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The Kelseyville Business Association announced the launch of a completely redesigned and enhanced digital campaign aimed at attracting visitors and promoting local business and signature events.
The new www.VisitKelseyville.com provides the latest information on all the food, wine, retail, lodging, special events and activities the Kelseyville region has to offer out-of-towners and local residents alike.
By going to “Visit Kelseyville,” users will be able to learn how they can take advantage and enjoy the services and offerings of more than 85 local businesses, activity opportunities and recreational areas.
The new digital platform includes a Web site that can be accessed from personal computers or through mobile phones with integrated social media communications on Facebook and Instagram.
With a multitude of high-resolution pictures depicting the beauty of Kelseyville and compelling content of the attractive amenities of the region, the new platform makes Kelseyville a “must place to visit” for those looking for the next frontier to explore in Northern California.
“Kelseyville is the heart of the next premier California wine destination,” said The Saw Shop Bistro & Gallery owner Marie Beery. “The beautifully created VisitKelseyville.com Web site is the foundation on which we are going to make visitors from around the world know we are here and ready to welcome them.”
At the same time, VisitKelseyville.com provides local businesses and residents that are interested in keeping dollars in their home community with a directory of local businesses and service providers to call upon.
“With everything from financial and legal services to real estate professionals, auto mechanics to exterminators and much more, Visit Kelseyville.com is the first place I will go to use and help build successful businesses here in my community,” said Mark Borghesani, owner of Kelseyville Lumber.
The Kelseyville Business Association Inc is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1967 to carry out plans, policies and activities to further the prosperity and development of the unincorporated areas of Kelseyville and surrounding communities.
Contact Helen Finch on the KBA Communications Committee at
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The program provides funding for incentivizing and demonstrating soil health practices that sequester carbon, reduce greenhouse gases, and improve soil health.
The HSP has two components: the HSP Incentives Program and the HSP Demonstration Projects.
The HSP Incentives Program provides financial assistance for implementation of soil health practices that sequester soil carbon and reduce GHG emissions. California farmers and ranchers, as well as Federal and California recognized Native American Indian Tribes, are eligible to apply.
The HSP Demonstration Projects showcase California farmers’ and ranchers’ implementation of HSP soil health practices.
By using demonstration projects, awardees can help support widespread adoption of soil health management practices throughout the state.
Not-for-profit entities, University Cooperative Extension, federal and university experiment stations, Resource Conservation Districts, Federal and California-recognized Native American Indian Tribes, and farmers and ranchers in collaboration with any of the aforementioned entities are eligible to apply.
A total of up to $1.6 million will be awarded for the projects, with no more than $500,000 allocated specifically for HSP Demonstration projects.
This grant process may prioritize funding to agricultural lands in counties where a state of emergency was declared in 2017 due to wildfires under executive orders signed by Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. These counties include: Butte, Lake, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Ventura and Yuba.
Applications and all supporting information must be submitted electronically by April 13, 2018, at 5 p.m. PDT. Awards will be made based on a first-come-first-served basis and will be subject to administrative and technical reviews prior to being funded.
For detailed information on eligibility and program requirements, prospective applicants should visit the CDFA Healthy Soils Program Web site at www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/.
CDFA will hold two workshops and two webinars to provide information on program requirements and the application process (see below). CDFA staff will provide guidance on the application process, provide examples, and answer any questions. There is no cost to attend the workshops.
Individuals planning to attend should email
Orange County – Tuesday, March 13
1 to 2:30 p.m. - HSP Incentives Program
2.30 to 4 p.m. - HSP Demonstration Projects
OC Fair and Event Center – Board Room
88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa
Yuba City – Friday, March 16
9 to 10:30 a.m. - HSP Incentives Program
10:30 a.m. to noon - HSP Demonstration Projects
University of California Cooperative Extension Sutter/Yuba
142 Garden Highway, Yuba City
Webinar – Monday, March 19
9 to 10:30 a.m. - HSP Incentives Program
10:30 a.m. to noon - HSP Demonstration Projects
Webinar – Wednesday, March 21
9 to 10:30 a.m. - HSP Incentives Program
10:30 a.m. to noon - HSP Demonstration Projects
To register for the webinars, please visit the program Web page at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/.
