March 21, 2019

21Mar

POLICY & POLITICS

North SJ Valley:

Eggman says she will seek Galgiani’s state Senate seat

Stockton Record

State Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman has declared her candidacy for the state Senate seat currently held by Cathleen Galgiani, who will be termed out in 2020.

Central SJ Valley:

Brandau proposal would ticket Fresno drivers for giving to street-corner panhandlers

Fresno Bee

A new ordinance proposed for the city of Fresno takes aim at drivers who stop at traffic signals to give money – or anything else – to panhandlers.

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By suing Twitter and parody account @DevinCow, Nunes makes himself a laughingstock

Fresno Bee

Did you hear the one about Devin Nunes being so angry at a make-believe cow that he’s suing Twitter for $250 million? Now that’s a lot of mooooo-la.

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South SJ Valley:


State:

We’d love to help, Pence tells California. Here’s how a top Democrat replied

San Francisco Chronicle

Vice President Mike Pence sent a letter to Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon wishing California a successful legislative session. Rendon’s response was less diplomatic.

Ninth Circuit recommended for expansion. Could it mean shift to the right?

San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. judicial leaders are proposing to add five more judges to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, an expansion that could potentially shift the majority from Democratic to Republican on a federal appellate court whose liberal rulings have long made it a favorite target for conservatives.

California goes all in for the census

Capitol Weekly

The state already has set aside $100 million for the event, far more than either the $2.3 million in today’s dollars it committed in 2010 or the $28.8 million in today’s dollars it did in 2000, according to the state legislative analyst’s office report.

Federal:

Trump’s criticism of McCain raises ire of some Republicans

Merced Sun-Star

Trump’s latest tirade against John McCain comes after several leading Republicans defend the longtime Arizona senator.

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Trump says public should see ‘ridiculous’ Mueller report

Merced Sun-Star

President Donald Trump says he believes special counsel Robert Mueller’s report should be released to the public, even as he disparaged its very existence as “ridiculous.”

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The military’s new transgender policy is a ban, no matter how the Pentagon spins it

Los Angeles Times

The Pentagon last week released its latest policy memo on transgender military service, an effort to bring President Trump’s tweeted ban in line with court rulings that had blocked the administration from implementing it.

Tips and calls to the Office of Congressional Ethics spiked last session

Roll Call

Citizen outreach to the Office of Congressional Ethics more than doubled in the 115th Congress, but the agency’s pre-election blackout period means they didn’t take action on any cases in the last quarter of 2018.

Elections 2020:

Who the heck is Andrew Yang? Five things Californians need to know as he runs for president

Fresno Bee

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, 44, is a venture capitalist who launched his bid for president in November 2017. He began gaining traction when he appeared on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast in February, prompting a boost in his Twitter followers and a flood of donations.

If Trump wants to get on California’s 2020 ballot, he might need to release his tax returns

Sacramento Bee

Under Senate Bill 27, presidential candidates from all parties would need to publicly disclose the last five years of their tax returns if they want to have their name on the state’s primary ballot.

Beto O’Rourke’s $6.1 million haul in first 24 hours came from 128,000 contributions

abc30

Former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke’s record $6.1 million fundraising haul in the first 24 hours of his campaign came from 128,000 unique contributions, the candidate said Wednesday, a number later confirmed by ABC News.

Bernie Sanders, at UCLA, highlights his longtime support for organized labor

Los Angeles Times

Bernie Sanders’ first appearance in California as a 2020 presidential candidate was not at a mega-rally like the ones that defined his previous bid, but at a speech before sun-baked picketers in front of UCLA’s medical center.

Most 2020 Democrats say capitalism is a system that needs fixing

Los Angeles Times

In these early weeks of the presidential campaign, Democratic candidates have faced a battery of unusual questions, prompted partly by President Trump’s dark warning in his State of the Union address against “new calls to adopt socialism in our country.”

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‘No PAC money’ pledges leave corporations in a partisan bind

Roll Call

Even as candidates and voters alike malign these PACs, they are unlike their big-money cousin super PACs. Corporate campaign coffers are bastions of bipartisanship. Many of the top PACs connected to businesses maintain roughly balanced giving ratios.

