{"id":361504,"date":"2026-06-15T15:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/361504\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:51:12","slug":"california-honors-caltrans-workers-for-acts-of-heroism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/361504\/","title":{"rendered":"California Honors Caltrans Workers for Acts of Heroism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>District:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/dot.ca.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Headquarters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:\u00a0 Edward Barrera<\/p>\n<p>Email: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 edward.barrera@dot.ca.gov\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento \u2014 California today recognized three Caltrans employees with the Governor\u2019s State Employee Medal of Valor, the highest honor bestowed to public servants who perform extraordinary acts of heroism above and beyond the normal call of duty and at great risk to their own lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The heroism recognized today from these Caltrans employees reflects the extraordinary courage, selflessness and commitment to keep Californians safe. The heroism recognized today from these Caltrans employees reflects the extraordinary courage, selflessness and commitment to keep Californians safe<\/p>\n<p>California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These workers bravely risked their personal safety to provide life-saving service to their communities and the people of California. Today, the entire Caltrans family joins Governor Newsom in honoring their selfless acts and thank them for their willingness to help others.<\/p>\n<p>Caltrans Director Dina El-Tawansy<\/p>\n<p>Receiving the Gold Medal of Valor:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silver and Gold Medal of Valor Recipients\" style=\"height:496px; width:624px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pic-for-news-2026-012.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The annual <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/medalofvalor.ca.gov\/#:~:text=The%20Governor&#039;s%20Medal%20of%20Valor,presented%20by%20Governor%20Edmund%20G.#:~:text=The%20Governor&#039;s%20Medal%20of%20Valor,presented%20by%20Governor%20Edmund%20G.\" target=\"_blank\">State Employee Medal of Valor award<\/a> was first presented by Governor Edmund G. Brown Sr. in 1959.<\/p>\n<p>In the 67 years these medals have been awarded, more than 800 state employees \u2013 including 133 from Caltrans \u2013 have earned medals of valor for their courage and selflessness in the face of danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"District:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Headquarters Contact:\u00a0 Edward Barrera Email: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 edward.barrera@dot.ca.gov\u00a0 Sacramento \u2014 California today recognized three Caltrans employees with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-361504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}