California Dream Act Singed by Governor Brown
Digital News Report – Governor Jerry Brown signed the Dream Act Friday which allows undocumented students the ability to receive both private and public financial aid.
The governor signed the first part of the Dream Act on July 25th 2011. AB 130 changed California law to allow students of illegal immigrants to apply [...]
Milpitas Upgrades Their Free WiFi Service
MILPITAS Calif. (DNR) – The city of Milpitas has begun to upgrade their free WiFi Internet service. City officials say the current system has “begun to strain” under the increased load.
Last month Milpitas began to upgrade their fiber-optic cabling. They divided the city into 80 neighborhood clusters with four fiber connected [...]
Police Ask for Help in Santa Clara Car Accident
SANTA CLARA Calif. (DNR) – Last week there was a car accident at the intersection of Homestead Road and Pomeroy Avenue. Police are asking for the public’s help in apprehending a suspect in the hit-and-run death of Robert Schmidt.
Police investigators say Mr. Schmidt was crossing Homestead Road near Quince Avenue in a wheelchair [...]
Redistricting in Watsonville and Santa Cruz
Digital News Report – The city of Watsonville and the County of Santa Cruz will both be altering their district boundaries following the 2010 census results.
The County of Santa Cruz will be readjusting their five districts while Watsonville will make changes to their seven city districts. Every ten years, states, counties and cities are [...]
Grizzly Bear kills Man visiting Yellowstone National Park
Digital News Report – A grizzly bear attacked and killed a man visiting Yellowstone National Park on July 6, 2011. The event occurred during the morning on Wapiti Lake trail, which south of Canyon Village.
The man was with his wife and was about one and a half miles on the Wapiti Lake trail where [...]
New California Law requires homes to have Carbon Monoxide Detectors starting on July 1, 2011
Digital News Report – A new law will go into effect on July 1, 2011, requiring single-family homes in California to have carbon monoxide detectors installed near bedrooms and on each floor of the house. If caught without having the appropriate carbon monoxide testers in the home, the homeowner could be charged with a [...]
Los Conchas Wildfire Update – Los Alamos City Evacuated while Lab remains Closed
Digital News Report – The Los Conchas Wildfire has been burning since Sunday, June 26, 2011. The Los Alamos National Laboratory has been closed operations for since the fire has started and the facilities will remain closed through Thursday, June 30. The City of Los Alamos has been evacuated.
The Los Alamos National [...]
California ranks Highest for Auto Theft Rates – San Francisco Bay Area ranked number 9
Digital News Report – The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) listed eight California city areas in their top ten spots for having the highest metropolitan city auto theft rates during 2010. Two metropolitan areas in Washington State were the other spots listed on the top ten list. The crime rates go far beyond [...]
Anthem Blue Cross will reduce Health Insurance Rate Increase for some Small Group Plans in California
Digital News Report – California Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones, announced that Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to reduce its quarterly premium increase by an average of 3 percent instead of the 6 percent for a few small group health insurance plans. The plans are Solution 2500 PPO, Solution 3500 PPO and Solution 5000 PPO, [...]
Juneteenth is June 19th which commemorates Freedom for Slaves in the United States
Digital News Report – Juneteenth is also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, which is celebrated on June 19. Thirty-nine states celebrate this day as a holiday to some degree. June nineteenth is combined into one word ‘Juneteenth.’ On June 19, 1865, the abolition of slavery in the United States was enforced.
The [...]