California Arbor Week Contests Highlight the Importance of Trees California Arbor Week is March 7-14, a statewide celebration of trees. Two statewide contests are being held to celebrate Trees. The contests are designed to increase awareness of and appreciation for the trees and forests in the communities where Californians live, work and play. Winners are [...]
When a severe wind storm struck Los Angeles County from November 30 through December 4, many homes and businesses were destroyed or damaged. The U.S. Small Business Administration has now declared a disaster for Los Angeles County. The declaration, issued by the SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills, helps not only business owners, but also private [...]
Blumenthal’s Uniforms and Equipment opens a 5.11 Tactical Select Store Next week, Sacramento will be home to a new Blumenthal’s Uniform and Equipment, 5.11 Tactical Select Store, one of only two 5.11 Tactical Select stores carrying the full line of 5.11 Tactical products. The really interesting news is the interactive shopping experience for tactical gear [...]
Statewide Taxable Sales Rose 5% in Q3 2010 George Runner, Second District Member of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), today announced that taxable sales in California totaled $121.3 billion in third quarter 2010, up $5.8 billion (or 5 percent) from the same quarter the previous year. Personal income kept pace with taxable sales, [...]
The annual Traffic Safety Survey was released today with dramatic results. Cell phones are ranked as biggest safety concern by California drivers, surpassing drunk driving, speeding and aggressive driving.
Posted on 18 January 2012
As cars were first being introduced into California, there was no orderly way to track the vehicles or the owners until 1905. To keep track of all vehicles, the state required cars, bicycles, carriages, carts and similar vehicles to be licensed. However, the automotive industry used a different method to track their vehicles- Vehicle Identification [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 January 2012
Occupy Sacramento lawyers say City of Sacramento ‘grudge vendetta’ violates due process rights Lawyers for Occupy defendants, who had criminal charges dismissed in December, plan to make public what they call a new, unconstitutional scheme by the City of Sacramento, to penalize the same defendants without a trial and due process rights guaranteed by law. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 November 2011
UC Davis Alumni Initiate FOI Requests after Pepper Spray Attack This morning, UC Davis alumni submitted a series of requests for documents to the campus administration and the UC Office of the President under the Freedom of Information Act/State Public Records Act. The requests are part of the response to the incident on November 18th [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 November 2011
Average retail gasoline prices in Sacramento have fallen 2.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.71/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 1.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.43/g, according to gasoline price website SactoGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas prices in Sacramento during the past [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 11 November 2011
Going along with the premise that “There’s an app for that,” RE/MAX agents can now do their part for the economy and buy a new iPad. A new app for Apple iPad shows prospective home sellers what the company can do for them. It is one of the first real estate apps for the iPad [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 November 2011
In this day and age there are many companies, not to mention people, having an extremely difficult time keeping their heads above water. The financial issues we are all facing on a daily basis have become somewhat ‘suffocating.’ Every day we are attempting to figure out the next steps to solidify our industries, businesses, employment [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 November 2011
CALPASC Wants Insurers and State Enforcement Agencies to Call Contractors’ Practices into Question Before a Life is Lost – The California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors (CALPASC) sees non-compliance of California laws as an indicator of more than the obvious. In the example of Jose Luis Guerrero, owner of a tree-trimming business in Southern California, this [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 November 2011
Daylight Saving Ends – CAL FIRE Reminds Californians to Change Your Clocks, Change Your Batteries This Sunday, Californians will be rolling back their clocks as daylight saving comes to an end on November 6, 2012. CAL FIRE and fire departments across the state are reminding residents to replace the batteries in all smoke alarms as [...] Continue Reading
