POLICY & POLITICS
Valley:
Wonderful Community Grants - Application Deadline is August 31st
Wonderful Company
The Wonderful Company is investing $600,000 to support local organizations in the communities of Avenal, Wasco, Sanger/Del Rey, and Delano/McFarland where a large number of our employees call home.
Foundation aims to help local nonprofits raise funds with new technology
Bakersfield Californian
Nonprofits around Bakersfield do a lot of good.
REPLACE your vehicle through Drive Clean in the San Joaquin!
Valley Air
The Valley Air District is very excited to share with you the launch of our Drive Clean in the San Joaquin vehicle replacement option.
Breathing Fire: California's Central Valley Bears the Brunt of Harmful Wildfire Smoke
KQED Science
Worsening wildfires linked to the weather, climate change and forest management policies are causing unprecedented smoke pollution across the West and beyond, creating public health risks and undermining decades of air quality gains.
Saint Agnes ranks among top 50 regional California hospitals
Fresno Bee
Saint Agnes Medical Center has made the U.S. News & World Report list of 50 top regional hospitals in California in 2018.
Fresno County Launches $111 Million Mental Health Push For Children
Valley Public Radio
We’re at the start of another school year. And that means more than just a focus on basic academic skills. In Fresno County there’s a new push to address mental health and wellbeing.
Warszawski: Nunes’ ad strategy: When you have no confidence in your message, attack the messenger
Fresno Bee
Officially, Congressman Devin Nunes is running for re-election to the House of Representatives in California’s 22nd district against challenger Andrew Janz in November. Unofficially, Nunes is campaigning against The Fresno Bee.
See also:
● EDITORIAL: The Fresno Bee is not the enemy. We are Americans, and part of the Valley, like you Fresno Bee
● Actor Jim Carrey: ‘I’d like to get Devin Nunes out of there forever Fresno Bee
Anti-Trump protesters shout down Kevin McCarthy in Sacramento
Fresno Bee
Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Bakersfield, faced protests in Sacramento for his stance on immigration and alignment with President Donald Trump.
See also:
● House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy greeted by protesters who interrupt his GOP sales pitch in Sacramento Los Angeles Times
● McCarthy stares down immigration protesters Politico
● A Conversation with Congressman Kevin McCarthy Public Policy Institute of California
● McCarthy praises Trump policy over "backwards" California—and is met with protest CALmatters
● Kevin McCarthy says CA election will turn on gas tax CALmatters
Valadao irked by immigration protest outside his home
Bakersfield Californian
Congressman David Valadao is criticizing a civil rights organization that sent a group of protesters to his Hanford home Wednesday morning with his wife and three children inside. Valadao wasn't home at the time.
Fact check: Do you have to quit your job to be on Fresno City Council?
Fresno Bee
Fresno Unified trustee Brooke Ashjian has taken to Twitter multiple times now insisting that Miguel Arias, the district’s chief information officer, plans to keep his job if elected to the District 3 Fresno City Council seat and is asking for time off work to campaign.
Will Oliver submits campaign paperwork
Madera Tribune
Madera City Councilman (and former Maddy alum) Will Oliver of District 3 raises his hand to swear after signing paperwork to run for a second term Wednesday.
Tracy police chief abruptly fired
Stockton Record
The Tracy Police Department chief is out. Chief Larry Esquivel was fired Tuesday by the city of Tracy after two years on the job, confirmed by numerous news outlets.
State:
Gavin Newsom has big, liberal plans for California. So how would he pay for them?
Sacramento Bee
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is promising an ambitious agenda for California in his campaign for governor. All of it would be expensive. But Newsom isn’t saying exactly how he’d pay for his ideas.
GOP Gov Candidate John Cox Shares Story Comparing Long Calif DMV Waits To Holocaust
CAPRadio
Republican gubernatorial candidate and businessman John Cox told a story during a California DMV visit on Wednesday that compared the much-criticized long lines and waits to surviving concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Don't split up California — make it even bigger
Los Angeles Times
Billionaire techbro Tim Draper announced last week he would no longer try to split California into three states. Phew.
Every Calif. Dem wants to face Trump in ’20: Who’s for real?
San Francisco Chronicle
It is time to take a waaay too early look at the field of Golden State Democrats sniffing a run for the White House. We asked several political consultants, Republicans and Democrats, to break down their strengths and weaknesses.
Federal:
EDITORIAL: President Trump, end your war on our free press
Sacramento Bee
No American president, or any city council member, for that matter, has ever unreservedly delighted in the way he or she was presented in the press. But President Donald Trump has veered into unfamiliar and perilous territory with his unceasing all-out assault on the free press and the First Amendment.
