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Yuba College football team heads into a new era
MARYSVILLE, Calif. — There's something special brewing on the campus of Yuba College in Marysville. There's a new head football coach, new roster of players, new culture and a team determined to win. Spend just one second around the Yuba College football team and you can't help but notice...
Monthly Highlights of Board Actions – July 2024
As part of the District’s Values, YCCD embraces transparency and clear, honest communication. The Monthly Highlights intends to communicate to the District community major approval actions the Board takes at the monthly Board meetings. If you would like more detailed information on the highlighted items below, please see the link to the Board Docs agenda.
Doing Away With “Brokers Are Better”
How Peak Residential went full-del in less than a year – in the worst market in decades. Kriss Bates has retired twice from the mortgage industry, first in 2018 and then again in 2022. Now back in the mortgage game he blames his son for disrupting the promise of first-light fishing at his lake house and spending more time with his grandkids.
California needs a million EV charging stations — but that’s ‘unlikely’ and ‘unrealistic’
Public chargers must be built at an unprecedented pace to meet the target in less than 7 years, and then doubled to 2 million in 2035. The high cost — $120,000 or more for one fast charger— is just one obstacle.
Gambling interests gave $1M to California lawmakers. Did it influence their votes?
California’s rival gambling interests gave the 22 members of an obscure legislative committee more than $1 million in campaign donations. Did the cash infusion to this “juice committee” influence members’ votes?
Coastal consultant speaks up on sea level rise, local impact of state regulations
During a community forum last week, a longtime coastal planning consultant shared insight on sea level rise policies in the state and their local impact. During the Speak Up Newport’s monthly meeting on Wednesday (July 10), the featured speaker was Don Schmitz, president and principal planner of the land use consulting firm Schmitz & Associates. Schmitz represents a wide variety of clients, including the city of Newport Beach, for items that go before the California Coastal Commission. He also works as the consultant for Smart Coast California. He’s been involved with coastal planning and issues related to sea level rise for many years.
Increasingly costly heat waves present insurance challenges
A stifling heat wave continues to bring more than just the hottest temperatures to an already unusually sizzling summer — it's also inflicting economic losses. Why it matters: Those losses are hard to tally, and in many cases aren't covered by insurance. State of play: Extreme heat warnings and...
California Awards $27 Million to Container Ports
Port of Los Angeles to Integrate AI into Truck Appointment System. [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.]. California’s business and economic development office has awarded $27 million to fund 10 projects at its five container ports to improve data systems and interoperability to strengthen the nation’s supply chain.
California Billionaire Farmers Stewart and Lynda Resnick, Plan Major Industrial Expansion
The wealthiest farming family in California, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, are planning to significantly expand an industrial warehouse complex to transform the small town of Shafter into an international trading hub. The Resnicks, who own The Wonderful Company, already possess a large distribution center in Shafter, northwest of Bakersfield. The...
California’s wildfires are burning far more land so far this year than in 2023
So far in this year’s California’s wildfire season, about 20 times more acres of land have burned than around this time last year. Since the beginning of the year, there were more than 3,500 wildfires across the state through early July, causing about 207,000 acres of land to burn. Around this time last year, about 10,000 acres had burned. The five-year average of acres burned through mid-July is about 39,000, Cal Fire said last week.
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