Brace Yourself for the 2020 Medicare Wars

Bloomberg

Democrats called President Donald Trump’s budget “dead on arrival” when it landed in Congress last week, and they are almost surely correct. After all, Congress, not the president, controls actual spending levels.

Other:

Commentary: Daily Struggle for the People’s Right to Know

Public CEO

This predilection for secrecy clashes on a daily basis with Californians’ fundamental right to information about how their government is working—a right granted by statute and enshrined in the state Constitution.

Here’s why there’s more than one first day of spring

abc30

March 20 marks the first day of astronomical spring, the spring we recognize most. However, meteorological spring begins March 1.

What AI Is Still Far From Figuring Out

Wall Street Journal

Everybody’s talking about artificial intelligence. Some people even argue that AI will lead, quite literally, to either immortality or the end of the world. There is a remarkable amount of debate about just what AI can do and what it means for all of us human intelligences.

The Illogic of Slavery Reparations at This Late Date

Wall Street Journal

Compensating black Americans for past oppression has been a subject of discussion for decades. The senator’s problem is that large majorities of the public have consistently opposed reparations, not that we don’t talk about it.

MADDY INSTITUTE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAMMING

Sunday, March 24, at 5 p.m. on ABC30 – Maddy Report: “Cal Facts: Everything You Need To Know About California” – Guest: Carolyn Chu, Legislative Analyst Office. Host: Maddy Institute Executive Director, Mark Keppler.

Sunday, March 24, at 10 a.m. on Newstalk 580AM/105.9FM (KMJ) – Maddy Report – Valley Views Edition: “California Facts, Valley Economic Opportunities” – Guests: Former Fresno Mayor, Ashley Swearengin and Pete Weber, co-chair of CalFwd and Director of the Fresno Bridge Academy; and Carolyn Chu, Legislative Analyst Office. Host: Maddy Institute Executive Director, Mark Keppler.

Sunday, March 24, at 7:30 a.m. on UniMas 61 (KTTF) – El Informe Maddy: “Nuevas Leyes y Legislacion futura” – Guest: Alexei Koseff, Reportero de Sacramento Bee. Host: Maddy Institute Program Coordinator, Maria Jeans.

AGRICULTURE/FOOD

Farmworker supporters believe pesticide violations happening in Fresno, Tulare counties

Fresno Bee

Farmworker supporters from the Central Valley Air Quality Coalition and the Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety announced they believe hazardous pesticide violations are happening in Fresno and Tulare counties on March 20, 2019.

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California olive growers facing losses get offer of new buyer

Fresno Bee

California olive growers saw some contracts from Bell-Carter Foods canceled, while the Musco Family Olive Company says it has offered to buy olives, particularly ones that are mechanically harvested.

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Five-hour public hearing ends with Stanislaus County decision on cannabis nurseries

Modesto Bee

In a five-hour public hearing Tuesday night, Stanislaus County supervisors heard a near-endless chorus of neighborhood opposition to permit applications for cannabis nurseries southwest of Modesto.

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New produce guide shows eating kale is a lot dirtier than you think

Los Angeles Times

Kale, strawberries and spinach top the Environmental Working Group’s list of the 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residue. The list, called the Dirty Dozen, is released each year by the nonprofit consumer advocacy group.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE / FIRE / PUBLIC SAFETY

Crime:

Gun violence in Fresno could be reduced with this fellowship. But will city support it?

Fresno Bee

The Peacemaker Fellowship — backed by city leaders in Sacramento, Oakland, Richmond and Stockton — mentors young adults most likely to participate in gun violence. Could it work in Fresno?

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Unsolved murder: Is our mental health system to blame?

Visalia Times Delta

Doctors Cameron Quanbeck and Gary Tsai published a study finding that 5 percent of all mentally ill people are “severely” ill. Of those, half were unable to recognize their own condition — about 1.45 million people nationwide.