See also:
● Trump must end his war on journalists Modesto Bee
● We’re not your enemy. We’re journalists who cover the real news of SLO County SLO Tribune
● Commentary: Trump damages First Amendment CALmatters
● A Free Press Needs You New York Times
● The Freedom of the Press Is Yours The Atlantic
● Freedom: 350 papers editorialize to preserve America’s free press Poynter
● Hundreds Of Newspapers Denounce Trump's Attacks On Media In Coordinated Editorials NPR
● America’s Newspapers Just Played Right Into Trump’s Hands Politico
● Free Press Gets a Boost With Senate Resolution Declaring It Is Not the Enemy Roll Call
Trump ushering in era of greater diversity in politics (unintentionally!): COLUMN
ABC News
Last week, as the country marked the anniversary of the violent Charlottesville protests and the hate that bubbled up to the surface in America on that fateful day, I wrote a column about a president and certain political commentators pushing division and discrimination because they are upset about “demographic changes” in America.
Trump, Seeking to Relax Cyberattack Rules, Reverses Obama Directive
WSJ
President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum governing how and when the U.S. government can deploy cyberweapons against its adversaries, in an effort to loosen restrictions on such operations, according to people familiar with the action.
Trump revokes security clearance for former CIA Director Brennan, and has 9 more critics in his sights
Los Angeles Times
President Trump on Wednesday announced he was revoking the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a prominent and frequent critic, citing what the president called his “erratic conduct and behavior.”
CNBC
President Donald Trump's military parade this fall is shaping up to cost $80 million more than initially estimated.
White House Takes Aim At Financial Protections For Military
NPR
The Trump administration is taking aim at a law designed to protect military service members from getting cheated by shady lending practices.
Democrats Discard Washington Platform in Bid for House Control
New York Times
House Democrats, looking to wrest control of the chamber from Republicans in November, are discarding the lessons of successful midterms past and pressing only a bare-bones national agenda, leaving it to candidates to tailor their own messages to their districts.
Republicans try to make 'liberal' attack line stick in new ad campaign
Washington Post
It’s a strategy straight out of the 1990s. The question is whether it has mileage this century.
See also:
EDITORIAL: Dear Nancy Pelosi: It’s not about you, it’s about your party and country. Forget being speaker Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Is Trump finally ready to turn his sights toward remaking the 9th Circuit Court?
Los Angeles Times
There’s been a noticeable exception to President Trump’s otherwise successful effort to appoint young, conservative judges to the nation’s appellate courts: the liberal-leaning U.S. 9th Circuit, which has jurisdiction over California and eight other Western states.
EDITORIAL: The Senate needs to see more of Judge Kavanaugh’s records
Los Angeles Times
Democrats are complaining that Republicans who control the U.S. Senate are in a rush to confirm Brett Kavanaugh for a seat on the Supreme Court without an adequate airing of his record.
Other:
The sprawling, intrusive administrative state is keeping you unwell
Washington Post
Governments, seemingly eager to supply their critics with ammunition, constantly validate historian Robert Conquest: The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies. Consider North Carolina’s intervention in the medical-devices market.
How to Have Bullfights in California? Use Velcro.
New York Times
Every year in the Central Valley, Portuguese-Americans bring bullfighters from overseas and put on huge festivals — but shed no blood.
AGRICULTURE/FOOD
‘No one wins in a trade war.’ Ag advocates urge Trump to end tariffs standoff
Fresno Bee
Agricultural advocates in California are ratcheting up the pressure on the White House as a months-long trade dispute threatens to cost the industry billions of dollars and potentially put farmers out of business.
See also:
● Port of Oakland exports drop as trade war escalates San Francisco Chronicle
Heat wave brings early harvest for Valley farmers
ABC30
Valley farmers have seen some crops come into season a little early, in part, because of last month's extended heatwave.
Firms That Bossed Agriculture for a Century Face New Threat: Farmers
WSJ
Running expanded, consolidated operations, farms are pushing Cargill and ADM for better prices and are sometimes competing with them directly
Report Finds Traces of a Controversial Herbicide in Cheerios and Quaker Oats
New York Times
An environmental research and advocacy group has found traces of a controversial herbicide in Cheerios, Quaker Oats and other breakfast foods that it says could increase cancer risk for children.
