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Value of California's properties falls 1.8% to $4.4 trillion
Forty-eight of California's 58 counties saw totals fall this year — nine by more than 5%, the state Board of Equalization reported. The total value fell 2.4% in 2009. The Golden State's real estate market lost a bit more of its luster as the total value of California's properties fell for the second year in a row — and for the second time since records were first kept in 1933 at the depths of ...Forest Service closes areas burned in Kern County brush fire U.S. Forest Service officials announced Thursday that areas recently burned by a 1,300-acre brush fire in Los Padres National Forest in Kern County will be closed to the public, even though the blaze has been contained. The Post fire broke...
$2 Million For Kern County Clean Air Projects Congressman Jim Costa today announced $2.38 million in funding for air quality improvement projects in Kern County. The money, funded through the Environmental Protection Agency, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and other sources will result in cleaner air and improved public health.
Solar power: California approves first solar thermal project in 20 years The California Energy Commission approved construction Wednesday on the first solar thermal farm regulators have permitted in two decades. The Beacon Solar Energy project on the western edge of the Mojave Desert is one of a group of solar roposals...
Victim warns Kern County a violent sex offender is paroled A man who has been convicted of three sex crimes against children has been paroled to Kern County. Another victim who says she was raped and tortured by the man...
Beacon Solar Energy project OKed; first solar thermal project approved in 20 years For the first time in 20 years, state energy regulators have approved construction on a solar thermal farm. The California Energy Commission gave the Beacon Solar Energy project a unanimous go-ahead Wednesday. The installation, set to unfurl across 2,012 private acres in Kern County, is one of a group of solar proposals hustling to break ground before a federal grant expires at the end of the ...
Fresno Hall of Famer G.L. Rambo, 98, dies Fresno Athletic Hall of Famer G.L. "Gib" Rambo, credited with saving the Central California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, died Tuesday of natural causes. He was 98.
The California Endowment Launches Statewide Effort to Educate Californians About the Benefits of the Health Care Law LOS ANGELES----The California Endowment today announced a major statewide health consumer education effort to raise awareness of the facts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law in March 2010.
Groups to educate Californians on national healthcare reform A coalition of California community groups announced a new statewide effort Thursday to educate residents -- particularly Latinos, business owners and youth -- about provisions of the national healthcare overhaul scheduled to take effect later this month. "This new landmark...
PG&E SmartMeters pass investigation Investigators gave Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s controversial SmartMeters high marks for accuracy Thursday but faulted the company's customer service representatives for mishandling complaints about the devices. Virtually all of the wireless SmartMeters... Pacific Gas and Electric Company - Customer service - Business - California Public Utilities Commission - Energy