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This week’s Honoring Veterans Spotlight honors the service of Army Veteran Ashley Leiva. After 15 years of service in culinary management, she left the Army and became the first female driver to win a Veteran-focused rookie trucker award.

<p>In December 2022, Army Veteran Ashley Leiva became<a href="https://www.hiringourheroes.org/stories/2022-transition-trucking-winner-ashley-leiva/" rel="noopener"> the first</a> female winner of the &#8220;Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence&#8221; award for rookie Veteran truck drivers. After she left the Army in 2021, Leiva and her brother, fellow Army Veteran Johnny Leiva, took over their deceased mother’s trucking company and renamed it Noemi Trucking to honor her.</p>

<p>Leiva’s mother started the company, initially called Leiva Trucking, near the end of 20 years as a truck driver. She<a href="https://vikingnews.delmar.edu/dmc-transportation-training-services-graduate-ashley-leiva-wins-national-transition-trucking-driving-for-excellence-award-for-veterans/" rel="noopener"> provided</a> the inspiration for Ashley to begin tank trucking and the encouragement to enter the Army straight out of high school. </p>
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom is the First Partner of California, an award-winning filmmaker, and an influential thought leader on gender equality. Through her California for ALL Kids campaign, she is championing initiatives to support children’s mental and physical health, as well as provide families with the tools to build a solid learning foundation. And through her California for ALL Women campaign she’s making strides to build economic equity, equal representation, and advance a family-first agenda.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom chose the title First Partner, as opposed to the traditional title of First Lady, to send a signal of inclusivity, recognizing that one day there will be a woman or LGBTQ+ Governor of California, and to elevate the importance of partnership and the need for, and benefits of, a caring, inclusive government.
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In an article dated November 28, 1873, the Sacramento Daily Union reported, “The advantages claimed for these tiles are that they are far more beautiful and from twenty to fifty per cent cheaper than marble; so durable that it is said they are ultimately cheaper than a common wooden flooring, having in England stood fifty years’ constant wear without any perceptible difference in their appearance.”
Unfortunately, the tile did not withstand the 100 years’ worth of wear and tear on the rotunda floor. During the restoration, the original tile was removed and replaced with reproductions made from standard United States quarry tile. Workers installed the tiles that they salvaged from the original floor in the second floor staircase landing.

Statuary Groupings

Only a Few Originals Remain
Pietro Mezzara, California’s first major sculptor, created the statuary for the Capitol’s rooftop and pediment. Thirty figures, urns, and emblems adorned the Capitol in 1873.

The groups designed for the north and south porticos, and for flanking the frontoon [sic] will be each fourteen feet long by ten feet high. At the corner of the building will be placed statues eleven or twelve feet high, representing respectively “War,” “Peace,” “Prudence” and “Force,” and on the intervening pedestals between corners and centers will be placed and arrangad [sic] six statues seven feet high – “Fame,” “Eloquence” and “Verity” – and fourteen richly ornamented and figured vases from three and one-half to five and one-half feet high. All of these groups, statues and vases are to be cast in solid stone by the Pacific Stone Company . . . By the terms of these contracts the work is to be fully finished and in place before the adjournment of the next Legislature. The total cost of artist and mechanical work, materials and finishing, will be $34,500.

— Sacramento Daily Union, September 4, 1872
These elements were removed during the Capitol’s 1906 renovation and subsequently lost. Today, only the statuary on the west front pediment tympanum (the recessed space enclosed by the triangular pediment) is original. These statues reflect the Capitol’s roots in Greek architecture.
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The Wildlife Conservation Board's agricultural program is formally known as the Ecosystem Restoration on Agricultural Lands (ERAL) program. The intent of the ERAL program is to collaborate with the agricultural community in identifying and implementing projects that provide long-term habitat benefits for wildlife, consistent with landowner objectives, including economic sustainability, and have the potential for replication on a statewide scale.

In California, many wildlife species are dependent on privately owned agricultural lands for habitat. Agricultural lands can provide significant habitat and connectivity with protected wildlife areas.

In many cases agricultural landowners are willing to integrate wildlife habitat benefits into the management and operations of their properties but lack the capital and/or expertise to implement these practices.

