Treasury Announces Public Offering of AIG Common Stock
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/09/2012 06:56 PM
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it has launched an underwritten public offering of $18.0 billion of its American International Group, Inc. (AIG) common stock. AIG has indicated that it intends to purchase up to $5.0 billion of the common stock sold by Treasury in this offering at the initial public offering price. Treasury will also grant to the underwriters in the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $2.7 billion in common stock from Treasury to cover over-allotments, if any....
Mokelumne Hill, CA...The Historic Hotel Leger in Mokelumne Hill is excited to announce that we have been selected to host a TV crew from The Travel Channel, who will be filming an episode of "Hotel Impossible" about our Hotel during the week of September 13-18th. Ashley Canty, owner of the Hotel Leger since 2002, has been in meetings with designers and producers of the hit TV show for a few weeks and has just received final confirmation that it's a "go!". The production crew and county representatives will be here to film and coordinate improvements to the locally beloved Hotel. We have been assured and asked for names and numbers so that only local contractors and service providers will be utilized. The Historic Hotel, Bar and Restaurant and the town of Mokelumne Hill will receive a much appreciated boost, as will the entire Calaveras County area...
Angels Camp Centennial Celebrations Set for September 28 & 29
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/06/2012 10:03 AM
Angels Camp, CA....The main event in the historic Gold Rush town of Angels Camp’s year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary as an incorporated city is set for September 29 when a Street Fair from 11 am to 4 pm will close Main Street (State Highway 49) for the first time in over 50 years. The Street Fair may well be the largest event held on Main Street since the frog jumps were held there in the 1920s and ‘30s. The Street Fair will include Western gun fights, a frog jump, an old-fashioned soap box derby, pony rides, vendors of all descriptions, street performers, lots of food and drink concessions, and a variety of music stretched from the historic downtown to Utica Park....
Angels Camp is Looking for a Director of Engineering & Public Works Salary: $84,956. - $103,265. ANNUALLY, plus excellent benefits.
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/06/2012 10:34 AM
Angels Camp, CA...The City of Angels is accepting applications for a full time Director of Engineering and Public Works. Angels Camp provides water & wastewater services for approximately 1,700 customers within the City. Reporting to the City Administrator, the Engineer will be responsible for planning, organizing, directing and reviewing the activities and operations of all engineering and public works functions, activities, projects and programs including complex projects related to water and wastewater systems, engineering design, securing permits and project construction activities. Successful candidate will possess the equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in civil engineering or related field....
Bear Valley, CA...The tea leaves are still being read and divinations made but there is still not a firm answer from Bear Valley on the upcoming season. Most people in positions to know still think they will be under operation when it matters. This we do know is that the partners are talking and an agreeable solution is being worked on. Without going down the rumor path too far it should be realistic to expect a decision close to September 15th....
SACRAMENTO -- The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the Department of General Services (DGS), State Senator Lois Wolk, Assemblymember Mariko Yamada and local agencies have partnered to develop a series of workshops throughout California to help Small Businesses (SB), Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE), and non-profit agencies learn about local government contracting opportunities. By attending this workshop, SB/DVBE businesses will receive resources for state licensing and certification, receive information about how to compete for state and other local county purchases or contracts, participate in a panel session to ask questions about economic development...
Local 25 Year Old Lydia Stafford Building an Impressive Wine Industry Resume. ~By John Hamilton
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/04/2012 02:55 PM
Murphys, CA....We had the pleasure of interviewing Lydia Stafford this morning. She just returned home from working at Whitehaven Vineyards down under in New Zealand. Since it has been winter there she may have bee just coming home to get some warm weather as well. Prior to that she worked in Sonoma for B. R. Cohn Winery and she started her resume building at Renner Winery here locally. She has consistantly been moving up the winery size scale from under 2,000 cases a year at Renner, 100k Plus at B.R. Cohn to 350k plus at Whitehaven. Not bad for a young lady that stated her carreer path at the Calaveras County Visitors Bureau. The 2005 Bret Harte graduate has been on the production and marketing sides of the industry and would like to focus on the marketing side and just narrowly missed out possibly because of age on one of the premier marketing spots in the industry....
Monetary Policy since the Onset of the Crisis ~By Fed Chair Ben S. Bernanke
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 09/02/2012 05:34 PM
Jackson Hole, WY....When we convened in Jackson Hole in August 2007, the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) target for the federal funds rate was 5-1/4 percent. Sixteen months later, with the financial crisis in full swing, the FOMC had lowered the target for the federal funds rate to nearly zero, thereby entering the unfamiliar territory of having to conduct monetary policy with the policy interest rate at its effective lower bound. The unusual severity of the recession and ongoing strains in financial markets made the challenges facing monetary policymakers all the greater....
Bistro Espresso Has Opened in Second Location in Murphys!! 350 Main Behind Hovey Tasting Room
Posted by: thepinetree on 09/02/2012 01:40 PM
Murphys, CA...Bisto Espresso in Arnold has opened their second location. The Bistro Espresso in Murphys is located at 350 Main behind the Hovey Wind Tasting Room. Larry and the gang will have all the great coffee, coffee drinks, ice cream, pastries, food and more. They just opened on Friday and they don't even have all of their signage up but this will be a great addition to Murphys. They are open from 6am to 9pm 7 days a week. Bistro in Murphys will no doubt become a fixture of the community just like they have in Arnold....
Nina and Shelley Working the Crowds at Bisto Espresso and Signage on Main St. in Murphys
Calaveras Transit Passes Accident-Free Million Mile Mark
Posted by: John_Hamilton on 08/31/2012 07:27 AM
San Andreas, California – August 28, 2012 – As Calaveras Transit Driver Livier Rodriguez Vazquez carefully drove through the town of Angels Camp, California last month she passed an important transit milestone: One Million Consecutive Miles of Accident-Free Transportation for Calaveras Transit!
Calaveras Transit Staff. Back row, l to r:
David Blank, Dispatcher/Driver; Steven Harcher, Driver; Bill Kinnear,
Driver; Norberto Bradley, Driver/Trainer. Front row, l to r: Mike
Thomas, Driver; Sue Barge', Driver; Pam Rivera, Driver; Livier Vazquez,
Driver; Dave Adams, Driver; Scott Mc Clure-Dispatcher/Ops Admin.
