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—Sacramento

Sacramento is a California is completing a network of direct current fast charging (DCFC) stations located every 25 to 50 miles along Interstate 5 and other highway corridors that will let electric vehicle owners confidently drive up and down the state.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order in January calling for the state to install 200,000 EV charging stations by 2025. This…

Sacramento going green regardless of Pruitt

Robert J Hansen–Sacramento

Early this month, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced he would revoke carbon limit standards requiring light trucks and cars sold in the United States to average 50 miles per gallon by 2025.

The Obama administration adopted standards in 2012 that would have required automakers to nearly double the average fuel economy of new cars and…

Setting the Example for Legal Marijuana Delivery

Screengrab of Weedmaps.com advertising many marijuana delivery service options in Sacramento. By: Robert J Hansen-Sacramento Among the myriad unlicensed marijuana delivery services operating throughout the Sacramento area, only a few have chosen to comply with the law to deliver safe, regulated cannabis according to officials. Medical marijuana delivery services have been available to customers…

ARC student Peral Calhoun (front right) helps unload canned foods at the Carmichael Seventh-day Adventist Church food pantry, ahead of the holiday season rush. (Photo by Jordan Shcauberger)

By Robert Hansen November 22, 2016 Getting good grades, transferring to the right university and landing a steady job: these are among the worries of the average ARC student, but for a portion of the population there is one more – hunger. With food insecurity amongst college students rising throughout the state, the creation of a food pantry on campus is in the works with the help of students and…

Bera and Jones face off in only debate before election

By Robert Hansen [email protected] https://www.arcurrent.com/news/2016/10/19/jones-and-bera-face-questions-regarding-alleged-sexual-assault-and-campaign-fraud/

The US Security and Exchange Commission litigation update

By Robert J Hansen The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) released to the public two cases of schemes and fraud yesterday that together involve over $100M. The SEC through court-order halted alleged ongoing fraud by the self-proclaimed “Frack Master.” Christopher A. Faulkner spent tens of million of dollars of investors money on lavish meals and entertainment, international travel, cars,…

Trump speaks in Sacramento, 2016 Primaries

Elasticity of safe outdoor activities vs the Second Amendment

via Daily Prompt: Elastic The price of going to a movie, a nightclub and now a music festival is going up. So with the concerns of possible becoming the next victims of a madman, how much will Americans react with the perceived possibility violence while trying to enjoy oneself? It’s kind of an abstract thought but as long as someone still can, at any moment, go into a public area and raise…

Remembering Japanese internment camps

https://www.arcurrent.com/scene/2016/11/23/the-internment-of-japanese-americans-retold-by-survivors/

“SuperTek” new name to lookout for as tech support scams continue despite last year’s FTC crackdown

By Robert J. Hansen Incidents of tech support scams that combine high-pressure scare tactics frightening customers into wasting hundreds of dollars on “tech” repairs and antivirus software continue despite actions by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida. “Once in control of consumers’ computers, defendants run a series of purported diagnostic tests, which, in reality, are nothing…