ERAL Program project criteria:

All projects must be located on privately owned, agricultural land where agriculture is a major land-use activity, and there is a willing property owner.
All projects must provide on-site habitat benefits to wildlife.
All projects must be durable and include a long-term management plan and agreement that ensures that habitat features will remain on the landscape for a time period commensurate with wildlife population needs (a standard agreement is at least 25 years).

Examples of eligible project activities include, but are not limited to:

Habitat restoration and enhancement of water corridors, streams, ditches, canals, tail water and return basins and ponds on agricultural lands.
Vegetated filler strips, hedgerows and other wildlife buffers.
Development of wetland areas.
Riparian and floodplain restoration.
Fencing to protect and enhance native habitats.
Restoration and enhancement of native grasslands.
Agricultural habitat management activities that provide significant environmental co-benefits including water quality improvements, carbon sequestration, etc.

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James Croft
James.Croft@wildlife.ca.gov
	(916) 926-7523
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Wills, Estates, and Probate - probate_selfhelp
Here are some common examples:

If a particular asset (like a retirement plan, life insurance policy, or a bank account) already has a named beneficiary, that asset goes to the beneficiary (or beneficiaries, if there are more than one) without going to court.
If a house is owned by two or more people as joint tenants, the other owners have the right of survivorship, which means that they inherit the entire property in their name.
Real estate sometimes can be transferred without court with a transfer-on-death deed (also called a beneficiary deed).
Property in living trusts can be transferred without going to court.

There are also some simplified procedures for estates that are under $166,250.  Read Simplified Procedures to Transfer an Estate to find out different ways to transfer property that do not involve going to court.
Any portions of the estate that can’t be transferred more informally will likely have to be dealt with in probate court. How the estate is dealt with will partly depend on whether the decedent died with a will or without one.
What Is “Probate”?
Probate means that there is a court case that deals with:

Deciding if a will exists and is valid;
Figuring out who are the decedent’s heirs or beneficiaries;
Figuring out how much the decedent’s property is worth;
Taking care of the decedent’s financial responsibilities; and
Transferring the decedent’s property to the heirs or beneficiaries.

In a probate case, an executor (if there is a will) or an administrator (if there is no will) is appointed by the court as personal representative to collect the assets, pay the debts and expenses, and then distribute the remainder of the estate to the beneficiaries (those who have the legal right to inherit), all under the supervision of the court. The entire case can take between 9 months to 1 ½ years, maybe even longer.
First Steps in Dealing with an Estate When Someone Dies

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Step 1: Figure out who will be the estate representative.
Wills, Estates, and Probate - probate_selfhelp
Figure out who all the heirs and beneficiaries may be.
Check out any safe-deposit boxes for important papers or other valuables.
Collect the decedent’s mail, to make sure you don’t miss anything important.
Cancel credit cards and subscriptions.
Manage “digital assets” (like online accounts, photos and documents stored on line, etc.). You may need to get email access for important information.
Notify the Franchise Tax Board
Notify the Social Security Administration if the decedent was receiving monthly social security benefits.
Prepare the decedent’s final income tax returns.

Important: These are just some of the steps you will have to take. Make sure you are doing all you need as estate representative to take care of the estate and help make sure it gets distributed correctly.

Step 3: Figure out who the heirs and beneficiaries are. 

“Heirs” refers to people who have the right to inherit when someone dies without leaving a will (called “dying intestate”). Beneficiaries are the people who inherit according to a will.

Who the beneficiaries or heirs are is usually decided by:

The terms of the will,
	 
State law, if there is no will, or, if there is a problem with the will, or
	 
Other estate planning documents like beneficiary designations (like in retirement accounts), living trusts, or joint tenancy arrangements.

It is not always straightforward to figure out who heirs or beneficiaries are. Even if there is a will, maybe it was not up to date and the new spouse was not included or the will was not changed after a divorce, or a beneficiary named in the will already died, and many other situations. You may need to talk to a lawyer to help you figure out who the heirs or beneficiaries are.

Step 4: Identify and make an inventory of the decedent’s property.

You will need to carefully identify all of the decedent’s property, everything they owned. Then, you will have to make an inventory of everything.

To identify the property, here is some helpful information:
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	CA Energy Commission	

Grant Program ID
GFO-23-503

Portal ID
60792

Opportunity Type
 

	
	Grant
	

Purpose
The purpose of this solicitation is to fund a project that will evaluate the feasibility of using existing underground gas storage facilities to store clean renewable hydrogen in California.