New York Times Magazine
Almond growing in California is a $7.6 billion industry that wouldn’t be possible without the 30 billion bees (and hundreds of human beekeepers) who keep the trees pollinated — and whose very existence is in peril.
A ‘hand up’: Stockton group distributing free food to communities in need
Stockton Record
Oasis Church Pastors Joey Steelman and Jenifer Steelman started Helping Hands in 2010 to give people a “hand up.” Its volunteers distribute free food, and most importantly hope, throughout Stockton, according to the organization.
Parent of Corona beer bets $3.8 billion on U.S. love of marijuana
Los Angeles Times
Constellation Brands Inc., which for seven decades has made its money off beer, wine and whiskey, sees its future in a marijuana leaf.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE / FIRE / PUBLIC SAFETY
Crime:
Uber as a tool to fight sex trafficking? Here’s how that would work
Modesto Bee
With hundreds of area drivers giving rides at all times of the day, Uber can be a valuable tool in fighting human trafficking, an audience of largely criminal-justice professionals was told Wednesday.
Public Safety:
Los Angeles Times
California lawmakers haven’t released the details of landmark legislation meant to overhaul the way judges assign bail, but the bill’s former supporters are raising alarm over possible changes that could give judges more power to incarcerate a wide array of people.
Legislators to decide fate of police accountability bills
San Francisco Chronicle
California Democrats launched two major legislative efforts this year to make police misconduct records publicly accessible and tighten rules for when officers can use lethal force.
See also:
● EDITORIAL: California needs to shine a light on police misconduct Los Angeles Times
Police unions battle use of force legislation
CALmatters
Los Angeles’ police union made clear Wednesday the depth of officers’ opposition to legislation that would toughen the standard for using deadly force.
Reform the Prisons Without Going Soft on Crime
WSJ
Proposals to give judges more discretion and cut mandatory minimums endanger public safety.
Fire:
Wildfire spreading on eastern edge of San Joaquin Valley
Fresno Bee
Cal Fire is fighting a wildfire in Tulare County that has spread to 150 acres. The fire agency tweeted Wednesday afternoon that the River Fire was burning near Old Stage Road and White River Road east of Terra Bella, southeast of Porterville.
‘This is NOT your fault!’ People reach out to couple whose trailer sparked Carr Fire
Fresno Bee
Rachel Pilli of Redding, California, wanted to reach out to the couple whose trailer sparked near Whiskeytown and started the Carr Fire. Since posting her plea on Facebook, Pilli has received an ‘ocean of compassion’ for the couple.
See also:
● California's largest fire ever keeps growing Los Angeles Times
● Carr Fire’s horrendous tornado captured in newly released videos San Francisco Chronicle
● Mendocino Complex crews light fires to make progress San Francisco Chronicle
‘There’s still a lot of work to be done.’ Ferguson Fire full containment date moved up
Sierra Star
The Ferguson Fire is inching toward its end, contained by 87 percent as of Wednesday, though firefighters say full containment won’t be soon as expected.
Growing fires exhaust state’s firefighting force
San Francisco Chronicle
More than 13,000 firefighters from California and beyond have responded to over a dozen aggressive wildfires that had burned 726,329 acres as of Sunday throughout the state in the deadliest fire season for personnel since 2008. Six firefighters have died this year.
Yosemite National Park Reopens to Visitors
New York Times
Nearly three weeks after a wildfire closed Yosemite Valley to the public, park officials welcomed back visitors on Tuesday.
See also:
● Yosemite Tourist Towns Lose Millions Of Dollars In Business As Ferguson Firefight Continues Public CEO
Trump's tariffs make lumber more expensive as California recovers from wildfires
ABC News
As hundreds of families begin rebuilding after their homes were destroyed or damaged by the wildfires in California the Trump administration's trade policies could increase the price tag for building new homes.
ECONOMY / JOBS
Economy:
The U.S. economy is thriving. Can Republicans ride that to a midterm upset?
Washington Post
Trump says his economy and charisma can stop a “blue wave.” But he has to win over white women again.
See also:
● Opinion: Possibly Trump’s stupidest tweet ever Washington Post
Banks Say No Thanks to Volcker Rule Changes
WSJ
A proposal by Trump-appointed regulators to ease restrictions on trading could hurt large banks, firms say
EDITORIAL: The state Supreme Court adds a little clarity on high-interest loans, but not enough
Los Angeles Times
The California Supreme Court struck what seemed like an important blow for consumers this week, unanimously declaring that the rates on some consumer loans can be so burdensome and so onerous that they are illegal; lenders, the court said, are not free to impose whatever interest rates and terms they please on desperate borrowers, but must stick within limits.
