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BREAKING NEWS Dixie Fire causes northeast area of Indian Valley to evacuate Full Story SEVERE WX : Fire Weather Watch View Alerts PG&E files incident report about Fly Fire PG&E filed a report Monday about a tree on a conductor near the origin of the Fly Fire. Posted: Aug 3, 2021 6:56 AM Updated: Aug 3, 2021 12:41 PM Posted By: Brayden Crosswhite PLUMAS COUNTY, Calif. - PG&E filed a report Monday with the California Public Utilities Commission about a tree lying on a conductor near th...

The Lane County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted on a tentative denial for an application to dig a long-planned, controversial gravel quarry on an Oakridge-area butte. Commissioners voted 3-2 against amending the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan to add a quarry to the inventory of significant mineral and aggregate sites and authorize mining there. Oakridge-area residents have fought to protect the site, commonly known as TV Butte, from mining operations since it was proposed in 20...

Majority of cases taken result in better climate regulations, authors of study say

   Screenshot from The Thacher School website Dan Yih, chair of The Thacher School Board of Trustees, wrote a letter July 15 about corrective actions the board is taking since the June 16 report outlining sexual abuse and misconduct at the school was released.   Ojai Valley News editor A month after The Thacher School in Ojai released a 90-page report outlining allegations of past sexual abuse and misconduct at the school, with some incidents as far back as four decades, the Thacher board ch...

Grant Phillips, Ojai Valley News Reporter See something, say something! Wildfires, drought, industrial pollution, earthquakes and extreme weather are just some of the hazards the Ventura County Office of Emergency Services is hoping to address in its updated Hazard Mitigation plan. The Office of Emergency Services is required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to update its plan every five years to continue to be eligible for federal funding. To prevent this from becoming a check-the-b...

Ciarán Cuffe: Court cases are leading the fight on climate change across Europe But the MEP says while the citizen-led revolution is inspiring, legislators must do better on climate. By Ciarán Cuffe Tuesday 6 Jul 2021, 7:00 AM 18 hours ago 6,848 Views 29 Comments Ciarán Cuffe ...

Letters: Or will PG&E push that off to the community or the individual owners that might be impacted?

TDEC Announces Grants For Medium, Large Trucks Under Volkswagen Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust Tuesday, May 18, 2021 The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Tuesday announced that 26 entities will receive $9,724,683.74 in total grant funding to replace class 4-7 local freight trucks (medium trucks) and class 8 local freight trucks (large trucks) across the state. The total includes $3,772,646.05 for medium truck projects, and $5,952,037.69 for large truck proje...

By Forrest Camire May 6, 2021 5:37 pm Whatcom County is seeking input on their Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. The intention of the Mitigation Plan is to identify the natural hazards that impact Whatcom County and formulate strategies that will lessen the severity of natural disaster. The last opportunity for public involvement is Tuesday May 11th from 6;30 to 8pm. Public comment is important, and allows Whatcom County to receive Federal funding for mitigation and pre-disaster projects. Those i...

The Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif. , on Nov. 8, 2018. (AP file photo/Noah Berger) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — California regulators on Thursday placed beleaguered utility Pacific Gas and Electric in the first stage of an enhanced oversight process that could lead to the state’s largest provider of power and natural gas losing its license to operate in California. The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved a resolution to move PG&E into the first stage of a six-step e...