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Using a child safety seat properly is vital to the welfare of kids 0 to 5 years of age in the event of a car accident. Many North State counties have programs to teach residents how to use car seats safely. Some even help pay for car seats.
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This month the Sites Reservoir Project Authority approved the reservoir plan. Located just west of Maxwell in Colusa County, the reservoir will be part of an ongoing effort to increase California’s resiliency in the face of climate change. Also, Starbucks employees in Yuba City have voted to unionize, citing issues with understaffing and reduced hours during busy seasons, and there are just two more Saturdays left before the Redding Farmers Market closes for the season on Dec. 9th.
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Last week, California officials greenlit construction on the Sites Reservoir project, which would store excess surface water to release during drier years ahead.
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The town of Paradise is getting new road signs that tell people which evacuation zones they’re driving through. Also, California State University trustees voted yesterday to approve a proposal to increase tuition by 6% annually over the next five years, and Shasta County supervisors will discuss suing California if Newsom signs a measure passed by the legislature last week that would ban hand-counting ballots in most elections.
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PG&E anticipates it will shut off power to about 8,000 customers in parts of various counties early Wednesday morning. See if you’re one of those who will potentially be impacted.
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Being unable to read or write is not uncommon in California. The state has the worst literacy rates in the country, according to a survey from the nonpartisan World Population Review. Nearly one in four people over the age of 15 years lack basic literacy skills.
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While four mostly Latino counties lack any Latino Superior Court judges, another 13 counties have a more than 30 point gap between the percentage of Latinos in the population and on the bench. Here’s what that means.
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In the state's new COVID-19 regional designations, Greater Sacramento dropped below 15% ICU availability Wednesday, with capacity of 14.3%.This triggered…
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Officials backing a massive public works project planned for the North State are firing back after a state body’s evaluation gave the proposed Sites…
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By now you’ve noticed it’s summer, and hot—time to head up the road to the coast, or into the high country. Mark Twain described existence here otherwise…