Imperial Valley News Center
Snowpack’s Water Content Far Greater than One Year Ago
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Sacramento, California - The Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the winter’s first media-oriented manual snow survey today, and despite the higher-than-average water content for the statewide snowpack, officials said snowfall during the remainder of the winter will largely determine whether California’s drought will be entrenched for a fifth year.
CDFA Board to discuss climate change issues
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Sacramento, California - The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will discuss climate change issues at its upcoming meeting on January 5th in Sacramento. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 N Street - Main Auditorium, Sacramento.
Imperial County Supervisors Authorize Release of RFPs for Senior Nutrition Programs
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Imperial County, California - Last Tuesday, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors authorized the Imperial County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) to release two Requests for Proposals (RFP) in January for the competitive selection of providers for the Senior Congregate Nutrition Service Program and the Home Delivered Meals Service Program. Current contracts will expire June 30, 2016; therefore the AAA is seeking proposals for both senior meal programs to begin July 1, 2016.
FTC Requires Kidney Dialysis Chain U.S. Renal Care to Divest Assets as a Condition of Acquiring Competitor DSI Renal
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Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission will require the national kidney-dialysis chain U.S. Renal Care, Inc., for which Rangers Renal Holdings LP is the parent company, to divest its ownership interest in three outpatient dialysis clinics in Laredo, Texas, as part of a settlement resolving charges that its $640 million acquisition of competitor DSI Renal, from DSI Renal’s ultimate parent company, Dialysis Parent, LLC, would be anticompetitive.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Urges the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Adopt Consumer Protections Against Harmful Practices by Payday Lenders
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Los Angeles, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today issued a letter urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to adopt regulations that strengthen protections against harmful payday and small-dollar lending practices. The CFPB is proposing to create the first nationwide regulatory floor for the payday lending industry that can work in harmony with California’s laws and regulations to further protect vulnerable consumers from falling into vicious cycles of debt.
Inmate Who Walked Away From Deadwood Conservation Camp Apprehended
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Yreka, California - Minimum-security California Correctional Center inmate Daniel R. Fidler, who walked away from Deadwood Conservation Camp (CC #23) on Dec. 26, was apprehended the morning of December 29.
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