POLICY & POLITICS
North SJ Valley:
County leaders spend big to shelter and house the homeless. But, not everyone is happy
Modesto Bee
Stanislaus County leaders on Tuesday approved agreements with agency partners to shelter and house the homeless after the Modesto Emergency Outdoor Shelter closes in the coming months.
How Stanislaus County’s homeless are saving the Salvation Army – and vice versa
Modesto Bee
Not everyone is aware of the financial crisis that our Salvation Army has been weathering. Last year, officers and local advisory board members caught some by surprise with a letter to the editor in The Modesto Bee, pleading for help.
Water year just ended was way above-average for Modesto area. Was it a record?
Modesto Bee
River runoff was strong, and reservoir storage was high, with Monday’s end of the water year for Modesto-area suppliers. The Tuolumne runoff was 156 percent of the historical average, but it was far from the record 255 percent two years ago.
See also:
● California’s water year starts with a large increase in reservoir storage. Here’s why Sacramento Bee
Central SJ Valley:
Fresno, California’s Poorest Big City, Faces a Different Kind of Housing Crisis
City Lab
Housing costs have been a relative bargain in inland cities like Fresno. But a sharp rise in rental costs is making life less affordable for low-income families.
Another Devin Nunes lawsuit: Congressman sues magazine over story about family’s Iowa farm
Fresno Bee
Rep. Devin Nunes filed another lawsuit this week drawing attention to what he believes was unfair news coverage of him in 2018, this time suing a magazine writer who detailed how the California congressman’s family had moved its farming operations to Iowa.
See also:
● Devin Nunes lawsuit: Reporter 'behaved like a sex offender,' should pay him $75 million Visalia Times Delta
Washington Post journalist visits Fresno, weighs in on impeachment, young voters
Fresno Bee
Washington Post journalist Robert Costa spoke with reporters Tuesday ahead of his scheduled talk at Fresno State, weighing in on the possible impeachment of President Donald Trump, and whether Democrats will rally around a younger candidate.
South SJ Valley:
Taft federal prison to close Jan. 31
Bakersfield Californian
The private company that runs Taft Correctional Institution, a minimum security federal prison, announced the federal government will shut down the prison as of Jan. 31, 2020. The prison has 342 employees and can hold 2,500 male inmates.
Rural transportation and digitized records: How a California lawmaker is trying to help veterans
Fresno Bee
Rep. TJ Cox, D-Fresno, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are pushing to make $3 million per year to fund grants to help with rural veteran transportation permanent in a bill introduced Tuesday.
Kern County Public Works to launch 'Ride Share' week
Bakersfield Californian
The press conference will be used to introduce the the first fully electric Kern Transit Bus, according to the release.
State:
These new California laws signed by Gavin Newsom are also the first in the nation
Fresno Bee
Newsom and the state’s Democrat-dominated Legislature pushed forward first-of-their-kind laws on the gig economy, fur trapping and more.
California can bar internet providers from slowing service, federal court rules
Fresno Bee
The decision in the Washington D.C. Circuit Court gives the state a boost in the legal battle to defend its 2018 net neutrality law, which was supported by consumer groups, but vigorously opposed by cable and telecommunication companies like AT&T and Verizon.
See also:
● Court: FCC can dump net neutrality, but can’t bar state laws Stockton Record
● Attorney General Becerra Secures Court Ruling Rejecting FCC’s Attempt to Preempt State Net Neutrality Laws Attorney General Xavier Becerra
● Court Upholds Net Neutrality Repeal, With Some Caveats New York Times
● Court mostly OKs FCC's net neutrality repeal but lets states craft their own rules Politico
● ‘A big win’: Wiener hails California net neutrality prospects after mixed ruling San Francisco Chronicle
● Appeals court ruling upholds FCC’s canceling of net neutrality rules Washington Post
Opinion: NCAA’s response to California: Don’t stop our exploitation
Los Angeles Times
A new California law allowing college athletes to profit from marketing their own likenesses has ruffled the feathers of the mighty National Collegiate Athletic Association. Good. They need to be ruffled. And ruffled some more.
California voters are divided over bail reform, poll finds
Los Angeles Times
California voters are sharply divided over the future of cash bail in a new statewide poll, although a slight plurality supports a new law to replace the system with one that would allow more defendants to be released prior to trial.
Walters: 44-year political battle flares anew
CALmatters
Personal injury attorney Nick Rowley, who says his infant son’s lungs were “blown up” by medical malpractice, and Consumer Watchdog are proposing a 2020 ballot measure that would largely nullify California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) that limits “pain and suffering” compensation to $250,000.
