California and States Representing Over 40 Percent of U.S. Car Market Sue to Defend National Clean Car Rules

California and States Representing Over 40 Percent of U.S. Car Market Sue to Defend National Clean Car Rules

Sacramento, CA…Moving to curb toxic air pollution and improve car gas mileage, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and the California Air Resources Board today announced that they are leading a coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia in suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to preserve the […]

Community Town Hall Meeting on Planned Development in Arnold

Community Town Hall Meeting on Planned Development in Arnold

Arnold, CA…Community Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Planned Development in Arnold Tuesday, May 1 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Independence Hall -1445 Blagen Road, Arnold (in White Pines) We are gathering community input to address citizens’ concerns regarding the impact Planned Development (PD) has on our Arnold community and the possibility of its removal from our Community […]

State Senate Candidate Tom Pratt Continues to Gain Endorsements

State Senate Candidate Tom Pratt Continues to Gain Endorsements

Murphys, CA….Vallecito Union School Board Member, local businessman and community leader Tom Pratt announced today that he has earned the endorsement of the California Young Democrats and the Fresno County Democratic Women’s Club. The California Young Democrats is the official youth arm of the California Democratic Party, representing progressive youth from ages 13-35. In the […]

Burn Permits Required May 1st in the TCU

Burn Permits Required May 1st in the TCU

San Andreas, CA…Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at 8:00 AM the Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) will require burning permits within State Responsibility Areas of Tuolumne County, Calaveras County, Eastern Stanislaus County and Eastern San Joaquin County. Burn hours will not be restricted; however, a transition to night […]

Report Shows Tourism to Yosemite National Park Adds $589,343,700 in Economic Benefits

Report Shows Tourism to Yosemite National Park Adds $589,343,700 in Economic Benefits

Yosemite, CA…Report shows visitor spending supports 6,666 jobs in local economy. A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4,336,889 visitors to Yosemite National Park in 2017 spent $451,782,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 6,666 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $589,343,700. […]

The Federal Budget: Running Out of Time and Options By Congressman Tom McClintock

The Federal Budget: Running Out of Time and Options   By Congressman Tom McClintock

Washington, DC…In December, we adopted one of the most important tax reform laws in our nation’s history. It is producing higher wages, better job opportunities, and greater economic expansion than we’ve seen in a decade. But having cut taxes, we assumed an urgent responsibility to restrain spending. Taxes and debt are two sides of the […]

House Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Active Measures Released to Public

House Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Active Measures Released to Public

Washington, DC…Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election was nothing novel for the Kremlin. The Kremlin aspires to sow chaos and discord and advance its agenda in targeted nations, particularly in Europe and former Soviet republics such as the Baltics and Ukraine. To do this, Russia effectively combines decades of experience in propaganda and […]

Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula

Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula

GOYANG, South Korea…A joint statement that could completely change the future of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia was signed on April 27 at the conclusion of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit. President Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s Chairman of the State Affairs Committee Kim Jong Un signed the joint statement, dubbed the “Panmunjeom Declaration for […]

President Trump at the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride

President Trump at the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride

Washington, DC…Thank you very much. I’m thrilled to kick off the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride, and to be in the presence of — really, to be with you folks is such an honor. I know some of you. We’ve been dealing together for more than a year. I’ve watched you get better and stronger, […]

Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide

Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide

Sacramento, CA…Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued a proclamation declaring April 24, 2018 as “A Day of. Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide” in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below: PROCLAMATION Between 1915 and 1923, Armenians were subjected to torture, starvation, mass murder and exile from their historic homeland. 1.5 million […]

Caltrans Memorial Honors 188 Fallen Highway Workers & Reminds Motorists to “Be Work Zone Alert”

Caltrans Memorial Honors 188 Fallen Highway Workers & Reminds Motorists to “Be Work Zone Alert”

Sacramento, CA…Caltrans today honored the legacies of two of its employees during its 28th Annual Workers Memorial at the State Capitol. There have been a total of 188 Caltrans employees who have lost their lives on the job since 1921. Dignitaries, Caltrans employees, and family and friends paid special tribute to Si Si Han and […]

Attorney General Becerra Urges Trump Administration Not to Weaken CFPB’s Investigative Authority

