Caltrans Awards Millions for Local Roadway Safety Projects
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/01/2021 11:55 AM
Sacramento, CA...Caltrans awarded more than $227 million today to fund safety projects designed to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries on city and county roads. Funding is provided through the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program. “Safety is always our number one priority,” said Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin. “These projects will enhance systemwide safety features, including expanded access to protected walkways and bikeways, and will move us closer to our goal of reducing serious injuries and fatalities on California roadways.”
Statewide Snowpack Well Below Normal as Wet Season Winds Down
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/01/2021 05:17 PM
Phillips, CA...The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the fourth snow survey at the Phillips Station snow course. The manual survey recorded 49.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent (SWE) of 21 inches, which is 83 percent of average for this location. The SWE measures the amount of water contained in the snowpack and is a key component of DWR’s water supply forecast.
Amador Expands Covid Vaccine Eligibility to All Adults
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/31/2021 08:02 AM
Sutter Creek, CA...Amador County Public Health reports 29 more cases of COVID-19 since last Tuesday’s update, bringing the total laboratory confirmed case count to 1,675. The new cases include 17 males and 12 females, 3 children under the age of 18, 13 aged 18-49, 4 aged 50-64, 9 over 65 years of age; 2 residing in Ione, 12 in Jackson, 3 in Pine Grove, 7 in Pioneer, 3 residing Plymouth/surrounding areas and 2 living in Sutter Creek/Amador City. Three Amador residents are currently hospitalized.
Biden Administration Outlines Their Proposed American Jobs Plan
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/31/2021 11:36 AM
Washington, DC...While the American Rescue Plan is changing the course of the pandemic and delivering relief for working families, this is no time to build back to the way things were. This is the moment to reimagine and rebuild a new economy. The American Jobs Plan is an investment in America that will create millions of good jobs, rebuild our country’s infrastructure, and position the United States to out-compete China. Public domestic investment as a share of the economy has fallen by more than 40 percent since the 1960s. The American Jobs Plan will invest in America in a way we have not invested since we built the interstate highways and won the Space Race.
Pittsburg, PA...Thank you. (Applause.) (Inaudible) Mike asked me — and I said to Bobby, my good friend — he asked me back there — he said, “Do you ever get nervous?” And I — he said, “Because I got up this morning, made breakfast for my kids. I’ve got to introduce the President.’” And what I say to you, Mike: You did a heck of a job. But I’d get nervous if I had to get up in the middle of the night, climb up a telephone pole, replace — in the middle of a storm — a connection that knocked out everybody’s electricity, and put a transformer in. That’s what would make me nervous. So what you did was really good. I couldn’t do what you do, pal. I couldn’t do what you do.
Ahead of Peak Fire Season, Governor Newsom Announces Surge in Firefighting Support
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/30/2021 07:18 PM
Sacramento, CA...Following last year’s record-breaking fire season, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced emergency early action to boost firefighting support as California faces another difficult wildfire year. Using Emergency Fund authorization, Governor Newsom has approved $80.74 million for 1,399 additional firefighters with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to bolster fuels management and wildfire response efforts. The Governor’s January 2021 budget proposes $1 billion to support wildfire and forest management.
President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate 11 Judicial Candidates
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/30/2021 07:48 PM
Washington, DC...President Biden today announced his intent to nominate 10 individuals to serve as Federal Circuit and District Court judges, and one individual to serve as a Superior Court Judge for the District of Columbia. These highly-qualified candidates reflect the President’s deeply-held conviction that the federal bench should reflect the full diversity of the American people – both in background and in professional experience.
U.S. Condemns Baseless PRC Sanctions on U.S. Officials
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/29/2021 01:30 AM
Washington, DC....The United States condemns the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) baseless sanctions on two U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commissioners apparently in retaliation for U.S. sanctions on PRC officials connected with serious human rights abuse in Xinjiang. This comes after the PRC’s January sanctions on 28 U.S. officials and July 2020 sanctions on U.S. officials and organizations promoting democracy and human rights around the world.
Amador County, CA... Amador County Public Health reports 14 more cases of COVID-19 and 1 more death since last Tuesday’s update, bringing the total laboratory confirmed case count to 1,646. The individual who passed was a male in his 70s. The new cases include 8 males and 6 females, 1 child under the age of 18, 9 aged 18-49, 4 over 65 years of age; 4 residing in Ione, 1 in Pine Grove, 6 in Pioneer, and 3 residing Plymouth/surrounding areas. One Amador resident is currently hospitalized.