California isn’t doing enough to verify citizenship while registering voters, lawsuit says
Fresno Bee
A Republican attorney filed a lawsuit on Tuesday demanding that two California agencies develop a better system to verify the citizenship of people who register to vote through the Department of Motor Vehicles.
See also:
● Lawsuit alleges California fails to make sure non-citizens barred from voting San Francisco Chronicle
● Commentary: Conservatives clap back against California in court — twice CALmatters
Federal:
Trump administration surrenders to California, backs off on Delta water fight
Sacramento Bee
The Trump administration has retreated on a plan to push more water through the Delta this fall after protests from California officials on the harmful impacts on endangered Chinook salmon and other fish.
Trump posts ‘Try to impeach this’ map on Twitter - but its California results are wrong
Fresno Bee
President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted a map intended to show his broad support, breaking down his election victories in 2016 county-by-county across the nation. The widely-shared meme included the caption: “Try to impeach this.”
See also:
● Donald Trump’s false claim about a change in whistleblower rules PolitiFact
Elections 2020:
Bolstered By Impeachment Inquiry, Trump Campaign And RNC Raise $125 Million
KVPR
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee took in a huge haul in the third quarter, which ended Monday — a combined $125 million.
See also:
● Trump, RNC Raise $125 Million in Third Quarter Wall Street Journal
● Trump’s reelection campaign cashes in on impeachment woes Los Angeles Times
California to appeal in effort to let voters see Trump’s tax returns
Sacramento Bee
California will appeal a federal court’s decision to halt a California law forcing President Donald Trump to release his last five years of tax returns in order to get on the state’s 2020 primary ballot.
See also:
● California will appeal judge’s decision to block law requiring Trump’s tax
● returns Los Angeles Times
● Judge blocks state law requiring open tax returns for presidential candidates San Francisco Chronicle
Bernie Sanders raises $25 million in third quarter. Pete Buttigieg gets $19 million
Los Angeles Times
Bernie Sanders reported Tuesday that he raised $25.3 million during the third fundraising quarter, the largest three-month sum a Democratic White House hopeful has posted all year and an amount that ensures he will be an enduring presence in the primary.
Bernie Sanders has a heart issue, campaign calls off appearances including stop in Fresno
Fresno Bee
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Fresno appearance, schedule for Thursday, was canceled after the presidential candidate experienced a heart-related medical condition. Sanders was reported to be resting comfortably, according to a statement issued by his campaign.
See also:
● Sanders has heart stent surgery after chest discomfort Politico
● Bernie Sanders treated for chest pain, cancels campaign events Los Angeles Times
● Bernie Sanders cancels campaign schedule after heart procedure Roll Call
● Bernie Sanders Had Surgery to Insert Stents to Open Artery Blockage Wall Street Journal
● Sanders aims to fix one of his campaign’s biggest problems: winning older voters Fresno Bee
Facebook CEO says he'd fight Elizabeth Warren's plan against tech mergers
abc30
While Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren watched her 2020 candidacy steadily rise over the summer, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was telling employees he would fight a legal battle before he let the company succumb to Warren's ambitions to break up big tech, according to audio leaked Tuesday morning.
See also:
● ‘You go to the mat’: Zuckerberg vows to fight Warren’s Facebook breakup bid Politico
Biden's gun control plan would impose strict regulations on owners of assault-style rifles
CNN
Joe Biden is proposing to force owners of assault-style rifles to either sell their firearms through a voluntary buyback program or register them with the federal government under the same law that was first used to strictly control sales of machine guns in the wake of the gangland shootings of the 1920s and '30s.
MADDY INSTITUTE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAMMING
Sunday, October 6, at 10 a.m. on ABC30 – Maddy Report: “To Catch a Thief: Workers Comp Fraud” – Guest: California State Auditor Elaine Howle. Host: Maddy Institute Executive Director, Mark Keppler.
Sunday, October 6, at 10 a.m. on Newstalk 580AM/105.9FM (KMJ) – Maddy Report - Valley Views Edition: “Prosecuting Workers Comp Fraud in the Valley” – Guests: Manuel Jimenez (Fresno Co DA), Janelle Crandell (Stanislaus Co DA), Spencer Johnston (Tulare Co DA), Dave McKillop (Kern Co. DA). Host: Maddy Institute Executive Director, Mark Keppler.
