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Muscle Matrix Gym in Hidden Valley Lake celebrated this prestigious designation with a
ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 28.
In addition to the ribbon cutting, the celebration included a Zumba class benefiting breast cancer charities, a 20th-anniversary celebration of the gym's boot camp program, and the announcement of a month-long fitness challenge winner.
As owners of the facility, Nate and Lara provide Lake County with a community-oriented, friendly, and professional facility that provides fun and engaging classes, the latest in fitness equipment, and a variety of fitness trainers to meet their members’ health and fitness needs.
Blue Zones Project - Lake County approved Muscle Matrix Gym for its implementation of various health and wellness programs.
“Partnering with Blue Zones was a natural fit because we value and believe in the principles that the project instills to better our lives and enrich our community. We believe that we can make progress in making Lake County healthier by creating strong partnerships such as this,” said Lara Keyser.”
“We are thrilled that Muscle Matrix Gym is committed to helping their customers make healthy choices, and for their efforts to spread the principles of the Blue Zones to our community,” said Blue Zones Project - Lake County Executive Director Jamey Gill. “As we continue our journey towards making Lake County a healthier and happier place to live, work, and play, partnerships like this are crucial to our success."
Brought to Lake County through an innovative sponsorship by Adventist Health and Blue Zones, LLC, Blue Zones Project is a community-by-community well-being improvement initiative designed to enable community members to live longer, happier lives with lower rates of chronic diseases and a higher quality of life.
To learn more about becoming a Blue Zones Project Approved™ organization or worksite, contact the Blue Zones Project team in Lake County at
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Award reflects company’s consistent level of customer service
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — Heritage Pest Management is proud to announce that it has earned the home service industry’s coveted Angi Super Service Award, or SSA.
This award honors service professionals who have maintained high service ratings and reviews on Angi in 2023.
“At Angi, we’re committed to celebrating Jobs Done Well, which can only be accomplished with the partnership and support of top pro like our 2023 Super Service Award Winners,” said Angie Hicks, chief customer officer, Angi. “These outstanding, local businesses have helped homeowners improve, maintain and repair their homes this year and got top reviews from these homeowners while doing so. Congratulations to this year's Super Service Award winners.”
Angi Super Service Award 2023 winners have met eligibility requirements. Pros on Angi qualify for the award by receiving three or more reviews in the same category with an average rating of at least 4.5 stars during review period (Nov. 1 to Oct. 31), have a lifetime rating of at least 4.5 stars, and are in good standing and active on Angi.
Heritage Pest Management has been on Angi since mid 2022. This is their first year to receive this honor.
Service company ratings are updated continually on Angi as new, verified consumer reviews are submitted. Companies are rated in multiple fields ranging from price to professionalism to punctuality.
For over two decades Angi has been a trusted name for connecting consumers to top-rated service professionals. Angi provides unique tools and support designed to improve the local service experience for both consumers and service professionals.
Heritage Pest Management of Wine Country is a locally owned and operated company offering superior pest control solutions to residential, commercial and industrial customers throughout Wine Country, California (Napa, Lake and Sonoma counties).
Heritage Pest Management offers custom-tailored pest control protection plans to meet every individual customer’s needs while being environmentally conscious.
From perimeter treatments around structures for ground crawling insects, to rodent proofing, flying insect management, haz-mat clean-outs, termite treatments, pest inspections, bird/bat eradication, wildlife control/trapping and even blown-in pest control insulation, they have you covered.
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. — Mediacom Communications recognized two Clearlake residents who achieved the company’s top performance rankings and earned regional awards for outstanding broadband services in 2023.
This month, an award ceremony was held with corporate executives, where the Clearlake-based individuals were recognized for their high performance in 2023.
Franklin Johnson is a senior-level broadband specialist and was named the “Area Operations Employee of the Year” in the technical operations category. The Clearlake resident has been employed by Mediacom for 20 years.
Vladimir Lopez has been a Mediacom employee for seven years and received the “People’s Choice Award” at the ceremony with corporate leaders. Lopez is a senior-level broadband specialist and was one of 40 employees to receive a system-level award.
Companywide, Mediacom employs 4,000 people, and the award recipients were among 195 employees recognized for performance achievements over the past year.
Award recipients receive a monetary bonus and other employee recognition.
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The California Labor Federation, or CLF, will use these funds to provide guidance and information on available job-related assistance and services to more than 2,229 dislocated workers represented by 19 California Teamster Locals.
“This closure impacts thousands of workers across the state of California.” said EDD Director Nancy Farias. “It’s imperative that we provide nimble assistance to these affected individuals as they navigate the support systems available to them.”
The CLF will use the funds to establish a team to work closely with the affected Teamster Locals to connect the dislocated workers with job placement services, and training designed to help them quickly reintegrate into the workforce.
Supportive services will be provided in partnership America’s Job Center of California, or AJCC, locations across California.
CLF’s team members will visit each of the 19 Teamster Locals to identify and connect with the workers needing assistance.
Team members will provide guidance and resources to ensure the dislocated workers receive the necessary supportive services during this transition.
In addition to awarding these funds, the EDD will also be a key partner in providing services to the dislocated workers.
Services by the EDD will include prescreening at the AJCCs to assess the workers’ needs, assistance with mass recruitments, orientations, enrollments, and targeted job fairs, customer service delivery and workshops, and other assistance as needed.
Funding for this grant was provided through discretionary funds made available to Governor Gavin Newsom in accordance with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and administered by the EDD and the California Labor & Workforce Development Agency.
For more information about this outreach effort, contact Cesar Lara, the Director of Workforce and Economic Development for the California Labor Federation Workforce, at 1-831-444-5060.
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