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This time it was for their Aged Gouda, a classic Dutch-style Gouda aged for 24 months.
Also notable, newcomer Moonside Creamery won Best of Show Other Milk Type. Moonside, which started in 2016 and is located in Sebastopol, won with their California Original Smoke Ring, a mixed-milk type of a soft-mold ripened, aged lactic ring, uncooked, unpressed, and ash-coated with a touch of smoked sea salt.
A panel of 11 judges selected from respected cheese merchants, writers, promoters and educators tasted and evaluated 142 California cheeses at Cal Expo on May 9.
A total of 23 California cheese producers, including three new companies entered the 2018 California State Fair Commercial Cheese Competition.
The cheeses are entered by division and class and are evaluated for appearance, aroma, texture and taste.
You can find a complete list of the award-winning cheeses at www.CAStateFair.org/california-commercial-cheese .
The California State Fair will recognize Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co. and Moonside Creamery at a special press event on the steps of State Capitol on June 21.
Later that evening, the winning producers will be invited to sample their cheeses at the Best of California Tasting Reception at Cal Expo held prior to the California State Fair Gala, benefiting The Friends of the CA State Fair.
You can find more information about the Gala and The Best of California Tasting Event at www.CAStateFair.org/gala .
The Commercial Cheese Competition winners will also be presenting during the CA State Fair Taste of California Experience Classes, July 13 to 29.
Fair guests can learn how to taste, pair, and use the best California cheeses during these classes taught by experts. Registration for these classes will begin soon.
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The winners were recognized at the California Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Day at the Capitol on April 24.
Yadav’s story is a classic tale of someone who pulled himself from an entry-level job to the very top of the restaurant industry. He has gone from being a fry cook at a Jack in the Box in 1984 – a skill he can teach to this day – to being the country's largest operator of the same restaurant concept.
Yadav emigrated from India to America in 1981 when he was 17 years old in the hopes of a better education and life. With his family, he lived in a small, two-room house in San Francisco.
He soon went to work for a Jack in the Box restaurant on El Camino Real, just three blocks from his house, where he landed a position as a fry cook making tacos. Over time, Yadav was promoted to better fryer positions, then to team leader, assistant manager, and finally, restaurant manager of the same store.
In 1989, he applied and was accepted to be a franchisee with Jack in the Box, and with help from his friends and family, was able to purchase that same restaurant, Jack #516, in San Francisco.
Today, Yadav, who is still based in the Bay Area, owns 221 Jack in the Box locations in Northern California and Texas. He is a majority owner, with his partner Ali Morovat, in the Jack in the Box restaurants in Lake County.
He now also owns and operates 75 TGI Friday's, 37 Denny's, 10 El Pollo Locos, nine Corner Bakery Cafés and five Sizzler locations.
He leads his empire with an open-door policy and an emphasis on doing the right thing, being honest, and working hard. His motto is, “You only get lucky if you do things right.”
In addition to running his vast business, Yadav helps countless others through his partnerships with Denny’s “No Kid Hungry” campaign, Jack in the Box’s “Blessings in a Backpack,” the March of Dimes, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. In addition, he contributes to a program of international broadcaster Univision to provide scholarships to high-achieving Hispanic students.
“Anil exemplifies the spirit of this award, and we are thrilled to name him as a recipient,” CRAF Executive Director Alycia Harshfield said. “From his humble roots to overseeing the vast organization that he does today, he inspires greatness.”
In addition, Yadav is a national recipient of this award by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.
The restaurant and foodservice profession is one of the most diverse in the United States. Restaurants employ more minority managers than any other kind of business. Women represent 55 percent of the restaurant workforce, and more than a fourth of all foodservice managers are foreign-born.
The Faces of Diversity Awards program honors individuals in the restaurant community who have realized the American dream through hard work, determination and enterprise.
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Moreover, total April revenues of $18.03 billion were higher than estimates in the governor’s FY 2018-19 proposed budget by 5.3 percent.
For the first 10 months of the 2017-18 fiscal year that began in July, total revenues of $107.13 billion are $4.72 billion above estimates in the enacted budget and $3.82 billion higher than January’s revised fiscal year-to-date predictions. Total fiscal year-to-date revenues are $10.25 billion higher than for the same period in FY 2016-17.
For April, personal income tax, or PIT, receipts of $14.17 billion were $715.9 million, or 5.3 percent, higher than estimated in January. For the fiscal year, PIT receipts are $2.58 billion higher than anticipated in the proposed budget. Traditionally, April is the state’s peak month of PIT collection.
April corporation taxes of $2.40 billion were $78.4 million higher than forecasted in the governor’s proposed budget. For the fiscal year to date, total corporation tax receipts are 13.5 percent above assumptions released in January.
Sales tax receipts of $946.1 million for April were $139.1 million, or 17.2 percent, higher than anticipated in the governor’s FY 2018-19 budget proposal. For the fiscal year, sales tax receipts are in line with the proposed budget’s expectations.
Unused borrowable resources through April exceeded January projections by 36.9 percent. Outstanding loans of $4.52 billion were $6.35 billion less than the governor’s proposed budget expected the state would need by the end of April. The loans were financed entirely by borrowing from internal state funds.
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Attorney General Becerra announced this week that the California Department of Justice sent letters to communication service providers encouraging companies to inform customers with identified Internet Protocol, or IP, addresses that their devices may contain the malware.
The finding stems from a cyberattack that occurred in March 2018. Malware attacks involve the installation of unwelcome software without the user’s consent. The impacted devices receive and obey commands from an outside common source.
“We know that once a computer is infected with malware, the malware operators virtually own that device and can do most anything they want. That’s why it is critical that we continue to identify cybercrimes and take action against those who deploy malware,” said Becerra. “Today we took steps to identify one of these cyberattacks. We continue to analyze the malware and work to hold the attackers accountable.”
“This type of cyber-attack is a persistent approach for bad actors. Both hackers and organized crime entities use networks of compromised computers or 'bots' to transmit malware or to launch attacks to disrupt nearly any computer system, including critical infrastructure and our personal networks,” said Cal OES Director Mark Ghilarducci. “The California Cybersecurity Integration Center is working jointly with the Attorney General’s Office to identify these bad actors and their networks and get them shut down. We must continue preparing for and responding to cyber events with precision, and that requires a proactive approach.”
Malware attacks can lead to an outside source using someone’s device to send spam, steal data, place ransomware programs on computers, turn computer cameras or microphones on, or use the computer to store data.
Attorney General Becerra is committed to containing the spread, operation, and impact of cyberattacks and educating consumers in California about how best to protect themselves from cybercrime.