Water agency approves 7,000-percent cost increase
The failed protest vote to halt a “basin replenishment fee” to meet SGMA requirements puts added pressure on a major business in the high desert.
Agriculture
Agriculture, Fresno
Fresno Co. to declare emergency due to heatwave-driven cow carcass pile-up
Oddly enough, livestock deaths will take center state at the Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ special meeting Tuesday.
Agriculture
Calif. Assembly kills Friant-Kern Canal funding bill
A bill that would have provided the necessary funds to fix the sagging Friant-Kern Canal was killed by the state legislature on Thursday.
Agriculture, Business, Highlight, Visalia
Resnick takes Pistachio War to Tulare, eyes halting another Assemi pistachio plant
The feud between two mammoth players in California pistachios – Stewart Resnick and the Assemi family – has turned to a new location with a familiar fight.
Agriculture, Bakersfield
Calif. water agency wrestles 7,000-percent cost increase or state takeover
In the Mojave Desert, the long-awaited conflict between California’s ambitious 2014 law to limit groundwater use and the people of California has arrived.
Agriculture, View
Newsom’s water plan previews a future Calif. that ignores history – at its peril
The Water Resilience Portfolio is a controlling mechanism to cover-up past agenda-driven failures and ensure zero accountability on many fronts.
Agriculture, Fresno
Fresno Co. distributed 1mil pieces of PPE for farmworkers
New data from the Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner’s office puts claims into question about a slow response to aid farmworkers.
Agriculture, Fresno
Jack Woolf, Fresno Co. farming legend, dies at 102
Longtime west side Valley farmer John Leroy (Jack) Woolf Jr. passed away on July 28 at the age of 102.
Agriculture, Bakersfield
UFW targets pistachio processor Primex with NLRB complaint over coronavirus
The Wasco pistachio processor claims the farmworker’s union is using the coronavirus crisis to fabricate claims and boost its membership.
Agriculture, Entertainment, Fresno
Big Times are Rolling: Fresno Fair switches to drive-thru format
The Big Fresno Fair will follow other fairs in the region, hosting a drive-thru and virtual format due to the state’s orders preventing large gatherings.