Becerra Joins AG Colleagues to Sue EPA Over Illegal Attempt to Allow Usage of Potent Greenhouse Gas

Becerra Joins AG Colleagues to Sue EPA Over Illegal Attempt to Allow Usage of Potent Greenhouse Gas

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today joined a coalition of 11 Attorneys General in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its illegal decision to allow companies to incorporate hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) — a refrigerant that is a potent greenhouse gas — in their products. On August 8, 2017, in Mexichem […]

Little Big Town with Granger Smith featuring Earl Dibbles Jr. July 1st at Ironstone

Little Big Town with Granger Smith featuring Earl Dibbles Jr. July 1st at Ironstone

Murphys, CA…We are very happy to welcome for the first time to Ironstone one of Country Music’s hottest artists, Little Big Town. They recently one a Grammy with their song “Better Man” penned by Taylor Swift, which is off their latest studio album, The Breaker. The Breaker debuted #1 on the Billboard Country Charts and […]

Bistro Espresso Is Moving Locations!

Bistro Espresso Is Moving Locations!

Arnold, CA…We are pleased to announce that Bistro Espresso is moving up town into, Cedar Center in the Heart of Arnold! This move has been contemplated and dreamed about for years and is finally happening! We will be relocating over the next 30 days and will do our best to stay open for our loyal […]

President Trump at a Conversation with America’s Future Event

President Trump at a Conversation with America’s Future Event

Washington, DC…Thank you. Thank you very much. It’s a young, very good-looking group of people. I hate it. I hate that. Please sit down. Great looking group. I’d like to be your age. (Laughter.) No, I’d love it. How much? Charlie, you’re doing a great job. Great job. Thank you very much. I’m thrilled to […]

Teacher’s Union Says “Supreme Court Sides with Corporations and Billionaires Against Working People”

Teacher’s Union Says “Supreme Court Sides with Corporations and Billionaires Against Working People”

Burlingame, CA…The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a 5-4 decision in a case that had been bankrolled by corporate interests who wanted to rig the economic system further in their favor and make it even harder for working people to come together and speak up for each other. The ruling is a radical interpretation of […]

Attorney General Becerra on U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Involving Workers and Their Rights

Attorney General Becerra on U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Involving Workers and Their Rights

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today released a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, a case involving public employees paying fees to support the cost of critical representation during collective bargaining. “We are disappointed in today’s ruling in Janus, a […]

Justice Kennedy Announces Plans to Retire

Justice Kennedy Announces Plans to Retire

Washington, DC…Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice, was born in Sacramento, California, July 23, 1936. He married Mary Davis and has three children. He received his B.A. from Stanford University and the London School of Economics, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1961–1963, as well […]

Why Millennials May Wait to Marry

Why Millennials May Wait to Marry

Washington, DC…Young adults today have low marriage rates, and economic security may play an important role in their likelihood to marry. Using five-year estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS 2012-2016), a new working paper entitled “Millennial Marriage: How Much Does Economic Security Matter to Marriage Rates of Young Adults” finds that socio-economic indicators associated with labor force […]

Mornings with the One Percent™ Live Weekdays 7-10am, This Morning’s Replays are Below

Mornings with the One Percent™ Live Weekdays 7-10am, This Morning’s Replays are Below

Arnold, CA…Mornings with the One Percent™ is live weekday mornings from 7-10am. The premise for the show is that the USDA ranked all 3,142 counties or county equivalents in the USA on a livability or desirability scale based on factors such as climate, scenic beauty, bodies of water for recreation, humidity and much more. All […]

PineTree.tv is now Streaming 24/7

PineTree.tv is now Streaming 24/7

Arnold, CA…PineTree.tv is now Streaming 24/7… PineTree.tv is a new streaming TV Channel for Calaveras, Tuolumne, Alpine & Amador Counties. Each weekday will start with Mornings with the One Percent™ and finishing up with The Elevated Evening News™ at 10pm. We are also committed to and put this infrastructure in place to go live when […]

Fireworks Spark Fires in Valley Springs Area Last Night

Fireworks Spark Fires in Valley Springs Area Last Night

Valley Springs, CA…From CalFire TCU…”Firefighters responded to the #HoganFire last night near Silver Rapids and Hogan Dam Road in Rancho Calaveras (Calaveras County) Fire crews found multiple fires burning when they arrived at scene. They ultimately determined the fire cause to be from dangerous fireworks. Before making the decision to use fireworks check your local […]

Justice Alito Delivered the Opinion of the Court in Case That Weakens Union Power

Justice Alito Delivered the Opinion of the Court in Case That Weakens Union Power

Washington, DC…From the Opinion of the Court..”Under Illinois law, public employees are forced to subsidize a union, even if they choose not to join and strongly object to the positions the union takes in collective bargaining and related activities. We conclude that this arrangement violates the free speech rights of nonmembers by compelling them to […]

Elusive Bovine in Twain Harte Area

Elusive Bovine in Twain Harte Area

Twain Harte, CA…From Sonora CHP…Since Saturday the CHP has been receiving calls of a loose cow in or near the roadway. This cow has worked its way down from the Twain Harte area and is currently off Cherokee Road near Carol Lane. Please drive cautiously if in the area. Hopefully she will not elude capture […]