Prospective applicants may contact CDFA’s Grants Office at
For information regarding free-of-charge technical assistance provided by nonprofit organizations, Resource Conservation Districts, and California academic institutions, applicants should refer to www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils.
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This year’s forum takes on special importance with President Trump’s looming proposal to open up nearly the entire California coastline to new offshore oil and gas drilling.
For the first time in history at the forum, there will be a panel dedicated to this pending threat and a conversation about how California’s $7 billion commercial fishing industry will be organizing to oppose the Department of Interior’s dangerous new proposal.
UC Davis fisheries biologists will also be on hand – under the California Salmon Fisheries Panel – presenting recent findings from their study that concluded under present population trends, 45 percent of California’s native salmon are likely to be extinct in the next 50 years due to changed climate conditions and warmer water temperatures.
John Laird, California’s Natural Resources secretary; Charlton Bonham, director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife; and Anthony Williams, vice president of the state Fish and Game Commission will kick off this year’s list of speakers and presenters.
The forum will include presentations and discussion focusing on crab, salmon, sardine, sea urchins, aquaculture and the president’s proposed damaging plans to open up our coast to offshore oil drilling.
The agenda features presentations by state agency leaders, commercial and recreational fishing representatives, and aquaculture producers.
“We have to protect and preserve California’s fisheries and we’re deeply concerned about what the future holds based on threats from the Trump administration’s dangerous plan to reopen the California coast to offshore oil drilling,” McGuire said. “This Thursday’s forum will be focused on the current state of the Fleet, presenting the UC Davis Study on climate change and the decline of California’s salmon population along with a status update from the aquaculture industry.”
Thousands of hard working men and women who are the backbone of California’s fishing and aquaculture industry have been suffering from disastrous seasons for crab, salmon, urchins and sardines, which are the result of poor ocean conditions the last few years.
The hearing begins at 1 p.m. this Thursday and will be held in Room 2040 of the Capitol. The public is welcome to attend the hearing. There is no cost to entry.
The hearing will be livestreamed via the Senate Web site: http://senate.ca.gov/.
For more information about the Fisheries Forum visit the Committee Web site at: http://fisheries.legislature.ca.gov/.
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"Flood insurance may be the only product that stands between you and a crippling financial loss," said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. "California communities have been ravaged by historic floods. I urge consumers to consider flood insurance to protect their most valuable assets."
American National's flood insurance program is a new entry into the private flood insurance market in California and does not replace the National Flood Insurance Program, which currently provides the majority of flood coverage written in the state.
This new residential private flood insurance program offers consumers a number of coverage features, including residential building property, personal property or contents, debris removal, and additional living expenses (ALE) or lost rents. The policy term is 12 months.
"Providing consumers with more choices may lead more residents to consider flood coverage," added Jones. "Many areas of California are subject to flooding from severe storms or heavy rains. I encourage more insurers to consider entering this market."
Last October the department approved a private flood insurance product by Homeowners Choice Property and Casualty Insurance Company. Homeowners Choice also covers residential building property, personal property or contents, debris removal, and ALE. The company is offering limited policies to homeowners and renters whose properties have had no flood claims in the last six years.
Commissioner Jones encourages consumers to prepare for potential disaster by using their smartphone to record a home inventory, catalog their belongings and store them in their cloud account.
Residents should also consider scanning deeds, insurance policies and other important documents and store them in their cloud for easy access.
The department has a number of resources to help consumers with insurance coverage or claim questions.
Consumers with questions or needing assistance should call the consumer hotline at 800-927-4357.