California

October 31, 2017 – In 1946, the world was recovering from the devastation of World War II. In April, the League of Nations held its final meeting and in London the United Nations held its first General Assembly. In America, there were major shortages in jobs and housing for those returning from war. In July, […]

Washington October 31, 2017 – Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement in response to the National Park Service’s proposal to increase visitor fees at Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks: “Our treasured national parks should remain open and accessible to all, regardless of income. The National Park Service […]

October 30, 2017 – For many homeowners in Sonoma and Napa counties, nothing could have been more welcome than the splashing of rain that fell on Northern California last Thursday – the first significant precipitation in about five months. The rain helped put an end to the fires burning in the area, which first ignited on […]

Washington, DC October 30, 2017 – In violation of both federal laws and agency policies, Yosemite National Park has allowed construction of six cellular towers and has approvals for more in the works, according to internal park documents posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Yosemite also claims to own four of the […]

October 28, 2017 – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring October 28, 2017 as a “Day of Remembrance of the Northern California Fires” in the State of California. “On this Day of Remembrance, I have ordered that flags be flown at half-staff over the State Capitol,” said Governor Brown. “As we mourn for […]

October 27, 2017 – The California Air Resources Board continues to receive inquiries about portable air cleaners from those impacted by recent wildfires. In an effort to ensure that consumers are able to identify safe, effective air cleaners that will reduce their exposure to smoke and smoke residue, CARB wants to make more people aware […]

October 27, 2017 – As of late October more than a dozen wildfires north of San Francisco had killed more than 40 people, burned approximately 160,000 acres and destroyed more than 7,000 structures. This tragic loss of life and property is unprecedented in California. However, the fires are not anomalous events in terms of their […]

October 26, 2017 – Following a state law mandating testing, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued more alerts for lead in candy than for the other top three sources of food-borne contamination combined, according to the first analysis of outcomes of the 2006 law by researchers at UC San Francisco and CDPH. For […]

Oct. 25, 2017 – This morning, Ellen Knickmeyer of the Associated Press reported that the Trump administration does not support Governor Brown’s Delta Tunnels (CA WaterFix) project. Knickmeyer reported that the spokesman for the U.S. Interior Department, Russell Newell wrote in an email, “The Trump administration did not fund the project and chose to not move forward with it.” […]

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 25, 2017 – A new state fish advisory issued yesterday provides safe eating advice for multiple fish species from the largest off-stream reservoir in the United States. The advisory provides recommendations for five fish species from San Luis Reservoir, which has a capacity of more than 2 million acre-feet and covers almost 20 square […]

Washington October 25, 2017 – Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) yesterday issued the following statement after the Senate approved $36.5 billion in emergency funding for wildfire and hurricane relief: “As California begins to rebuild after the most destructive wildfires in state history, these emergency funds are a good start to help communities recover. More importantly, this […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 2017 – A workgroup established by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye to study California’s bail system issued a slate of recommendations on Tuesday, saying money bail should be replaced by a risk-based assessment and supervision program that determines whether to jail defendants before trial based on their threat to public safety and […]

October 25, 2017 – Northern California is recovering from devastating wildfires. Why is Thomas Homan interjecting a nonsense political agenda? This month, wildfires in the Napa and Sonoma regions of northern California killed dozens and destroyed thousands of homes. Shortly after, right-wing news sites like Breitbart and Infowars (in their capacity as right-wing, race-baiting sites […]

Oct. 24, 2017 – Six House Democrats today asked the GAO, the federal watchdog agency that conducts investigations and audits on behalf of Congress, to issue a legal opinion about the Bureau of Reclamation’s funding scheme. The penalty for this type of misuse of public money can include removal from office. Here is the news release just in […]

Oct. 24, 2017 – When gun shows are held in Nevada, gun-related deaths and injuries spike across the state line in California for at least the next two weeks. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, examined gun deaths and injuries in California before and after gun shows in California and […]

October 24, 2017 – As firefighters continue to work toward full containment of the rash of wildfires burning in Northern California, a new image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite shows the growing fire scar on the landscape. In this ASTER image, acquired Oct. 21, 2017, […]

Oakland October 23, 2017 – Cal/OSHA is reminding all employers to protect their outdoor workers from the risk of heat illness, as temperatures in Southern California will climb into the high 90s today, with forecasts reaching over 100 degrees in some areas over the first half of the week. “Heat waves can occur well into […]

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 20, 2017 – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced the introduction of the Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act. This landmark legislation would add more than 191,000 acres of the Rim of the Valley Corridor to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA). The Rim of the […]

DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 20, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is targeting $4 million to help farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners in California recover from the recent wildfires. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will issue waivers for those interested in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to enable recovery work to […]

SACRAMENTO October 20, 2017 – The California Department of Justice today issued an advisory reminding gun retailers that bump stocks, also known as “multiburst trigger activators” because they accelerate the rapid-fire capacity of a firearm, are illegal in California. Bump stocks reportedly were used in the Las Vegas shooting on October 1, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. […]