By The Office of Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. Contributed On. Oct. 24, Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. defended his constituents’ health care from the Trump Administration’s continued attacks on the Affordable Care Act. Speaking to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Ruiz said, “It is for the American people who…

By the Office of Gov. Gavin NewsomContributed With the West Coast heat wave projected to intensify over the coming days, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Aug. 17 to free up additional energy capacity.    The governor yesterday [Aug. 16] signed an emergency proclamation that temporarily allows some energy users and utilities to use backup energy…

Reform of wildfire insurance has been a high priority for stateofficials – both executive and legislative – for more than a year.Although the Legislature could not reach any compromises last fall, bothGov. Gavin Newsom and Insurance Commissioner Richardo Lara moved forwardwith administrative and regulatory actions. Lara’s goal for completing the changes necessary to improve the…

Effective Wednesday, Aug. 1, Shawn C. Newman is the new Cal Fire Riverside Unit and Riverside County Fire Department fire chief. Newman began his career with Cal Fire in 1989, as a seasonal firefighter in the San Bernardino Unit and in 1994, promoted to firefighter II in the Riverside Unit, working in West Riverside. In…

On Friday, May 20, Randy Moore, chief of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), announced, “… Today, because of the current extreme wildfire risk conditions in the field, I am initiating a pause on prescribed fire operations on National Forest System lands while we conduct a 90-day review of protocols, decision support tools and practices ahead…