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Calif.’s water woes are an endless blame game. Here’s the hidden culprit.
"The people in charge of supplying the farms and cities with water are not being held accountable for failures," writes Hammonds.
Calif.’s drought cure starts with adapting to changing circumstances
Gov. Gavin Newsom, and state and Federal water officials are calling for a temporary shift to save and store water after intense storms. It's time for California's Water Board to heed the call, writes Willam Bourdeau.
Drought doom paralyzed California. Now, we’re dumping water into the ocean.
'Only in California can you have the ability to save several years’ worth of water demand, be fortunate enough to have it met by Mother Nature, and have your fellow man waste it all.'
Credit card ‘swipe’ fees are crippling small businesses
Small businesses that are barely escaping the pandemic crush are facing a new challenge: skyrocketing credit card swipe fees.
Low-income patients are getting short changed on prescription price discounts. Here’s why.
Key health care players taking advantage of a federal program for far too long, netting billions for themselves while access to care for low-income patients dwindles.
Water shortages are pushing Calif. farms, communities to the brink. Pricey water sales aren’t the answer.
"Thanks to limited planning, California's water supplies continue to shrink, communities are being pushed to the brink, and little headway is being made to generate long-term solutions to our state's water issues."
Naysayers are wrong. Measure E is an investment in Fresno Co.’s future.
When it comes to the tax measure benefiting Fresno State, "we must think of the big picture," writes former Fresno State football player David Tangipa.
Election headwinds are blowing hard for Calif. Dems. The Central Valley is the eye of the storm.
Things are starting to tilt away from Democrats in California's battleground districts as the state continues its tradition of breaking against national trends, writes north Valley political consultant Joshua Whitfield.
Amid worst-ever drought, Calif.’s top water agency is focused – on fighting racism
When did California's top water agency change from a bureaucracy administering water rights to an arbitrator and avenger of unrelated injustices? When Californians got too tired to call the agency to account.
‘Buy American’ bill a common sense move to keep U.S. food producers flourishing
A bill on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk "ensures that our schoolchildren access nutritious, American-grown foods produced under the strictest safety standards in the world," writes State Sen. Anna Caballero (D–Salinas).
