Calif. officials ban watering “useless” grass over drought worries
Brown lawns are on the horizon as California head into summer – but not all turf is on the chopping block.
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Brown lawns are on the horizon as California head into summer – but not all turf is on the chopping block.
As drought worsens, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened Monday to impose mandatory water restrictions if residents don’t use less on their own.
Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D–Bakersfield) joined a call for the Justice Department to review hedge funds’ mass-scale acquisition of water rights in California and the western U.S.
The pushback centers on efforts by a Kern County water agency to divert water from the Kings River.
A new, major hotel is coming to Oakhurst.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has begged Californians to cutback their water use, but March saw water use increase by 19 percent compared to 2020.
With California experiencing the driest year of record so far, state water officials are preaching conservation amid a bleak outlook as summer approaches.
Has a seat on the sleepy Kings County Board of Supervisors become a proxy fight for control of water flows in the southern San Joaquin Valley?
California’s Labor Commissioner set down the seven-figure penalty following a two-year investigation into COVID-related sick leave policies.
A coalition of Southern California, Bay Area, and trade groups joined the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley in pressing Sacramento for long-term water improvements.