Sunday, October 6, at 7:30 a.m. on UniMas 61 (KTTF) – El Informe Maddy: “El Censo y la Redistribución de Distritos Electorales” – Invitado: Joe Hayes, Investigador del Instituto de Políticas Públicas de California, Secretario de Estado Alex Padilla y Margarita Fernandez Jefe de Relaciones Públicas de la oficina de la Auditora de California. Presentado Por: Coordinadora del Programa del Maddy Institute, Maria Jeans.
AGRICULTURE/FOOD
Cannabis at the World Ag Expo? Yeah, lots of it, officials say
Fresno Bee
The 53rd annual international agriculture event, which is among the largest on the planet, plans 30 exhibitors and a seminar stage in a 9,400-square-foot tent devoted to hemp, a cannabis plant that is low in THC (the part that gets you high).
Most Californians want marijuana stores in their communities, new poll shows
Los Angeles Times
Three years after California voters legalized the sale of recreational marijuana, 68% say it has been a “good thing” and, although the vast majority of cities have outlawed pot shops, most voters want their municipalities to permit the stores.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE / FIRE / PUBLIC SAFETY
Crime:
Drunk drivers more likely to commit violent gun crimes in California, study finds
Sacramento Bee
Gun buyers in California convicted of driving under the influence are at greater risk of committing a violent crime or a firearm-related offense, a group of researchers at UC Davis found in a broad study that tracks gun purchasers over the span of a decade.
Nearly 3,000 illegal marijuana businesses found in California audit, dwarfing legal trade
Los Angeles Times
California’s black market for cannabis is at least three times the size of its regulated weed industry, according to an audit made public Wednesday, the latest indication of the state’s continued struggle to tame a cannabis economy that has long operated in legal limbo.
Public Safety:
Taft federal prison to close Jan. 31
Bakersfield Californian
The private company that runs Taft Correctional Institution, a minimum security federal prison, announced the federal government will shut down the prison as of Jan. 31, 2020. The prison has 342 employees and can hold 2,500 male inmates.
Suicides in California prisons rise despite decades of demands for reform
San Francisco Chronicle
The suicide rate inside California prisons, long one of the highest among the nation’s largest prison systems, jumped to a new peak in 2018 and remains elevated in 2019, despite decades of effort by federal courts and psychiatric experts to fix the system.
California voters are divided over bail reform, poll finds
Los Angeles Times
California voters are sharply divided over the future of cash bail in a new statewide poll, although a slight plurality supports a new law to replace the system with one that would allow more defendants to be released prior to trial.
Knowledge Saves Lives: Active Shooter Awareness
Clovis Roundup
On Saturday, Sept. 21, Assemblyman Jim Patterson joined with Knowledge Saves Lives, Inc., a local safety training company, to offer the public a free training course on how to respond in an active shooter scenario.
‘These injuries can be healed.’ New law lets first responders seek workers’ comp for PTSD
Sacramento Bee
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced he signed Senate Bill 542 on Tuesday to create a rebuttable presumption that a worker’s mental health struggles are an occupational injury, which could qualify them for paid time off to recover.
California AG touts $30.5 million toward keeping kids off tobacco – especially vaping
Fresno Bee
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra stopped in Fresno on Tuesday to highlight the state’s $30.5 million grant program intended to help fight the rise of tobacco use among minors.
Fire:
PG&E is less than one-third done with its 2019 tree-trimming work
San Francisco Chronicle
As the most dangerous part of California’s wildfire season continues, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. says it has finished only about 31% of the aggressive tree-trimming work it planned this year to prevent vegetation from falling on power lines and starting more deadly infernos.
The largest wildfires burning now in California
Los Angeles Times
California has seen almost 160,000 acres burn in wildfires in 2019, a fraction of the amount that had burned by this time last year, according to Cal Fire data, which includes wildfires 10 acres or larger.
ECONOMY / JOBS
U.S. manufacturing sinks to decade low, stoking economic fear
Los Angeles Times
U.S. factory activity hit a decade low last month in the face of President Trump’s trade conflicts, adding to a weakening picture of the global economy.
See also:
● Slowing Trade Hits Global Manufacturing Wall Street Journal
Video: Regions Rise Together taps into energy of Kern County economy
CAFWD
The Regions Rise Together initiative continued its tour through California last week, this time in Bakersfield, to hear from Kern County leaders who are featured in our latest video on the series of economic strategy sessions happening across the state.
2019 California Economic Summit Registration Opens
CAFWD
Register for the 2019 California Economic Summit, which will take place in Fresno on November 7-8. The Summit, produced by California Forward, marks the eighth annual gathering of private, public and civic leaders from across California’s diverse regions committed to creating a shared economic agenda to expand prosperity for all.
