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.
Agriculture
Agriculture
Newsom threatens mandatory water restrictions if Californians can’t cutback
As drought worsens, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened Monday to impose mandatory water restrictions if residents don’t use less on their own.
Agriculture
Calif. lawmakers demand probe into hedge funds, Harvard buying up water rights
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.
Agriculture, Hanford
Lemoore launches salvo against effort to swipe to Kings River floodwater
The pushback centers on efforts by a Kern County water agency to divert water from the Kings River.
Agriculture, Madera, Travel
Madera Co. OKs incentives for new Oakhurst resort, groundwater policies
A new, major hotel is coming to Oakhurst.
Agriculture, California
Newsom pleaded for water cutbacks amid drought. Californians stopped listening.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has begged Californians to cutback their water use, but March saw water use increase by 19 percent compared to 2020.
Agriculture
State water officials preach conservation as drought worsens
With California experiencing the driest year of record so far, state water officials are preaching conservation amid a bleak outlook as summer approaches.
Agriculture, Hanford, Political Fundraising, Politics
Seat for sale? Kings Co. Supervisor emerges as pricey proxy fight over water
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?
Agriculture, Business, COVID-19
Foster Farms, Valley staffing agencies fined $3.8mil over COVID sick leave
California’s Labor Commissioner set down the seven-figure penalty following a two-year investigation into COVID-related sick leave policies.
Agriculture
Valley’s ‘water blueprint’ makes splash with statewide push for $6.5bil in water funds
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.