Attorney General Becerra Urges Trump Administration Not to Weaken CFPB’s Investigative Authority

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading a coalition of 16 Attorneys General, called on the Trump Administration to respect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) investigative authority. Since its inception, the CFPB has issued civil investigative demands to companies and individuals who may be violating the law and taking advantage of consumers. Civil investigative demands are a critical law […]

Tim Muetterties Receives the Endorsement of the Calaveras County Association of Realtors

Tim Muetterties Receives the Endorsement of the Calaveras County Association of Realtors

Arnold, CA…Tim Muetterties receives the Endorsement of the Calaveras County Association of Realtors Calaveras Board of Realtors. Tim Muetterties has worked with the California Association of Realtors and Calaveras County Association of Realtors and has always brought impeccable honesty and integrity. Tim has nearly four decades of experience serving the Calaveras County community as a […]

Preventing More Parklands – What Worked and What Hasn’t ~ By Congressman Tom McClintock

Preventing More Parklands – What Worked and What Hasn’t ~ By Congressman Tom McClintock

Washington, DC…For years the Left has attacked the Second Amendment as the progenitor of gun violence, and demonized the millions of Americans who support their right of self-defense as abettors of child murder. Yet it is the policies of the Left that have produced this tragically familiar story: a deranged individual, known to police to […]

CIA Director Mike Pompeo Confirmed as Secretary of State.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo Confirmed as Secretary of State.

Washington, DC…The Senate voted to confirm Pompeo 57-42. Below is a now released photo of him in North Korea earlier in April. What follows is a background piece released by the White House on April 12th…On Monday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to recommend that Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo be confirmed as […]

CCWD Town Hall Meeting on Water & Sewer Rates April 26 in Valley Springs

CCWD Town Hall Meeting on Water & Sewer Rates April 26 in Valley Springs

Valley Springs, CA…What? Proposed water and sewer rate changes discussion. When? 6 p.m. Thursday April 26, 2018. Where? Veterans Hall, 300 Daphne Street, Valley Springs. Who? Dave Eggerton, General Manager. Jesse Hampton, Interim Director of Operations Stacey Lollar, Director of Customer Service. Joel Metzger, Manager of External Affairs. Jeff Davidson, Division 5 Director. Agenda: CCWD […]

State Dept. On Taliban Announcement of Spring Offensive

State Dept. On Taliban Announcement of Spring Offensive

Washington, DC…We have seen the Taliban’s announcement of their spring offensive. The announcement affirms the Taliban’s responsibility for the insecurity that destroys the lives of thousands of Afghans each year. President Ghani recently extended an historic invitation for the Taliban to join a peace process, and there is no justification for the announcement of a […]

World Press Freedom Index 2018 Shows Hatred of Journalism Threatens Democracies

World Press Freedom Index 2018 Shows Hatred of Journalism Threatens Democracies

Paris, France…From Reporters without Borders…”The 2018 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), reflects growing animosity towards journalists. Hostility towards the media, openly encouraged by political leaders, and the efforts of authoritarian regimes to export their vision of journalism pose a threat to democracies. The climate of hatred is steadily more visible […]

CCWD Board Back in Action Today at 1pm

CCWD Board Back in Action Today at 1pm

San Andreas, CA…The CCWD Board will be back in action. The full agenda is enclosed…. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Scott Ratterman, President Russ Thomas, Vice President Terry Strange, Director Bertha Underhill, Director Jeff Davidson, Director RESOLUTION NO. 2018–15 RESOLUTION NO. PFA-03 ORDINANCE NO. 2018–01 AGENDA MISSION STATEMENT “Our team is dedicated to protecting, enhancing, and developing […]

Help Make Murphys a Safer Place to Walk & Bike…Murphys Complete Streets Meeting on April 25th

Help Make Murphys a Safer Place to Walk & Bike…Murphys Complete Streets Meeting on April 25th

Murphys, CA…On Wednesday, April 25, the public is invited to attend the first workshop for the Murphys Complete Streets Plan. The project is a cooperative effort between Calaveras County, the Calaveras Council of Governments, and Caltrans to develop a plan for the Highway 4 corridor through Murphys. Based on close coordination and input from the […]