Traffic Update…Vehicle Overturned Off Roadway Near Sr12 / Toll Bridge Rd

Traffic Update…Vehicle Overturned Off Roadway Near Sr12 / Toll Bridge Rd

San Andreas, CA…, CA…Traffic Update…Vehicle Overturned Off Roadway Near Sr12 / Toll Bridge Rd Incident: 00368 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr12 / Toll Bridge Rd Loc Desc: IFO 1976 SR12 Lat/Lon: 38.206899 -120.710023 Detail Information 7:32 PM 7 [12] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 MOTHERLODE 209-754-1740 / CPZ ALL 7:31 PM 6 [11] C49-100 VEH […]

Updated Information Regarding Armed Robbery, Pursuit, and Arrest of 4 Suspects that Occurred on 6-24-18

Updated Information Regarding Armed Robbery, Pursuit, and Arrest of 4 Suspects that Occurred on 6-24-18

San Andreas, CA…From the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office…”The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office continues to conduct an active investigation into this incident and confirm details from victims and witnesses. The following is what Sheriff’s detectives have pieced together so far: On 6-24-18 around 4:00pm a group of suspects arrived at a location in the 4000 block […]

Moderate Injuries for Vallecito Woman in Hwy 49 Collision

Moderate Injuries for Vallecito Woman in Hwy 49 Collision

Sonora, CA…On Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at approximately 1:15 pm, Marianne Gates was driving a 2001 Mercedes Benz C320, northbound on State Route 49 approaching Springfield Road. For unknown reasons, Gates allowed the vehicles right side tires to travel off of the roadway onto the dirt shoulder. Gates over corrected and unsafely turned to the […]

PineTree.tv is now Streaming 24/7….Board Meeting Streaming Now

PineTree.tv is now Streaming 24/7….Board Meeting Streaming Now

Arnold, CA…PineTree.tv is now Streaming 24/7… PineTree.tv is a new streaming TV Channel for Calaveras, Tuolumne, Alpine & Amador Counties. Each weekday will start with Mornings with the One Percent™ and finishing up with The Elevated Evening News™ at 10pm. We are also committed to and put this infrastructure in place to go live when […]

Traffic Update…Major Injury Vehicle Over the Side Collision Near Sr49 / Springfield Rd

Traffic Update…Major Injury Vehicle Over the Side Collision Near Sr49 / Springfield Rd

Sonora, CA…Incident: 00265 Type: Trfc Collision-Major Inj Location: Sr49 / Springfield Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.011395 -120.417907 Detail Information 1:40 PM 5 [8] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1180-Trfc Collision-Major Inj by CHP 1:39 PM 4 [6] 61-S1 NB SR49 CLOSED 1 WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL 1:39 PM 3 [5] [Rotation Request Comment] […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near SR49 / Big Bar Rd

Traffic Update….Collision Near SR49 / Big Bar Rd

Mokelumne Hill, CA…Traffic Update….Collision Near SR49 / Big Bar Rd Incident: 00190 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: SR49 / Big Bar Rd Loc Desc: POSS 13 CURVES Lat/Lon: 38.311600 -120.720295 Detail Information 1:41 PM 12 [24] [Rotation Request Comment] ****** 1039 SAM BERRI 209-728-3931 ***** W/2 1:26 PM 11 [22] A49-001 1039 CALA SO 1184 […]

Mornings with the One Percent™ Live Weekdays 7-10am, This Morning’s Replays are Below

Mornings with the One Percent™ Live Weekdays 7-10am, This Morning’s Replays are Below

Arnold, CA…Mornings with the One Percent™ is live weekday mornings from 7-10am. The premise for the show is that the USDA ranked all 3,142 counties or county equivalents in the USA on a livability or desirability scale based on factors such as climate, scenic beauty, bodies of water for recreation, humidity and much more. All […]

Farm Subsidies Make No Sense. By Congressman Tom McClintock

Farm Subsidies Make No Sense.  By Congressman Tom McClintock

Washington, DC…New Zealand is four times more dependent on agriculture than the United States, and it once maintained extensive farm subsidies. In 1984, it ended them. What happened? Farm productivity and earnings rose. The Federated Farmers of New Zealand fought just as vigorously as their American counterparts to preserve their subsidies. Yet in hindsight, the […]

Attorney General Becerra Co-leads Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Child Separation Policy

Attorney General Becerra Co-leads Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Child Separation Policy

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that he is co-leading a coalition of 18 attorneys general, along with Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over the cruel and unlawful policy of forcibly separating children from their parents without any legitimate […]

PineTree.tv is now Streaming 24/7.

PineTree.tv is now Streaming 24/7.

Arnold, CA…PineTree.tv is now Streaming 24/7… PineTree.tv is a new streaming TV Channel for Calaveras, Tuolumne, Alpine & Amador Counties. Each weekday will start with Mornings with the One Percent™ and finishing up with The Elevated Evening News™ at 10pm. We are also committed to and put this infrastructure in place to go live when […]

Attorney General Becerra Issues Statement on Supreme Court’s Ruling in NIFLA v. Becerra

Attorney General Becerra Issues Statement on Supreme Court’s Ruling in NIFLA v. Becerra

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court struck down California’s Reproductive Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency (FACT) Act in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Xavier Becerra in a 5-4 decision. The FACT Act required clinics to provide neutral, fact-based information to […]