Cotati’s population as of the 2010 Census was 7,265, making it the smallest incorporated community in Sonoma County. Got that boys…. 29 is a metropolis next to this place.   Cotati, CA– Cotati’s City Hall’s plan to remake its downtown with $3.7 million in what were redevelopment funds have taken a blow with the state’s rejection of the city’s proposal. The city had submitted to the state two projects — a $1.8 million traffic roundabout plan and a $1.9 million proposal to build a downtown train station, contending both are “enforceable obligations,” meaning Cotati’s...

Read more »

…Department of Finance spokesman H.D. Palmer said local Successor agency’s lists were being reviewed. The first review is supposed to be done within three days. “If we find we need more time, then we notify (them) and another clock starts running off 10 calendar days, during which we will seek further information, clarification or validation of the items we flagged,” he said. The state has received lists from a little over half of the state’s former redevelopment agencies. Thirty-four were “auto-denied” for missing information, 114 have been completed and...

Read more »

  Twentynine Palms, CA— Friday Afternoon a 12 year old 29 Palms juvenile was riding his scooter on Baseline Road at Kellogg Ave in the Hanson Track area of 29 Palms.  The juvenile was struck by an older midsize truck driven by an unknown suspect driver.  The suspect driver fled the scene after the collision.  The juvenile was transported to High Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree and then air-lifted by Mercy Air to Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda with major injuries. Deputies and investigators from...

Read more »

A 12 year old 29 Palms juvenile was riding his scooter on Baseline Road at Kellogg Ave in the Hanson Track area of 29 Palms. The juvenile was struck by an older midsize truck driven by an unknown suspect driver. The suspect driver fled the scene after the collision. The juvenile was transported to High Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree and then air-lifted by Mercy Air to Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda with major injuries. The collision is still under investigation by the Sheriff’s Department...

Read more »

SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) announced today that Assembly Budget Subcommittee 3 voted against the funding needed to create the necessary positions at the Board of Equalization to collect the Fire Tax imposed on Californians in State Responsibility Areas. The item was blocked by a bi-partisan vote. Cook stated, “This is a heartening move by the committee, and the bipartisan action tells me we’re getting people to listen. We’ve come a long way from last year when they wouldn’t even allow a hearing on my bill to repeal the...

Read more »

The Mojave Water Agency (MWA) , in conjunction with the Alliance for Water Awareness and Conservation (AWAC) toured with local residents to Joshua Basin Water District, Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency, County Special Districts Water and Sanitation, and Hi-Desert Water District for a comprehensive look at the business of obtaining safe drinking water in the Morongo Basin on April 24th.  This was the third annual event of its kind, and was offered as a free public service. Attendees were given “the big picture” in a condensed format that left most...

Read more »

State rejects $2.7 million in redevelopment projects: Watsonville stands to lose funding for business park, solar projects WATSONVILLE – The state has rejected Watsonville’s plan for spending $2.7 million in former redevelopment funding…. ……In Watsonville, the rejected projects were part of a $42 million list of obligations of the former redevelopment agency. The state denied $2.4 million for street lighting, water and solar panel projects because the contracts were entered into after a June 27, 2011 deadline set by the state. But Davison maintains because the oversight board re-approved...

Read more »

Santa Cruz reviews 3-year project list: Bond ruling has jeopardized plans SANTA CRUZ – City department heads would like to continue making improvements to the wharf and intersection of Highway 1 and 9, as well as building several affordable housing communities in coming years. But when, and if, the city could tackle some of those initiatives could rest with state finance officials, who have said the city cannot spend proceeds of $36 million in bonds sold a year ago as lawmakers were mulling – and eventually approved – the...

Read more »

Our friend Larry Briggs is one of those surprising guys. The winners of the Trash for Cash contest , Boy Scout Troop 229 received $300 bucks from both the City of 29 and Burtec and the blogs biggest fan chipped in another Hundred Bucks out of his own pocket. Just when you think you know everything about a guy…. he goes and does something really nice like that…. What a guy!!!! I don’t know how to tell you folks but the Council approved that monstrosity of a sign. Yeppers...

Read more »

SAN BERNARDINO, CA – Today, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors rejected Supervisor Neil Derry’s call to amend the county health code to add an E-Verify component to the letter-grading placards issued to food establishments.   The proposed change would add a color overlay to the background of each placard denoting whether or not the establishment has enrolled in and uses the federal government’s E-Verify system.   “I am disappointed that my colleagues ignored the health of the public and endorsed the stealing of American jobs by illegal...

Read more »