Jobs:
Stockton’s unclassified employees say some of city’s hiring practices are unfair
Stockton Record
A union of unclassified employees is claiming the city of Stockton’s hiring practices for certain departments is unfair, and is calling for an investigation.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders made a false claim about black employment. She's issued a rare apology
Los Angeles Times
President Trump and administration officials frequently overstate the strength of the labor market and their role in it, but now, a top White House official has admitted she went too far with the latest claim about black employment.
Artificial Intelligence May Help Match Veterans with Civilian Jobs
Roll Call
One of the problems military veterans have long faced is matching their skills learned in the armed forces to the needs of civilian employers, an issue Congress continues to grapple with in the fiscal 2019 spending bills.
EDUCATION
K-12:
Looking for childcare in Fresno? Be ready for waitlists, high costs and to quit your job
Fresno Bee
A new study from the UC Berkeley Early Childhood Think Tank and the American Institutes for Research found that the San Joaquin Valley doesn’t have enough daycare and preschool spots for its population of young children, which will continue to grow through 2030.
More than 6,500 students are going back to class across 13 schools in the district.
ABC30
More than 6,500 students are going back to class across 13 schools in the district. Almost 30 percent are attending Selma High.
See also:
● Happy, scary and ready to go: A new school year begins Bakersfield Californian
Lights out on the first day back to school for high schoolers in Easton
ABC30
The excitement of the first day of school was tempered Tuesday by a sudden power outage in Easton. Students and staff at Washington Union ended up going home after second period.
Happy, scary and ready to go: A new school year begins
Bakersfield Californian
It was the first day of school all across the city, and Devahl, now in her ninth year as principal, and 22nd as an educator, knows the importance of setting the tone on the first day.
Require ethnic studies to graduate high school? California inches closer to the idea
CALmatters
The Legislature this week scaled back a bill to make California the first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation.
Southeast Asians want their history taught
CALmatters
More than 100 Southeast Asian immigrants, many wearing old uniforms from their work with the US military, came to the Capitol Wednesday to support legislation requiring the state to develop curriculum public schools to teach kids about Vietnamese refugees and the Cambodian genocide.
Walters: California has big void in educational information
CALmatters
Knowledge, it’s been said, is power. The more you learn about something that affects you, the more you can influence that something.
RAND
This report presents findings from a 2016 American Teacher Panel survey, which gathered information about teachers' instructional materials for mathematics, their understanding of their mathematics standards, and their standards-aligned practices.
Teachers in the US are even more segregated than students
Brookings
An increasing amount of evidence shows that alignment in the racial or ethnic identity of teachers and students is associated with a range of positive student outcomes, from test scores to disciplinary actions to teacher expectations.
Higher Ed:
Fresno State readies for record number of students in fall semester
Fresno State News
Classes at Fresno State will resume on Thursday, Aug. 23, with a projected enrollment of over 25,200 students — an all-time high — for the University’s 108th academic year.
Remedial Education Reforms at California’s Community Colleges
PPIC
California’s community colleges are in the midst of a major transformation of developmental education.
Education Funding, Eaten Up by Pell Grants, Once Again on Menu
Roll Call
While military and health care costs have received plenty of airtime in recent years, the federal education budget hasn’t gotten a thorough vetting on the Senate floor since 2007.
ENVIRONMENT/ ENERGY
Environment:
Trash, human waste pile up along Tule River, Tulare County deputies are fed up
Visalia Times-Delta
Trash, beer bottles, used feminine hygiene products and graffiti were piling up along Tule Canyon. A Tulare County deputy noticed the increase in visitors along with the spike in trash and decided to do something about it.
Once almost extinct, Kern’s wood ducks taking flight
Bakersfield Californian
Once threatened with near extinction, one of California’s most beautiful waterfowl is making a comeback along the Kern River.
Keep California oil in the ground? The goal is good, but the policy doesn't pencil out
Los Angeles Times
California has made significant strides against climate change except when it comes to transportation. Since 2012, per capita greenhouse gas emissions from cars, trucks and airplanes have been rising by about 1.5% a year.
See also:
● Judge orders Keystone XL pipeline review in setback for Trump Reuters
REPLACE your vehicle through Drive Clean in the San Joaquin!
Valley Air
The Valley Air District is very excited to share with you the launch of our Drive Clean in the San Joaquin vehicle replacement option.
