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Gibson Slated to Become Next Livermore Superintendent
Torie Gibson, Amador County Unified School District (ACUSD) superintendent for the past three years, will become the next superintendent of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD). The district announced Gibson as the “finalist” for the position this week. The LVJUSD Board of Directors is expected to...
LVJUSD announces Amador County’s Gibson as finalist for new superintendent
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Livermore school board has announced a finalist in the search for the district’s new superintendent. Torie Gibson has been named the board’s top candidate for the position following an extensive search and interview process facilitated by the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District and professional search firm, Leadership Associates.
BLM Issues Seasonal Fire Restrictions For Mother Lode And Ukiah Areas
El Dorado, CA– The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced seasonal fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Mother Lode and Ukiah field offices, effective Wednesday, June 12, due to dry conditions and increased wildland fire danger. These restrictions are in addition to the year-round, statewide fire prevention order and will remain in effect until further notice. The affected BLM-managed public lands are in Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Alpine, Amador, West El Dorado, Eastern Sacramento, and North-Eastern San Joaquin Counties
Camino – After a wet winter and above average snowpack, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the abundant annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State Responsibility Areas (SRA) of Alpine, Amador, El Dorado (west of Echo Summit), Sacramento, and San Joaquin counties. This suspension takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on June 10, 2024, and bans all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris such as branches and leaves.
Volunteers called in early to staff fire lookout towers
PINE GROVE, Calif. — Fire season is ramping up in the Sierra and now, there are extra eyes in the sky making sure that mountain communities stay safe. The Mt. Zion Lookout Tower, A metal structure 65 feet above the ground in Amador County, is Rich Martin's happy place.
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