PG&E announced yesterday major changes in their leadership. Brokered by three major hedge funds from wall street,Bill Johnson, retiring head of the Tennessee Valley Authority was named CEO and a new board of directors appointed, made up of some regulatory experienced executives along with several people with ties to wall…
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-0- State water officials say, today, will be opening the Oroville dam main spillway for the first time since reconstruction, after a major failure in 2017. The spillway was damaged and eventually collapsed under water pressure that had built up under the spillway and from underneath the basic structure of…
The State Department of Finance auditors released the results of their audit of the DMV. The release said Californiaas Department of Motor Vehicles has a significant deficienciesa and an a outdateda organizational structure that set conditions for poor customer service and the failed implementation of a new ID program. The report also…
Monday is the beginning of tax being applied to on line sales by companies that sell to California residents. Officials estimate that there is 100 thousand dollars in sales tax earned every four days. The California Department of Tax and Fee administration requires non-California businesses to register with the state…
The City Council chambers in Lincoln overflowed on Tuesday Night as city residents expressed their disappointment at the results of the State Audit findings which were released last week. Several residents spoke to the council and there were demands that three of the sitting councilmen step down form their elected…
The special election for state senate area 1 was held yesterday. The election caused due to the seat being vacated by Ted Gains who was elected to the state Board of Equalization. The results in so far show a close race with Brian Dahle in first place with 28.7 %…
A An expert engineer with 20 plus years of experience working on water dams told a Sacramento radio station last week that the Oroville dam could be in trouble again. He stated that the condition that led to the failure of the main spillway in 2017 is happening again. The…
The Davis Enterprise is reporting that Kevin Limbaugh, the shooter, of police officer Natalie Corona in Davis In January was under the influence of alcohol and Marijuana the night of the shooting. It also says Limbaugh was taking prescription medicine for insomnia. His blood alcohol level was .16, twice the…
Two dozen volunteers spent Saturday planting trees on a ridge in Concow, California replacing trees that were destroyed in the Campfire wild-fire tragedy that wiped out the city of Paradise and other surrounding communities in Butte county. The tree planting was a partnership between One Tree Planted and the Butte…