California v nutria: state seeks to eradicate scourge of giant rodents
The Guardian
As the dog-sized creatures destroy wetlands and dig through levees, officials have a goal: total extermination
My turn: CA can lead on climate change and housing equity
CALmatters
Californians are reeling this summer. Climate change has never been so obvious, the largest wildfire in California history smolders in Mendocino County, and soaring housing costs are squeezing families that are already pushed to their limit. In the final days of the legislative session, one bill could help spur affordable housing while addressing climate change.
Climate Adaptation and Resilience from a Community Development Perspective
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
What is ‘climate adaptation’ and ‘resilience’? What are the challenges and opportunities for the community development field in the area of climate adaptation? What is ‘climate gentrification’?
Energy:
Visalia homes powered by generators as SCE races to replace cables
Visalia Times-Delta
A cluster of homes in southwest Visalia are running on generators after a power outage was reported late Tuesday night.
First came the proclamations against Trump's offshore drilling plan. Now comes the legislation
Los Angeles Times
When the Trump administration proposed opening California waters to drilling on an unprecedented scale, state leaders said they would do whatever it takes to keep new oil operations at bay. But promises only go so far.
The San Onofre nuclear plant is a 'Fukushima waiting to happen'
Los Angeles Times
Southern California Edison is keeping 3.6 million pounds of lethal radioactive waste at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant in San Clemente.
HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES
Health:
Breathing Fire: California's Central Valley Bears the Brunt of Harmful Wildfire Smoke
KQED Science
Worsening wildfires linked to the weather, climate change and forest management policies are causing unprecedented smoke pollution across the West and beyond, creating public health risks and undermining decades of air quality gains.
Have you had a measles shot? Health officials say the contagious illness is out there
Fresno Bee
Measles cases continue to pop up in the United States. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that 107 people from 21 states, including California, have reported getting measles.
See also:
● What is measles? What to know about symptoms, vaccine & treatment ABC30
In California, you can be sick and not know that the dust you inhaled caused it
Fresno Bee
In the central San Joaquin Valley, blowing dust can carry a deadly fungus, and 2017 was a bad year for breathing the fungal spores.
See also:
● Highlights from the Valley Air District’s last Governing Board meeting Valley Air
California may backtrack on coffee cancer warning labels
Los Angeles Times
California’s experiment with providing cancer warnings on coffee may be coming to an end.
Health Insurance Premiums Are Stabilizing, Despite GOP Attacks
PEW
Insurance carriers are entering markets rather than fleeing them.
See also:
Obamacare forgot about you. But Trump didn’t. Washington Post
Senate Democrats stay focused on health care even during short August recess The Washington Post
Human Services:
14,000 CalPERS members and their families need to find a new 2019 health plan. Here’s why
Sacramento Bee
Changes at California’s pension giant will force more than 14,000 CalPERS members and their dependents in the Sacramento region and Bay Area to find a new health plan over the coming year.
Mobile clinic spreading the love along Highway 99
Stockton Record
Tzu Chi has been spreading the love along Highway 99 for more than 15 years. Acupuncture, medical services, dental and vision care are provided during Tzu Chi’s visits.
Will former TRMC employees get first dibs if hospital opens?
Visalia Times-Delta
As the grand reopening of TRMC inches closer to becoming a reality, interim administrators are looking to staff the shuttered hospital that once employed upward of 500 people.
IMMIGRATION
Valadao irked by immigration protest outside his home
Bakersfield Californian
Congressman David Valadao is criticizing a civil rights organization that sent a group of protesters to his Hanford home Wednesday morning with his wife and three children inside. Valadao wasn't home at the time.
Border crossers get more lanes with opening of PedEast at San Ysidro Port of Entry
San Diego Union-Tribune
As the Trump administration continues to fortify the fencing between Tijuana and San Diego, U.S. and Mexican authorities on Wednesday celebrated a different kind of border project: a new pedestrian inspection facility for northbound border crossers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
Citizenship service conspired with ICE to ‘trap’ immigrants at visa interviews, ACLU says
Washington Post
When immigrants and their spouses showed up for interviews at USCIS offices, employees would alert ICE that they had arrived, emails released Tuesday show.
LAND USE/HOUSING
Land Use:
Dog House Grill owners will expand in Visalia shopping center
Visalia Times-Delta
The Orozco Group appears to be having success building a 180,000 square-foot shopping center. An additional 80,000 square-feet of retailers and restaurants will be added soon, including Dog House Grill.
Housing:
Turlock takes aim at strollers, bicycles left by homeless people
Modesto Bee
Turlock soon will give homeless people and others less time to leave their bicycles, baby strollers filled with blankets and clothing, and other belongings in its parks, along its streets and in other public areas in effort to reduce blight.
