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Cesar Chavez Day Event in Redding to Support Farmworkers

For the second year in a row, several community organizations are working together to host a donation drive for local farmworkers and their families and we are asking for your support. Last year, we raised over $3000 and distributed truckloads of food, clothing, PPE, and other items to local farm workers. This year, we hope… [Read More]

Support for Lineman Involved in Near-Fatal Train Collision

On March 10, longtime IBEW member and journeyman lineman Phil Merlino and his crew were involved in a near fatal, train/equipment collision in San Bruno, CA while working on the “The Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project (PCEP)” — upgrading and electrifying Caltrain’s 51-mile doubletrack commuter rail system from the 4th and King Caltrain Station in San… [Read More]

IBEW 1245 Member’s Teen Daughter Killed in Car Accident

Five-year IBEW 1245 member Rocky Cardona’s life changed in an instant when a car crash took the life of his 14-year-old daughter and put his wife into the hospital. Cardona’s late daughter Marissa was a talented softball player, and Brother Cardona was a regular fixture at all of her games, even when work took him… [Read More]

1245 Yerington Retirees Club Supports Mason Valley Fire Dept

Yerington IBEW 1245 Retirees’ Club President Tom “T” Bird presented a donation to Mason Valley Fire Department Fire Captain Amy Dodge, to purchase volunteer equipment. Pictured, from left: IBEW Local 1245 retiree and retired Firefighter Jim Hill, EMS Captain Patrick Watson, Yerington High School exchange student Filip Rajpert, EMS Fire Fighter Ron Durst, MVFD Captain… [Read More]

Support for Pregnant IBEW 1245 Member Who Lost Husband to COVID

Eleven-year IBEW 1245 member Nilda Garcia Holguin tragically lost her husband Carlos to COVID-19 complications, just a few short weeks after their wedding. Sister Holguin, who works for PG&E as a traffic control utility worker, is currently pregnant with the couple’s first child, and her family could use our support during this difficult time. Donations… [Read More]

In Memoriam: Cory Winters

It is with a heavy heart that I am reaching out to all of you.  After getting word about not needing a bone marrow transplant and that his leukemia was in remission, we got news that [12-year IBEW 1245 member and PG&E Fremont materials handler] Cory Winters had passed away in his sleep. Cory leaves… [Read More]

Ayeta Scholarship Winners Announced

We are pleased to congratulate Toby Payan and Mike Kerbaugh, the latest winners of IBEW 1245’s Jairus Ayeta Line School Scholarship. They will be attending the Northwest JATC Volta Line School this fall, with all expenses paid by IBEW 1245. Payan, who is from Manteca, is passionate about the opportunity to get into the line… [Read More]

Vacation Sale for Member Whose Daughter Passed Away from Leukemia

Seventeen-year IBEW 1245 member Alan Camper tragically lost his 21-year-old daughter, Quincy, to leukemia in November. Brother Camper, who works as a substation electrician at PG&E, used all his vacation and available time off to support his daughter during this hard-fought battle, and the company has set up a vacation sale to help relieve the… [Read More]

Retiree Perspective: Enrich Your Retirement With a Hobby

The measure of our life can be summed up by the richness of our retirement years. In our youth, many of us struggled for self-sufficiency. Our goal back then was to find a job, buy a home, raise our children and improve our job skills. Most of us did not have the time nor the… [Read More]