KCSO has busted roughly 100 illegal video gambling parlors in past 14 months

Bakersfield Californian

They set up business in abandoned storefronts and cover the windows with butcher’s paper. Underground gambling casinos want no one but their patrons knowing of their existence. Unfortunately for them, Kern County sheriff’s personnel have caught on.

Supreme Court Justices Seem Incredulous At Repeated Racial Bias In Jury Selection

Capital Public Radio

In a Mississippi death penalty case, the justices were skeptical of the way the state picked and dismissed black jurors and appeared ready not to uphold the conviction.

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Civil Rights And Faith Leaders To FBI: Take White Nationalist Violence Seriously

Capital Public Radio

Civil rights and faith leaders are demanding a meeting with the FBI director. The message: time to prioritize white nationalist violence.

Public Safety:

Arvin names Scot Kimble as new police chief

Bakersfield Californian

McFarland Police Chief Scot Kimble will be switching cities and departments soon. The city of Arvin has announced that it’s hired Kimble to be its new police chief.

Paralyzed California man settles police shooting lawsuit

Merced Sun-Star

Three California police departments have reached a settlement with a man who was paralyzed after being shot by officers. The Fresno Bee reported Tuesday that 19-year-old Adonis Serna has reached a $2.5 million settlement over injuries sustained when he was shot in Woodlake in 2017.

New San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow meets with young boxers at Yaqui Lopez’s Fat City Boxing Gym

Stockton Record

San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow entered Fat City Boxing Gym and while he didn’t suit up to get in the ring, he was there to give dozens of young fighters in training a valuable lesson.

Even With New Disclosure Law, Fight Continues To Unseal California’s Secret Police Files

Capital Public Radio

A coalition of over 30 news organizations, including CapRadio, has made requests to 675 police agencies in all 58 California counties since Jan. 1. It’s not just journalists who are seeking out these records, however.

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Death Penalty Opponents Gain Unlikely Allies: Republicans

Pew Research

The repeal efforts, which in most cases would replace the death penalty with sentences of life without parole, reflect a steep two-decade decline in executions nationwide, as well as growing overall opposition to the practice.

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Fire:

California National Guard to leave border, help stop fires

abc30

California is calling in the National Guard for the first time next month to help protect communities from devastating fires like the one that largely destroyed the city of Paradise last fall.

ECONOMY / JOBS

Economy:

California businesses hold billions in forgotten funds – and they’re not telling the state

Sacramento Bee

When employees forget to cash their checks, or bank accounts go untouched for years, California businesses are supposed to let the state know. But because so few comply with a state law to report the “forgotten funds,” there’s an estimated $24 billion in unclaimed property sprinkled across the state that the controller’s office is trying to put back in Californians’ pockets.

Fed Signals Rate Hikes May Be Over For 2019

Capital Public Radio

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday and signaled that no more rate hikes may be necessary this year amid signs of economic slowing.

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Gig economy, e-scooters, straws and tax breaks

CALmatters

Business lobbyists are trying hard to delay a far-reaching California Supreme Court decision that would require gig economy firms to treat independent contractors as employees, CALmatters’ Antoinette Siu writes.

Skip the slip? California lawmaker wants email receipts to replace paper ones

CALmatters

California lawmakers are considering just such a proposal— a bill by Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco that would make emailed receipts the default for businesses grossing more than $1 million beginning in 2022.

Tariffs did not make the American economy great

AEI

US trade policy had different objectives in different eras. Before the Civil War, it was revenue. After the war, the goal was industry protection. And since the Great Depression, it has been to reduce tariffs and non-tariff barriers through reciprocal agreements.

Jobs:

RIOT button in elevator of California office building alarms state workers

Sacramento Bee

The Department of General Services is removing new elevator buttons with the word “RIOT” from an office building of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration after employees expressed alarm.

EDUCATION

K-12:

Selma school installs ‘buddy bench’ to promote friendship

abc30

A new bench at Washington Elementary School in Selma was dedicated Wednesday. The school installed what they call a “buddy bench” that’s meant to promote friendship, inclusion and help with their social well being.

Why Tulare County is seeing a burst of butterflies

Visalia Times Delta

The black-and-orange insects that suddenly seem to be everywhere in California aren’t monarchs and they aren’t moths. They are called painted ladies, and these butterflies are migrating by the millions across the state.

