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FDA: Hepatitis A outbreak tied to strawberries from packer with Valley ties
A fruit packing and distribution company whose United States sales office is in Fresno is being investigated by…
May 30, 2022
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.
May 24, 2022
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.
May 23, 2022
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.
May 19, 2022
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.
May 17, 2022
Madera Co. OKs incentives for new Oakhurst resort, groundwater policies
A new, major hotel is coming to Oakhurst.
May 17, 2022
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.
May 11, 2022
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.
May 10, 2022
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?
May 1, 2022
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.
April 27, 2022