Albertsons, Safeway and Vons fined for Monopoly (game) violation
Bakersfield Californian
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced on Tuesday the three companies have agreed to pay $600,000 for violations related to the popular Monopoly promotion that took place in 2018.
EDUCATION
K-12:
FFA and 4-H students keep up on school at the Big Fresno Fair
abc30
The Big Fresno Fair kicks off Wednesday, but for FFA and 4H students, the fun has already started. With nearly two weeks of shows scheduled these kids have their work cut out for them.
Porterville Unified mourns passing of 'champion of education'
Visalia Times Delta
Governing Board Trustee Sharon Gill passed away on Sunday due to complications from a medical procedure, the district reported. The 73-year-old started her south Valley career in 1990, when she was elected to represent Porterville Union High School District.
Identifying developmental delays is target of new California law
EdSource
More young children will be screened for developmental delays under a new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Higher Ed:
Stan State Agriculture Department Awarded USDA Grant
Stanislaus State
Introducing students to agriculture beyond the strenuous work in the fields was the impetus for the $274,128 United States Department of Agriculture grant awarded earlier this month to the Stan State Agriculture Program.
Reaccreditation team to visit CSUB
The Runner
CSU Bakersfield is nearing the end of its reaccreditation process and will host a reaccreditation team from the Western Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
CSUB, JCPenney to partner for Suit-Up event
Bakersfield Californian
Cal State Bakersfield has partnered again with the local JCPenney at Valley Plaza Mall for the Suit-Up event from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday to assist students in shopping for professional attire at a discounted rate.
Inspiring Tobacco-Free Lives Tour Comes to Clovis Community College
Clovis Roundup
Clovis Community College wants to become a smoke-free campus and with a grant from the Truth Initiative, they are on the path of getting there.
Federal judge upholds affirmative action at Harvard
Fresno Bee
A federal judge Tuesday cleared Harvard University of discriminating against Asian American applicants in a ruling that was seen as a major victory for supporters of affirmative action in college admissions across the U.S.
See also:
● Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Process KVPR
Key college admissions scandal figure will cooperate with feds in blow to accused parents
Los Angeles Times
The head of a West Hollywood private school where dozens of wealthy parents allegedly had their children’s SAT and ACT exams fixed signaled on Tuesday that he would plead guilty and cooperate with investigators, a blow to parents who have maintained their innocence in the college admissions scandal.
ENVIRONMENT/ ENERGY
Environment:
‘Our own damn satellite’: California to collect more climate, fire data from space
Sacramento Bee
The California Air Resources Board announced the partnership with billionaire Michael Bloomberg and San Francisco-based earth imaging company Planet to launch a project called Satellites for Climate Action.
How industry ‘environmental’ group helped foil California’s plastics crackdown
San Francisco Chronicle
State lawmakers were on the verge of passing landmark bills to combat plastic pollution when a new advocacy group with a seemingly innocuous name arrived.
Youths assume activist role in climate change fight
Capitol Weekly
In Sacramento, a crowd of more than 1,000 people, including teenagers and pre-teens, rallied recently at the state Capitol to urge lawmakers to sign onto a National Climate Emergency Declaration, which seeks to halt new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Why Your Used Shirts Are Destined for the Dump and Not the Recycling Center
Wall Street Journal
Shoppers are buying more clothes and discarding them faster than ever, a trend that is sending an increasing amount of textiles to the dump and propelling the fashion industry to search for new technology to recycle used garments.
Iceberg larger than Los Angeles breaks off Antarctic shelf
abc30
An iceberg larger than Los Angeles is now floating off Antarctica. The 600-square-mile chunk of ice, named D-28, broke away from the Amery Ice Shelf last week -- the first major event of its kind in nearly 60 years.
Energy:
Pipeline rules adopted years after deadly explosion, spills
Fresno Bee
U.S. transportation officials on Tuesday adopted long-delayed measures that are meant to prevent pipeline spills and deadly gas explosions but don't address recommended steps to lessen accidents once they occur.
Trump officials agree on plan to boost ethanol, biodiesel
Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration has agreed to a new plan for boosting renewable fuels and offsetting waivers exempting oil refineries from mandates to use them, according to three people familiar with the matter who asked for anonymity before a formal announcement.
HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES
Health:
Valley Fever Could Spread With Climate Change, Study Warns
KVPR
The fungal disease valley fever is endemic to arid regions of the western United States, but new research suggests the areas where it’s found could rise along with global temperatures.
