President Biden on Troop Withdrawals & Way Forward in Afghanistan
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/15/2021 07:54 AM
Washington, DC...Good afternoon. I’m speaking to you today from the Roosevelt — the Treaty Room in the White House. The same spot where, on October of 2001, President George W. Bush informed our nation that the United States military had begun strikes on terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. It was just weeks — just weeks after the terrorist attack on our nation that killed 2,977 innocent souls; that turned Lower Manhattan into a disaster area, destroyed parts of the Pentagon, and made hallowed ground of a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and sparked an American promise that we would “never forget.”
President Biden at a Congressional Tribute for U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/14/2021 08:14 AM
Washington, DC...Madam Speaker; Majority Leader Schumer; Minority Leader McCarthy; my friend, Minority — Minority Leader McConnell; members of Congress; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Milley; Attorney General Garland; Mayor Bowser; all the Capitol Hill Police and all that are here to pay tribute to this Capitol policeman who fell in the line of duty; Acting Chief Pittman, and the men and women of the Capitol Police Force: I’m sorry — the second time in two months we have such a ceremony.
View 88 Fuels Reduction and Prescribed Fire Readiness Project Begins Shared Stewardship in the Highway 88 Corridor
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/14/2021 05:12 PM
Pioneer, CA...Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions (CHIPS), working together with the Eldorado National Forest, is starting work on the View 88 Fuels Reduction and Prescribed Fire Readiness Project to protect communities, forests, critical habitat, and water resources from wildfire. The work is funded by a $999,196 Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program (WIP) from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) that was awarded in June 2020.
Criminal Charges Filed Against PG&E Related to the Kincade Fire
Posted by: News_Desk on 04/14/2021 05:39 PM
Santa Rosa, CA... April 6th, 2021. District Attorney Jill Ravitch has announced that after a thorough investigation, her office today initiated criminal proceedings against Pacific Gas and Electric Company ("PG&E") for its role in causing the 2019 Kincade Fire. The criminal complaint, filed with the Sonoma County Superior Court, alleges that PG&E recklessly caused the fire that started on the night of October 23, 2019 at the Geysers Geothermal Field northeast of Geyserville. Specifically, the complaint charges PG&E with 5 felonies and 28 misdemeanors, including unlawfully causing a fire that resulted in great bodily injury, unlawfully causing a fire that resulted in the burning of inhabited structures, and unlawfully causing a fire that resulted in the burning of forest land, as well as various air pollution crimes.
How Calaveras Connect is Connecting Our Communities in 2021
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/14/2021 08:52 PM
San Andreas, CA...As pandemic restrictions begin to ease, Calaveras Connect is adjusting services to provide enhanced transportation within Calaveras County and to neighboring communities.
$20 million Available for Shovel-Ready Forest & Wildfire Resilience Projects in Sierra Nevada
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/13/2021 07:25 PM
Auburn, CA...The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC), a California state agency, announced the availability of $20 million dollars for the implementation of shovel-ready forest health projects in the region. The Immediate Action Wildfire and Forest Resilience directed grant program was made possible by an early action wildfire and forest resilience budget approved by the legislature and the Governor earlier today. The early action budget includes $20 million for the SNC and is part of a $1-billion forest and wildfire resilience funding proposal under consideration by state leaders.
Angels-Murphys Rotary Club 2021 Officers of the Year
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/12/2021 08:58 AM
Calaveras County, CA...Angels-Murphys Rotary Club 2021 Officers of the Year. Every year the Angels-Murphys Rotary Service Club in Calaveras County honors those individuals who serve our community everyday with their lives. This video includes those who have been honored in 2021 from Ebbetts Pass Fire District, Murphys Fire District, Angels Camp Fire Department, Angels Camp Police Department, Calaveras County Sheriff's Department and CalFire.
President Biden at a Virtual CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/12/2021 08:44 PM
Washington, DC...Well, look, the reason I’m here today is — all of these technology manufacturing leaders around the country and all over the world on the screens — is to talk about how we strengthen our domestic semiconductor industry and secure America’s supply chain. This is an issue that has broad support in United States Congress. We’ve talked about whether or not we’re doing anything in terms of bipartisanly. Well, we are. Both sides of the aisle are strongly supportive of what we’re proposing, and I — and where I think we can really get things done for the American people.
President Biden before Meeting with Bipartisan Group of Members of Congress to Discuss the American Jobs Plan
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/12/2021 08:53 PM
Washington, DC...Hello, everybody. I told you a moment ago that I would comment briefly on what happened in — in Minnesota last night. We’ve spoken to the governor and the mayor. I’ve spoken to the authorities there. And — and I haven’t called Daunte Wright’s family, but our prayers are with the family. It was a really tragic thing that happened. We’re — and — but I think we got to wait and see what the investigation shows — and the entire investigation.
