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PG&E Would Become a Public Utility Under Newly Introduced Bill

February 3, 2020 4:01 pmFebruary 6, 2020 7:24 am

California would take control of the bankrupt electrical provider PG&E under a new bill introduced in the Senate on Monday. Under the bill, introduced by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), current shareholders of PG&E would be forced by California to...

White House Holds Press Briefing On Coronavirus, After U.S. Government Orders The First Quarantine in Half a Century

February 2, 2020 8:43 amFebruary 2, 2020 12:57 pm

The Center for Disease Control on Friday has ordered a quarantine for all American evacuees from Wuhan, China who arrived at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California. This is the first time in 50-years the United States government has...

Statewide Recycling Overhaul Bill Fails in Senate

January 31, 2020 2:55 pm

The nearly year-old Senate Bill 372, which would have required that beverage makers and distributors create their own system for buying back bottles and cans, was struck down in the Senate Thursday. A new can and bottle recycling system Authored...

Public Health Officer Orders Quarantine After Passenger From Wuhan Attempts To Leave Military Base

January 31, 2020 6:49 amJanuary 31, 2020 6:51 am

Riverside County health officials have issued a quarantine order for one of the passengers from the Wuhan, China flight who attempted to leave the March Air Reserve Base. American diplomats and citizens evacuated Tuesday from the epicenter of the fast-spreading...

Governor Newsom Reaffirms the State May Take Control of PG&E this Summer

January 30, 2020 6:46 pmJanuary 31, 2020 9:10 am

‘It has to to be completely re-imagined, completely transformed company. If PG&E can’t do it, we’ll do it for them.’ During a Public Policy Institute of California event on Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that that California would takeover...

SB 50 Voted Down in Senate, Falls Short of Votes Twice in Two Days

January 30, 2020 2:09 pmJanuary 31, 2020 9:02 am

The California Senate failed to pass the zoning law altering Senate Bill 50, falling three votes short of the 21 needed. Three votes short of passage SB 50, authored and introduced by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would have forced...

Americans Evacuated from China to Escape Coronavirus Taken to March Air Reserve Base

January 30, 2020 6:38 amJanuary 30, 2020 6:43 am

American diplomats and citizens evacuated from the epicenter of the fast-spreading Coronavirus in China landed at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County. It was reported 201 people were on board a U.S Government chartered flight from Wuhan, China. The...