County has new plan to end homelessness but no funding yet
Bakersfield Californian
Faced with mounting public concern and an uptick in homelessness, the Kern County Board of Supervisors held a community meeting Aug. 13 to discuss how to address the issue.
My turn: CA can lead on climate change and housing equity
CALmatters
Californians are reeling this summer. Climate change has never been so obvious, the largest wildfire in California history smolders in Mendocino County, and soaring housing costs are squeezing families that are already pushed to their limit. In the final days of the legislative session, one bill could help spur affordable housing while addressing climate change.
PUBLIC FINANCES
All Eyes on Pension Litigation
Public CEO
Cases Before the California Supreme Court Could Upend 70 Years of Pension Precedent.
See also
Rich business owners are using pension plans to stash money and get a tax break
Los Angeles Times
There’s one area where the traditional pension plan is getting new life: as a tax dodge for wealthy business owners.
State close to hiring firms to manage CalSavers
San Francisco Chronicle
The staff developing CalSavers, a controversial state-run retirement program for private-sector workers in California, will recommend that Ascensus administer the plan and State Street Global Advisors manage the investments.
The Gas Tax Slams Farms & Small Business – Repeal It
Flash Report
A farmer’s viewpoint.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: An Appraisal
IMF
The PIT changes could have better targeted relief at low earners.
EDITORIAL: Prop. 13’s flaws need a fix but so does the entire tax system
San Francisco Chronicle
There’s plenty to like in a split roll tax system to replace the lopsided world of Prop. 13 property levies. Businesses, not homeowners, are the big winners in holding down yearly tax bills under the 1978 law that’s endured despite its built-in flaws.
See also:
● Coalition says it has the signatures for a measure to roll back Proposition 13 protections for businesses San Diego Union-Tribune
TRANSPORTATION
Central Valley Transportation by the Numbers
Tripnet.org
Meeting the region’s need for safe, smooth and efficient mobility.
GOP Governor Candidate John Cox Shares Story Comparing Long California DMV Waits To Holocaust
CAPRadio
Republican gubernatorial candidate and businessman John Cox told a story during a California DMV visit on Wednesday that compared the much-criticized long lines and waits to surviving concentration camps during the Holocaust.
California lawmakers divided over long waits at DMV offices
Los Angeles Times
Long wait times at the Department of Motor Vehicles were the subject of continued controversy Wednesday at a Capitol hearing and at a campaign event where Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox said the problem has been mishandled.
REPLACE your vehicle through Drive Clean in the San Joaquin!
Valley Air
The Valley Air District is very excited to share with you the launch of our Drive Clean in the San Joaquin vehicle replacement option.
WATER
Stratford water still not drinkable, despite fix
ABC30
People in Stratford are still taking advantage of free bottled water outside the Stratford Public Utility District office. Local businesses, politicians, and farmers have donated it.
See also:
● Stratford works to get running water for residents Hanford Sentinel
● California needs this fee to bring safe water to its have-nots The Sacramento Bee
● New Proposition 65 Warning Requirements Take Effect on August 30, 2018 AALRR
State water board won’t vote next week on controversial river flow plan
Modesto Bee
The State Water Board is making it clear that it won’t vote next week on a much-disputed proposal to require higher river flows for improving water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta.
See also:
Felicia’s fish are just red herrings; we know the real objective Modesto Bee
Harder talks about protecting Valley water rights, I actually do it
Modesto Bee
In his opinion piece regarding water policy, “Harder vows to protect Valley’s water rights, way of life” (Aug. 8), Josh Harder displays an embarrassing lack of understanding about our water, our agricultural industry and legislation.
“Xtra”
Groups honored with Million Acts of Kindness
Modesto Bee
Turlock mayor Gary Soiseth gives the Million Acts of Kindness award to groups that helped a Sikh man clean up his vandalized vehicle.
Fast, tasty and fried: get to know 3 new Roosevelt-area businesses
ABC30
Interested in getting intel on the freshest new spots in Roosevelt? From a fast-growing slider chain to a locally owned Mexican bakery and restaurant, read on for the newest establishments to open for business in this area of Fresno.
It's snack time again for guests, animals at CALM's annual Ice Cream Zoofari
Bakersfield Californian
While many summer Saturdays at the California Living Museum are reserved for Twilight events, in which guests can watch animals at their most active time, one day per summer is a real treat. The Ice Cream Zoofari will take place this weekend,