Tips For Sending Flowers This Mother’s Day
Sending flowers this Mother’s Day? While ordering online, you could just send flowers from any floral website, but armed with a little insight and some easy-to-follow tips, you’ll make a lasting impression with Mom. Mother’s Day is the biggest holiday for flower deliveries nationwide, as Americans spend a whopping $1.9 billion each year, according to [...]
California Aims to Keep Teens Alive
The California Highway Patrol (CHP), Impact Teen Drivers, the California Office of Traffic Safety and Burbank city officials joined today to raise awareness of a public health epidemic: reckless and distracted driving. Reckless and distracted driving is the number one killer of teens in the United States, and in California alone, 20 percent of collisions [...]
This Mother’s Day Get Her Something That Lasts
This Mother’s Day, skip the bouquet and get mom something she will really use. Whether she’s a serious chef wanting to expand her culinary repertoire, or an everyday cook hoping to save time on food prep, use the gift-giving opportunity to beef-up Mom’s kitchen. For example, a high-quality zester or grater will help make following [...]
California Smokers’ Helpline
Do you smoke? Would you like to quit? You’re not alone! There are now more former smokers in California than current smokers. To join the growing number of former smokers, begin by calling the California Smokers’ Helpline at 1-800-NO-BUTTS. Quitting smoking is not only good for your health but for those around you as well. [...]
Make Sure You Dispose of your Unused Prescription Drugs Properly
What do you do with your unused prescription pills and over-the-counter medications? Do you throw them away? Flush them down the toilet? Simply leave them in your cabinet for a rainy day? Doing any of the above can provoke tragic consequences including enabling the drugs to get into the wrong hands or find their way [...]
Lake County Board of Supervisor Anthony Farrington Announces Candidacy for Californias Fourth Assembly District
Anthony Farrington, 43, announced his candidacy for California’s Fourth Assembly District, a seat currently represented by Assemblymember Mariko Yamada who will be termed out in 2014. He is a registered Democrat. Farrington is now in his fourth term on the Lake County Board of Supervisors elected in 2001. He holds a bachelor’s degree in International [...]
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association Applauds the Golden Gate Bridge’s Move to All-Electronic Tolling
For the first time since the Golden Gate Bridge opened 76 years ago, drivers can now move freely through the toll plaza without stopping. All-electronic toll collection went into effect on March 27th, and is a trend occurring across the country, according to Patrick Jones, Executive Director and CEO of the International Bridge, Tunnel and [...]
Safe Haven Patrons will Continue to Pay it Forward
The ‘pay it forward’ project originating with Safe Haven Drop-In Center patrons in November 2012 will continue. For the past four months the participants have been writing down the pay-it-forward gestures they have done, and sealed them in envelopes. On March 15, the group met for the ‘opening of the envelopes’ and found that the [...]
CHP Senior Driving Class Aims to Keep Everone Safe
California’s senior population is proving to be one of the fastest growing driving-age demographics in the state. It is estimated, there will be over six million residents age 65 and older in California by the year 2020. Knowing that much of this community still relies on driving as their primary means of transportation, the California [...]
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