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Red Flag Weather Warning in Effect |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/14/2014 05:49 PM
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Sacramento, CA...The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for much of California. The waring is in effect until 9am on Friday, morning. Details are enclosed....
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Spellman Passed Over For Board Chair...Supervisor Ponte is 2014 Chair & Supervisor Edson is Vice Chair |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/14/2014 08:12 PM
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San Andreas, CA...In a breach of normal tradition, Supervisor Darren Spellman, the 2013 Vice-Chair was passed over for ascension to the 2014 Board Chair position. Edson, Wright & Ponte elevated Supervisor Ponte to the position as the 2014 Board Chair, while Supervisor Merita Callaway voted against and Spellman abstained. Today's meeting had some awkward moments before the eventual outcome. With this drama filled start, and 2014 being an election year for two seats on the board the Board Chambers will no doubt become the center of the county's attention once again as the year progresses. Throw in budget problems and odds are some of the 2014 meetings may be local, political theater at a very intense level. The games have commenced...
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Draft Economic Analysis Available on Proposed Critical Habitat for Three Sierra Amphibians: Comments Open Now |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/13/2014 06:19 PM
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Sacramento - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) released a draft economic analysis of its proposal to designate 1,831,820 acres of critical habitat in California for the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, the northern distinct population segment of the mountain yellow-legged frog, and the Yosemite toad...
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Weekly Address: Ensuring 2014 is a Year of Action to Grow the Economy |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/11/2014 10:37 AM
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Washington, DC...Hi, everybody. Yesterday, we learned that in 2013, our businesses created 2.2 million new jobs – including 87,000 last month. Our unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since October 2008. And across our broader economy, there are signs of progress. Our manufacturing and housing sectors are rebounding. Our energy, technology, and auto sectors are booming. Thanks in part to the reforms in the Affordable Care Act, health care costs now eat up less of our economy – over the past four years, costs have grown at the slowest rate on record. And since I took office, we’ve cut our deficits by more than half...
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CHP San Andreas Arrives on Social Media and Nixle |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/10/2014 01:55 PM
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San Andreas, CA...The San Andreas CHP is now on Facebook, Twitter, and Nixle. As more of the community goes mobile, the San Andreas CHP will able to provide immediate information using various outlets to the residents and commuters within it’s jurisdiction. “Social media and Nixle allows the CHP San Andreas office an opportunity to communicate with the different communities we serve.” said CHP San Andreas Commander DeWayne Lewis. “We now have the ability to immediately notify residents and visitors of our communities of a severe weather advisory, a road closure and alternate routes, or one of the many programs designed to help promote safety and communication between the diverse California residents and the CHP. We will continue to send normal press releases regarding traffic collisions via fax through local media outlets.”
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Calaveras County Candidate Ranks Starting to Swell |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/09/2014 10:11 AM
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San Andreas, CA....The Calaveras County Candidate ranks are swelling and will be finalized by early March. The list as of Tuesday is below...
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Governor Brown Proposes 2014-15 Budget |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/09/2014 01:27 PM
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| Sacramento, CA..Vowing to keep the state on a path to long-term fiscal stability, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today proposed a balanced budget that pays off more than $11 billion in debt and builds a lasting rainy day fund while continuing to invest in public schools and expand health care coverage for millions.... |
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BOE Puts the Squeeze on the Underground Economy |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/08/2014 10:06 PM
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Moreno Valley, CA — Board of Equalization Chairman Jerome E. Horton took off his suit coat, climbed aboard the back of a large truck, and with vindication in his eye, helped BOE investigators dump more than 32 pallets of contraband cigarettes and other tobacco products into the Riverside County Waste Management dump. The cartons of counterfeit smokes were recently seized by BOE investigators during the agency’s ongoing war on the underground economy....
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President Barack Obama's Weekly Address For January 4, 2014 |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/04/2014 11:36 AM
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Washington, DC...Hi, everybody, and Happy New Year. This is a time when we look ahead to all the possibilities and opportunities of the year to come – when we resolve to better ourselves, and to better our relationships with one another. And today, I want to talk about one place that Washington should start – a place where we can make a real and powerful difference in the lives of many of our fellow Americans right now...
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First Snow Survey of 2014 Shows Dry Conditions |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 01/03/2014 02:49 PM
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Sacramento, CA...As California’s dry weather pushes into the new year, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced that its first snow survey of the winter found more bare ground than snow. Manual and electronic readings record the snowpack’s statewide water content at about 20 percent of average for this time of year. That is a mere 7 percent of the average April 1 measurement, when the snowpack normally is at its peak before melting into streams and reservoirs to provide a third of the water used by California’s cities and farms....
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