Every sex offender on state parole in California is now being monitored by GPS technology, a major accomplishment that is six months ahead of previous projections, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Matt Cate announced today.

 This week, California Integrated Waste Management Board announced the state has reached an unprecedented 58 percent waste diversion rate – diverting 54 million tons of trash for reuse and recycling.

If you choose to drink and drive this holiday season, those flashing red lights in your rear-view mirror won’t belong to a red-nosed reindeer, but to a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer’s vehicle.

With a new year on the horizon, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) wants to remind motorists of a handful of new laws, passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Schwarzenegger, that go into effect in 2009.

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 The City Councils of both Gridley and Biggs announced the adoption of similar resolutions to oppose Proposition 7; the Solar & Clean Energy Act of 2008.

A well known Gridley farmer gave chase to a small car Monday that had four adult occupants in it after he caught them in his walnut orchard west of town.

 Congressman Wally Herger delivered a speech today criticizing the decision by House Democrats to eliminate the extension of the Secure Rural Schools program from a tax bill today.  Herger has strongly supported a bill including a full reauthorization of SRS and the Payment in lieu of Taxes programs.  That bill recently passed the Senate 93-2: