President Trump Puts Jared Kushner In Charge Of Border Wall Construction: Report
JASON HOPKINS IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS REPORTER . The president reportedly tapped his son-in-law Jared Kushner to lead the administration’s effort to complete hundreds of miles of border wall before the end of 2020. President Donald Trump, frustrated over a lack of progress, tapped Kushner, a White House senior adviser, to expedite work on the U.S.-Mexico border […]
The Enemies of American Infrastructure
By Edward Ring Between 2008 and 2019, China opened up 33 high speed rail routes, connecting 39 major cities along four north-south and four east-west main lines. The 18,000 mile network runs trains at an average speed of around 200 miles per hour. By 2030, the Chinese expect to double the mileage of their high speed […]
More Women Donning Hard Hats as a Career: ‘Times Are Changing’
KATIE JERKOVICH, Entertainment Reporter More women in New York City are donning hard hats as a career and one such individual talked about how much she enjoys it. “Times are changing. It’s not just a man’s world anymore,” Tanay Matthews, who works construction with Local 361 union, told CBS2 on Wednesday. (RELATED: Kate Hudson Will Raise Her […]
Metrolink’s Riverside Line Expects Delays Due to Union Pacific Maintenance
LOS ANGELES – Metrolink’s Riverside Line will experience delays of up to 15 minutes from Jan. 2 through March 29 due to Union Pacific Railroad maintenance. In addition to the possible delays, Riverside Line trains 402 and 411 will be canceled and alternate bus service will be provided between Los Angeles Union Station and Riverside – […]
Construction on Casa Pacifica Campus Building Up Great Momentum
Camarillo, CA – In January 2017, Casa Pacifica broke ground on the construction of its “Building New Foundations of Hope” Capital Campaign project. The fundraising portion of the campaign completed, the construction phases are well underway, with the first building – two residential cottages treating substance use in adolescent foster youth completed in February (named the […]
Habitat for Humanity Hosted Southern California Gas Company Volunteers at Oxnard Build Site
Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County On Saturday, September 30th Habit for Humanity of Ventura County hosted over 30 employees from Southern California Gas Company at the construction kick off of 6 new affordable homes at 125 N Hayes Ave in Oxnard. “We are thrilled to host So Cal Gas volunteers as we kick […]
Upcoming Master Contractor Seminar: Employment Law
For more information or to RSVP, Email: [email protected] Call: 805-981-8088 Topic: Employment Law Wage and Hour Laws, Arbitration Agreements, Severance Agreements, Employee Handbooks Speaker: Daniel Spurgeon Senior Associate at The Green Law Group, LLP Employment and Business Law Attorney Tuesday, September 19th 11:00am-12:30pm Where: The Ventura County Contractors Association 1830 Lockwood Street, Suite 110 […]
Voice your opinion! Do you support $52 billion CA tax increase?
Higher gas taxes and car registration fees are not the answer We can fix roads without taking more money from hard-working families Please take a moment to watch this short video on the $52 billion transportation tax increase proposed by Governor Jerry Brown and legislative leaders. Later this week the Legislature is […]
Gold Coast Transit District Awards Contract for Construction of New Facility
Gold Coast Transit District (GCTD), Ventura County’s largest public transportation provider, announced that its Board of Directors voted unanimously to award the construction contract to build the District’s new Administration and Operations Facility to ICON West, Inc. a Los-Angeles based construction company. “After many years of planning and hard work, we are excited to have […]
Port Hueneme medical cannabis clinic coming
By George Miller Technically, using cannabis (marijuana) is illegal per federal law. But that is widely flouted, even by the State of California, the largest in the union, which has had legal medical marijuana use for years and has now opened up “recreational” use as well, via a ballot initiative in November, via Proposition 64. […]
