DHS Announces Travel Assistance and Stipend for Voluntary Self-Deportation

DHS Announces Travel Assistance and Stipend for Voluntary Self-Deportation

Washington, DC…Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a historic opportunity for illegal aliens to receive both financial and travel assistance to facilitate travel back to their home country through the CBP Home App. Any illegal alien who uses the CBP Home App to self-deport will also receive a stipend of $1,000 dollars, paid […]

Arnold Preparedness Day, Be Fire Wise & Learn on May 3rd! Going on Now Don’t Miss It!!

Arnold Preparedness Day, Be Fire Wise & Learn on May 3rd!  Going on Now Don’t Miss It!!

Arnold, CA…Columbia College Fire & Forestry Departments will be at The BE FIRE WISE EVENT on May 3RD with a special activity for kids…so families please come…9:00-!2:00. free BBQ Lunch provided by CAL WASTE. Independence Hall 1445 Blagen Rd, White Pines, Arnold. see you there, Be prepared!!!! 

CCWD Appoints Jeffrey Robertson to the Board of Directors after Bertha Underhill’s Retirement

CCWD Appoints Jeffrey Robertson to the Board of Directors after Bertha Underhill’s Retirement

San Andreas, CA…At its Special Board Meeting on April 30, 2025, the Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) appointed Jeffrey Robertson to the Board of Directors, representing Division 3. Robertson fills the vacancy left by the retirement of longtime Board Member Bertha Underhill, who served from 2001 to 2009 and again from 2014 to 2025. Over […]

Treasury Announces Agreement to Establish United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund

Treasury Announces Agreement to Establish United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund

Washington, DC… On April 30, the United States and Ukraine signed an agreement to establish the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. In recognition of the significant financial and material support that the people of the United States have provided to the defense of Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion, this economic partnership positions our two countries […]

U.S. Department of Education to Begin Federal Student Loan Collections May 5th, Struggling Borrowers Urged to Act Now

U.S. Department of Education to Begin Federal Student Loan Collections May 5th, Struggling Borrowers Urged to Act Now

Washington, DC…The U.S. Department of Education announced its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will resume collections of its defaulted federal student loan portfolio on Monday, May 5th. The Department has not collected on defaulted loans since March 2020. Resuming collections protects taxpayers from shouldering the cost of federal student loans that borrowers willingly undertook […]

GDP Goes Negative in 1st Quarter 2025 (Advance Estimate)

GDP Goes Negative in 1st Quarter 2025 (Advance Estimate)

Washington, DC…Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025 (January, February, and March), according to the advance estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter of 2024, real GDP increased 2.4 percent. The decrease in real GDP in the […]

Fish and Game Committee to Consider Coyote Hunting Limits at May Meeting

Fish and Game Committee to Consider Coyote Hunting Limits at May Meeting

Sacramento, CA…The Wildlife Resources Committee, a subcommittee of the California Fish and Game Commission, is set to consider a proposal that would place coyotes under a bag limit and seasonal hunting restrictions. The proposal, which first surfaced earlier this year, was controversial due to the lack of notice to the public when it first emerged […]

Governor Newsom on DOGE Action to Dismantle AmeriCorps: ‘We will Serve the Federal Government with a Lawsuit’

Governor Newsom on DOGE Action to Dismantle AmeriCorps: ‘We will Serve the Federal Government with a Lawsuit’

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement after California received notice from the federal government of termination of its AmeriCorps grant programs which support volunteer and service efforts. “The federal government is giving the middle finger to service. We will serve them with a lawsuit.” Governor Gavin Newsom Last week, Governor Newsom announced that as the Trump Administration […]

Caltrans Crews Have Cleared to Sonora Pass Summit on Hwy 108!

Caltrans Crews Have Cleared to Sonora Pass Summit on Hwy 108!

Kennedy Meadows, CA…The Caltrans Long Barn maintenance crew has reached the summit of SR-108 / #SonoraPass with their Pass clearing operations.  Caltrans D10 will continue snow removal operations over the summit until meeting the Caltrans District 9 Sonora Junction maintenance crew. SR-108 / Sonora Pass will remain closed to eastbound traffic at Kennedy Meadows Resort […]

California Now 4th Largest Economy in World

California Now 4th Largest Economy in World

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California has officially overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, according to newly released data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). “California isn’t just keeping pace with the world—we’re setting the pace. Our economy is thriving because we invest in people, prioritize sustainability, […]

Calaveras County Housing Development Funding Opportunity Extended to April 30, 2025

Calaveras County Housing Development Funding Opportunity Extended to April 30, 2025

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) 2.0 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and Competitive Grant Program (CGP) application process has been extended to April 30, 2025. Approximately $1,747,972 is available to promote the construction of housing and assist in the needs of our workforce earning up to 120-percent of area medium income, as […]

Sen. Alvarado-Gil on “Taylen and Wyatt’s” Law

Sen. Alvarado-Gil on “Taylen and Wyatt’s” Law

Sacramento, CA…Today, Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (R-Jackson) issued the following statement clarifying the status of Senate Bill 818 (SB 818), also known as “Taylen and Wyatt’s Law”: “The version of SB 818 that passed the Senate Natural Resources Committee yesterday is not the bill the Brooks family and I fought for, but it has not been […]

President Trump on Volodymyr Zelenskyy this Morning

President Trump on Volodymyr Zelenskyy this Morning

Washington, DC…”Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is boasting on the front page of The Wall Street Journal that, “Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea. There’s nothing to talk about here.” This statement is very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President […]

President Donald J. Trump Creates New Federal Employee Category He Says Will Enhance Accountability

President Donald J. Trump Creates New Federal Employee Category He Says Will Enhance Accountability

Washington, DC…President Donald J. Trump’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) took action to implement President Trump’s Executive Action titled “Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce.” OPM proposed a rule to amend the civil service regulations to include Schedule Policy/Career for career employees with important policy-determining, policy-making, policy-advocating, or confidential duties. These employees […]

Governor Newsom Launches Cradle-to-Career Tool for Education and Career Planning

Governor Newsom Launches Cradle-to-Career Tool for Education and Career Planning

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a first-of-its-kind informational tool to help students better understand their options for education and career planning. The Cradle-to-Career (C2C) Data System links datasets from K-12 and higher education, social service, and workforce entities to unite information from disconnected data across sectors and provide insights previously unavailable. This system will allow the […]

Governor Newsom Makes CalRx® Naloxone Available for all Californians at $24

Governor Newsom Makes CalRx® Naloxone Available for all Californians at $24

Sacramento, CA…Governor Newsom announced that individual twin-packs of CalRx®-branded over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone HCL 4 mg nasal spray are now available to all Californians at a low price of $24 per carton – almost half the standard market price. Previously offered only to government entities and businesses in packs of 24, this new direct-to-consumer program expands […]

Stanislaus Crews to Begin Pile Burning in Cedar Ridge Area

Stanislaus Crews to Begin Pile Burning in Cedar Ridge Area

Sonora, CA…Crews with the Stanislaus National Forest’s Mi-Wok/Summit Ranger District will begin burning high-visibility piles in the Cedar Ridge area. Crews will be in the area, Monday, April 21 prepping burn units with the intention of lighting piles on Tuesday, April 22. Cedar_Ridge_Understory “We were hoping to begin broadcast burning in the area but with […]