SACRAMENTO
Newsom writes to PG&E CEO
Following utility-directed power shutoffs that impacted nearly two million Californians and ahead of another Public Safety Power Shutoff decision by Pacific Gas and Electric, Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday demanded that PG&E do more to provide information for customers and take action to reduce the number of customers impacted.
“While the immediate goal should be to better manage the current anticipated PSPS event, PG&E’s short-term objectives should include steps to ensure that as few people as possible are impacted by any future PSPS decision,” wrote Governor Newsom in a letter to PG&E CEO William Johnson Tuesday.
Governor Newsom urged the utility to adopt the directions of the California Public Utilities Commission and continued to extend the state’s technical and operational assistance – from providing forecasting and technological support to leveraging aircraft equipment and emergency personnel.
“I continue to extend the technical assistance currently offered by the State of California to reduce the impacts of PSPS, including operational guidance from Cal OES, meteorological data from CALFIRE, and most recently, infrared-equipped aircraft to assist in inspections of power line safety and the acceleration of power restoration,” wrote the Governor. “Cal OES will activate State and Regional Operations Centers to respond appropriately and ensure continuity of state agency operations that support California residents.”
Following PG&E’s unprecedented PSPS earlier this month, the Governor urged PG&E to provide affected customers an automatic credit or rebate of $100 per residential customer and $250 per small business as some compensation for their hardships.
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LAKE COUNTY
Local author month at the library
Lake County Library celebrates Lake County’s own authors all through November with free events at all four library branches. Each library will present a slate of local authors who will talk about the inspiration behind their books and how they got started writing.
The writers participating in the “Local Author Showcase” are Lake County’s Poet Laureate Richard Schmidt, author of Virgil Cooper, a western fiction novel; Anusha Amen-Ra, Woman’s Water, Man’s Fire: the metaphysics of love, sex and relationship; Steve Bartholomew, who writes tales of the Old West; Carolyn Decanti, creator of the Cobb Mountain mystery series; Linda Green, Solving the Post Traumatic Stress Brain Injury Puzzle; Jordan O’Halloran, Clean Up on Aisle Three, a work of young adult fiction; JoAnn Saccato, Mindful and Intentional Living: a path to peace, clarity and freedom; Jodi Schneider, Raising Rover, a self-help book; John Urfurth, Adventures of the Buckaroo Dogs for children; and Mimi Whitaker, a self-help guide, Happiness is your Purpose and a volume of poetry, Pears From My Mother’s Tree.
At Lakeport Library, 1425 N. High St. on Nov. 2 at 2:00 p.m. the authors will be Richard Schmidt, Mimi Whitaker, Jordan O’Halloran, Linda Green, John Urfurth and Jodi Schneider.
Middletown Library, 21256 Washington St. will host Richard Schmidt, JoAnn Saccato, Carolyn Decanti, Anusha Amen-Ra, Linda Green, Mimi Whitaker, Jordan O’Halloran, John Urfurth and Jodi Schneider on Nov. 8, at 3:00 p.m.
Richard Schmidt, Steve Bartholomew, John Urfurth, Mimi Whitaker, Jordan O’Halloran and Jodi Schneider will be at Upper Lake Library, 310 Second St. Nov. 15 at 3:00 p.m.
Richard Schmidt, Jordan O’Halloran, Jodi Schneider, Mimi Whitaker, and John Urfurth will visit Redbud Library, 14785 Burns Valley Rd. in Clearlake on Nov. 16 at 10:30 a.m.
The Lake County Library is on the internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and Facebook at Facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary.
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