More California students may be banned from using cellphones at school under new bill

Los Angeles Times

California students could be restricted or banned from using smartphones at school under a bill by a state lawmaker who says the devices can interfere with classroom learning.

What teacher strikes are really about — opposition to charter schools

San Francisco Chronicle

In reality, the primary motivation behind the strikes was organized opposition to charter schools, which have become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional public schools.

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Walters: School accountability good for some, not others?

CALmatters

Last year, in his final budget as governor, Jerry Brown proudly proclaimed a new policy to encourage the state’s 114 community colleges to pay more attention to how their students are faring.

Higher Ed:

California Lawmakers Debate How To Prevent Another College Admissions Scandal

Capital Public Radio

When state legislators grilled University of California staff at a hearing Tuesday about the university’s response to the recent college admissions scandal, Assemblyman Kevin McCarty asked the question that’s been reverberating since the story broke last week.

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Workers hit picket line at UC Davis Medical Center as strike unfolds at campuses statewide

Sacramento Bee

The clamorous honks of vuvuzelas, a staple of South African soccer matches, disrupted the usual stillness of the UC Davis Medical Center on Wednesday as unionized workers called attention to their strike over stalled contract negotiations with the University of California.

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UC Berkeley in spotlight as Trump expected to issue campus free-speech order

San Francisco Chronicle

Berkeley’s battles over free-speech are moving to the White House. President Trump is expected to issue an executive order mandating free speech on campuses that receive federal funds.

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Free community college is not always affordable. New bill could help poorest students

Sacramento Bee

Financial aid — especially the aid available to community college students — generally does not cover the cost of rent, gas, food or textbooks. Inability to afford these costs can derail community college students.

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EDITORIAL: Trump has some suggestions to help student loan debt, for better and worse

Los Angeles Times

Crooked admissions schemes aren’t the only problem plaguing colleges and their students these days. The cost of a degree from a private college continues to rise, moving well beyond what most families can dream of paying, even with financial aid.

Apprenticeships:


ENVIRONMENT/ ENERGY

Environment:

Lee calls Green New Deal ‘bargaining chip’ to work with

Fresno Bee

U.S. Rep. Susie Lee says the “Green New Deal” embraced by many 2020 Democrats is a framework and “first bargaining chip to work with” to tackle climate change but there’s many parts of it that she doesn’t necessarily agree with.

EPA chief says water issues a bigger environmental crisis than climate change

abc30

EPA chief Andrew Wheeler says unsafe drinking water and other water issues are a bigger global crisis than climate change, in remarks for World Water Day.

As Southern California cougars near ‘extinction vortex,’ a radical rescue plan emerges

Los Angeles Times

The future is looking increasingly bleak for some Southern California mountain lions. Urban encroachment, inbreeding, vehicle strikes, rat poison and wildfire have all taken their toll on cougars living in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana mountains.

Energy:


HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES

Health:

Health Watch: Babyleo helps the tiniest patients

abc30

Babies born too early are often hospitalized for weeks or months in specialized neonatal intensive care units or NICUs. Now, a cutting-edge system is helping the tiniest patients thrive in an environment- much like the one they just left.

Sutter, Anthem Blue Cross reach Medi-Cal agreement after months of contract dispute

Sacramento Bee

Sutter Health and Anthem Blue Cross have reached an agreement that will allow Blue Cross Medi-Cal, HMO and PPO users to continue receiving care via Sutter Health facilities and doctors, Sutter announced Wednesday.

Fentanyl overdose deaths in the U.S. have been doubling every year

Los Angeles Times

If you want to know what it means for something to grow exponentially, consider the death toll of fentanyl. This powerful synthetic opioid seemingly came out of nowhere and is now killing tens of thousands of Americans each year.

Health Care’s Killer App: Life Insurance

Wall Street Journal

Imagine a scenario in which a 57-year-old man with an individual health-insurance policy is diagnosed with cancer. As soon as the diagnosis is made, the incentives of the man and those of his health insurer diverge.