Eligible Applicants
 

	
	Business
	

	
	Individual
	

	
	Nonprofit
	

	
	Other Legal Entity
	

	
	Public Agency
	

	
	Tribal Government
	

Eligible Geographies
Demonstration projects in this solicitation must be located in the service territory of a California gas Investor Owned Utility (Gas IOU), which includes Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and Southern California Gas Company.  All projects in this solicitation must benefit Gas IOU ratepayers

	View Full Grant Details: GFO-23-503 – Feasibility of Underground Hydrogen Storage in California>/span>	

Deadline

	Active	

	6/28/24 23:59	

Grant Title

Equitable Building Decarbonization Program Direct Install

Open Date
Apr 30, 2024

State Agency / Department
CA Energy Commission

Match Funding?
No

Estimated Total Funding
$0

Estimated Low/High
Dependent

Funds Disbursement
Reimbursement(s)

 

	Current as of:	

	April 30, 2024, 1:22 pm	

Grantor

	CA Energy Commission	

Grant Program ID
GFO-23-404

Portal ID
61338

Opportunity Type
 

	
	Grant
	

Purpose
The purpose of this grant funding opportunity (Solicitation) is to award three regional administrators (Recipients) with funding to implement the Equitable Building Decarbonization (EBD) Direct Install Program. The program will be administered separately in Northern, Central, and Southern California to better ensure a broad distribution of funds.

Eligible Applicants
 

	
	Business
	

	
	Individual
	

	
	Public Agency
	

Eligible Geographies
The EBD Direct Install Program will be administered separately in three regions: Northern, Central, and Southern California.

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California Rules of Court: Title Ten Rules
(5)  This rule does not apply to electronic mail and text messages sent or received before the effective date of this rule.

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As used in this rule:
(1)  "Adjudicative record" means any writing prepared for or filed or used in a court proceeding, the judicial deliberation process, or the assignment or reassignment of cases and of justices, judges (including temporary and assigned judges), and subordinate judicial officers, or of counsel appointed or employed by the court.
(2)  "Judicial administrative record" means any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the people's business that is prepared, owned, used, or retained by a judicial branch entity regardless of the writing's physical form or characteristics, except an adjudicative record. The term "judicial administrative record" does not include records of a personal nature that are not used in or do not relate to the people's business, such as personal notes, memoranda, electronic mail, calendar entries, and records of Internet use.
(3)  "Judicial branch entity" means the Supreme Court, each Court of Appeal, each superior court, and the Judicial Council.
(4)  "Judicial branch personnel" means justices, judges (including temporary and assigned judges), subordinate judicial officers, members of the Judicial Council and its advisory bodies, and directors, officers, employees, volunteers, and agents of a judicial branch entity.
(5)  "Person" means any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association.
(6)  "Writing" means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photographing, photocopying, electronic mail, fax, and every other means of recording on any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, symbols, or combinations, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored.
(Subd (c) amended effective January 1, 2016.)
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The Superior Court of California - County of Ventura - Criminal/Traffic Division
To clear a DMV hold, you can pay by mail, debit/credit card by visiting our Traffic Payment page,or in person at any court location or DMV office during regular business hours.
If you live in Oxnard or Port Hueneme, a court clerk is located at the Oxnard Department of Motor Vehicles, 
 4050 Saviers Road, Oxnard, CA. [click for directions] 
 You may pay, release the hold, and obtain your driver's license at that one location. The clerk is available between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
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If the citation was mechanical in nature, issued to the driver, and the company wants to assume responsibility, please mail in the amount 
 of the citation (as noted on the courtesy notice) and have the company send a request to assume responsibility on company letterhead stationery.
If your citation is past due, a hold is placed on the vehicle's registration at DMV. Failure to clear this citation could result in 
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	If you have a financial hardship that prevents you from paying for your household's basic needs and the full amount of your traffic ticket, you may ask the Court to consider your ability to pay. If you qualify, the Court may reduce the amount you owe. Below are the ways in which you may request an ability to pay determination:
	

	1. Make a request online with the Ability to Pay tool found here. 
	

	2. File or mail a written request to the Court. Click here for form VN-ATP.
	

You should receive a decision to your request within 30 days.