the new general manager of the Authority. The Board unanimously approved the contract at a Board meeting Tuesday May 26, and his first day on the job will be July 13. Metzger has worked as a manager at the Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) for the past six years, leading various teams, including grants, external affairs, legislative advocacy, customer service and water use efficiency. He is a lifelong resident of Calaveras County and lives in Vallecito with his wife Emily and two-year-old daughter, Kate.
Erroneous Courtesy Notice – Illegal Debris in Dorrington Thursday, May 28th
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/27/2020 06:58 PM
Dorrington, CA...The County of Calaveras Department of Public Works has received many calls from residents and business owners in recent months inquiring about leaving vegetation debris from private property in the County right of way for disposal. While Public Works empathizes with local residents attempting to clean up their private properties, removing vegetation debris from private property and placing it in the public right of way for Public Works road maintenance crews to remove is unlawful.
2020 Census Resuming Field Operations in Northern California
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/26/2020 10:15 AM
Sacramento, CA....The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin to drop off 2020 Census questionnaire packets at front doors of nearly 150,000 households in Northern California that do not have regular mailing addresses, such as in rural areas or households that use post office boxes. That delivery is called the “Update Leave” operation, and it began March 15 before all fieldwork was suspended March 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