Human Services:

City officials approve transfer site to stop illegal dumping in Merced

abc30

Mattresses, TV ‘s, and refrigerators, these are all items that have been spotted on roads and in alleyways throughout the city of Merced. Now officials say a new multi-use site will fix the problem.

Coalinga’s hospital could reopen by later this year

abc30

It’s been more than ten months since Coalinga Regional Medical Center announced it would close its doors. But thanks to the results of a recent special election, the hospital could reopen as soon as later this year.

Death by 1,000 clicks: Where electronic health records went wrong

Sacramento Bee

The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer, and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the system is an unholy mess.

Yes, Americans spend a ton on health care, and the outcomes aren’t so good

PolitiFact

In 2016 the United States spent nearly twice as much on medical care as the average of the other 10 highest-income countries. We also found evidence that the United States ranks poorly in health care outcomes.

Third Lawsuit Filed Over Medicaid Work Requirements

Wall Street Journal

Several Medicaid enrollees in New Hampshire sued the Trump administration over the state’s work requirements for program participants, marking the third such lawsuit and raising pressure on the administration to justify its support of the new rules.

States Seek Financial Relief for Family Caregivers

New York Times

Lawmakers in California and at least seven other states want to provide  state income tax credits for families that need help with home caregiving.

IMMIGRATION

New US asylum policy dealt setback in immigration court

Fresno Bee

Scheduling glitches led an immigration judge to deny the Trump administration’s request to order four Central American migrants deported because they failed to show for initial hearings Wednesday in the U.S. while being forced to wait in Mexico.

Rep. TJ Cox meets with local advocacy groups to discuss immigration reform

abc30

The Dream and Promise Act of 2019 has the potential to change thousands of lives in the Valley. And that’s why local representative TJ Cox (D-Fresno) thought it was important enough to meet with immigrant advocacy groups in Sanger.

New border wall plan could cut military funding

abc30

In a 20 page document sent to Congress, the Pentagon lists the military construction projects that could be on the chopping block with the president’s decision to declare a National Emergency and repurpose military construction funds.

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Kern County Detention Facility Will Stay Open Without Local Government Buy-In

VPR

After months of speculation as to whether The Mesa Verde Detention Facility in Bakersfield would shutter, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement say it will stay open for at least another year.

Border Patrol Starts Releasing Asylum-Seeking Migrants To South Texas Streets

Capital Public Radio

The move is an apparent return by the government to the practice President Trump has called “catch and release” and promised to end when he was a presidential candidate.

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Proposition 187’s real impact: A generation that will never forget

CALmatters

For California to bounce back, so thought Gov. Wilson, the state needed to deny “illegal aliens” access to education and health care.  

Californians’ Views of Immigration Policy—Now and Then

Public Policy Institute of California

How do Californians—who live with the nation’s highest share of immigrants—view such proposals? And more broadly, how have their views of immigration policy changed over time?

LAND USE/HOUSING

Land Use:

Madera County Donates Land For New EMC SPCA Shelter

Sierra News

Madera County is giving 75 acres in Awhawnee to the Eastern Madera County SPCA to help the organization complete its new, no-kill animal shelter. On Tuesday, the board of supervisors OK’d the donation of 75.33 acres of “surplus” county land to EMC SPCA.

New Turlock retail development, and Dutch Bros Coffee, proposed next to Stan State

Modesto Bee

A plot of newly vacant land in Turlock next to Stanislaus State is in development to become a new shopping center with restaurants, retail and the region’s first Dutch Bros Coffee kiosk.

Housing:

Gov. Newsom has a $500 million plan for homelessness. Steinberg, other CA mayors want more

Fresno Bee

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and a dozen other California mayors asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to spend more state money from the budget for homelessness Wednesday.

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Can Newsom housing campaign succeed?

Porterville Recorder

It turns out Gov. Gavin Newsom was deadly serious when he insisted as a candidate last year that California needs to build 3.5 million new housing units each year for the next ten in order to solve its affordable housing crisis.

City and county step up efforts to battle homelessness as numbers rise

Bakersfield Californian

The 50 percent increase in homelessness shown in the most recent point-in-time count came as no surprise to those on the front lines of the county’s battle against extreme poverty.

Bay Area leads charge on fixing housing crisis. Will it work for the rest of California?

Los Angeles Times

California lawmakers have unveiled a far-reaching package to stem the state’s housing affordability crisis, from new protections against surging rents and evictions to more apartments near public transit and in coastal communities.

CA needs 1.4 million affordable rental units, report finds

Sacramento Bee

Despite recent laws and new funding to boost housing construction, California still needs 1.4 million more affordable rental units. That news comes two years after the Legislature passed a slate of bills to expedite construction and subsidize affordable housing.

PUBLIC FINANCES

Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged; Signals No More Increases Likely This Year

Wall Street Journal

Federal Reserve officials indicated Wednesday they are unlikely to raise interest rates this year and may be nearly finished with the series of increases they began more than three years ago now that U.S. economic growth is slowing.

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Trump Budget Relies on Up to $1.2 Trillion in Potentially Phantom Revenues

Wall Street Journal

President Trump’s budget blueprint for the next decade relies on up to $1.2 trillion in revenue that might not materialize. Up to $390 billion comes from taxes created by the Affordable Care Act, which president wants to repeal.

The Debt Crisis Is Coming Soon

Wall Street Journal

The most dangerous domestic problem facing America’s federal government is the rapid growth of its budget deficit and national debt. To avoid economic distress, the government has to reduce future entitlement spending.

TRANSPORTATION

Road 800 Repairs Finished Ahead Of Schedule And Under Budget

Sierra News

Repair work on Road 800 north of Raymond was completed late Monday and the road has reopened, according to Madera County Public Works Director Ahmad Alkhayyat.

How dangerous are electric scooters? Two deaths in California show the risks are real

Modesto Bee

Two people have died in the last week in electric scooter crashes in California, prompting new safety concerns as the mobility devices become more common on city streets.

‘Passenger activity … has outstripped our facilities.’ Here’s what Sacramento’s airport needs next

Sacramento Bee

Sacramento County Airports Director Cindy Nichol talks about how Sacramento International Airport needs to plan for new facilities – including gates, parking and runway maintenance – on Monday, March 19, 2019.

Pentagon to investigate whether Shanahan used office to help Boeing

Los Angeles Times

A watchdog group alleges that the acting defense secretary has used his office to promote his former employer, Boeing Co.

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WATER

Wet winter provides more water for Valley crops

abc30

For decades Valley growers have been working to save water. Drip systems are efficient but don’t leave enough water to seep back into the ground, where it could later be pumped up.

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California governor pushes for fee to clean up tainted water

AP News

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge California water customers up to $10 per month to help clean up contaminated water in low-income and rural areas, but he will face resistance from some legislative Democrats hesitant to impose new taxes.

Why President Trump’s Fast-Tracked Water Allocations Are Raising Alarm

Valley Public Radio

“Fish vs farms”: It’s the perennial tug-of-war for water between environmentalists, who want to see stable ecosystems in the Sacramento-San-Joaquin River Delta, and farmers, who feel slighted that they need to fight with endangered fish in order to irrigate their fields.

“Xtra”

Annual FresYes Fest is an ode to Fresno and proof of concept for a revitalized downtown

Fresno Bee

Last year’s FresYes drew a crowd of 13,000 — 10 times the number that came out for year one. A similar crowd is expected at this year’s event, which starts at 1 p.m. Saturday.

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Iconic Central Coast ice cream shop plans 100 new parlors. Sacramento, Fresno top the list

Fresno Bee

Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab, an Arroyo Grande-based chain, has announced plans to add 100 more parlors around California, starting in Sacramento, and then hopefully in Fresno and the Bay Area.

Fresno Chaffee Zoo announces name of baby rhino

abc30

The Fresno Chaffee Zoo has announced the name of its newly born southern white rhino. Say hello to Kito!

Young Artists Spotlight 2019: Soloists from Bakersfield Youth Symphony

VPR

On this week’s Young Artists Spotlight, we hear a performance from students from the Bakersfield Youth Symphony.

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