Gusty weekend winds prompt health caution
Madera Tribune
The potential for blowing dust as a result of anticipated gusty winds has prompted local air pollution officials to issue a health cautionary statement effective through Saturday night for the entire San Joaquin Valley.
$4 million grant aims to educate local students about vaping dangers
abc30
According to the state attorney general, one of the most significant health risks to young Californians is vaping and electronic cigarettes. While the number of people who smoke cigarettes has declined, the number of teens vaping has skyrocketed.
See also:
● L.A. County supervisors vote to ban flavored tobacco and call for statewide vaping ban Los Angeles Times
● ‘Hunker-down mode’: Juul’s difficult path forward San Francisco Chronicle
● The FDA tried to ban flavors years before the vaping outbreak. Top Obama officials rejected the plan Los Angeles Times
● EDITORIAL: Juul waves the white flag on SF Prop. C San Francisco Chronicle
California AG touts $30.5 million toward keeping kids off tobacco – especially vaping
Fresno Bee
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra stopped in Fresno on Tuesday to highlight the state’s $30.5 million grant program intended to help fight the rise of tobacco use among minors.
Fresno County raises SIDS awareness
Business Journal
The Fresno County Department of Public Health (FCDPH) is raising awareness about safe infant sleep during Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month in October and is inviting county residents to participate in the #SafeSleepSnap photo activity.
‘Sicker than the rest of us’ — More docs making house calls to people without houses
CALmatters
Homeless people who live outdoors die, on average, three decades earlier. In California locales, "street medicine" teams are trying to improve those odds.
Human Services:
Warm clothing drive taking place through December
Bakersfield Californian
Supervisor David Couch is inviting the public to participate in a warm clothing drive going on until Dec. 20, according to a news release.
Bakersfield advocates gather to reflect on Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Bakersfield Californian
Attorneys, police officers, victim's advocates and others in law enforcement pinned purple ribbons on their shirts Tuesday. And they did it for an honorable cause — October is domestic violence awareness month.
51% of California funeral homes hide prices or make them hard to find online, consumer groups say
Los Angeles Daily News
To prevent the newly bereaved from getting ripped off, and to make comparison shopping easier, California law requires funeral homes to disclose their price lists online. But five years after the law passed, fewer than half of funeral home websites — 45 percent — prominently displayed complete price lists, two consumer groups found.
See also:
● New Research Reveals That One Quarter of California Funeral Homes in Urban Areas Use Loophole in State Law to Hide Prices Consumer Federation of America
Commentary: Doctor’s orders: Provide affordable housing, and people’s health will improve
CALmatters
Americans are less healthy than their peers in other developed countries. On most measures—chronic illness, maternal mortality, longevity—Americans lag their international counterparts despite leading the world in health care spending per capita by a wide margin.
IMMIGRATION
Advocates Say President Trump's Immigration Policy Is 'A Tool Of Cruelty'
KVPR
Immigrant advocates asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to block the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), a key part of President Trump's immigration policy. The policy forces asylum seekers to wait for their immigration court hearings in Mexico.
EDITORIAL: Impeachment isn’t Trump’s only worry. Courts shot down three of his immigration policies
Los Angeles Times
The launch of an impeachment inquiry in the House wasn’t the only bad news President Trump faced last week. By late Friday, three different federal courts had shot down three of the president’s more draconian policies aimed at shutting off the flow of migrants into the U.S.
LAND USE/HOUSING
Land Use:
This cocktail bar and four other businesses just got closer to opening in downtown Fresno
Fresno Bee
As the grand prize winner, Modernist owners Carmen Serrato and Po Tsai get all kinds of help in opening, including $10,000 cash and donated services from local businesses like advertising and public relations.
Robert Price: Hurrah for new downtown heroes, the Ex-(crement) Men
Bakersfield Californian
The explosion of homelessness on city streets has manifested itself in a number of ways: Panhandling outside stores and at traffic intersections, and encampments in parks and right-of-ways, to name just two. Human feces is another.
Housing:
Fresno, California’s Poorest Big City, Faces a Different Kind of Housing Crisis
City Lab
Housing costs have been a relative bargain in inland cities like Fresno. But a sharp rise in rental costs is making life less affordable for low-income families.
County leaders spend big to shelter and house the homeless. But, not everyone is happy
Modesto Bee
Stanislaus County leaders on Tuesday approved agreements with agency partners to shelter and house the homeless after the Modesto Emergency Outdoor Shelter closes in the coming months.
How Stanislaus County’s homeless are saving the Salvation Army – and vice versa
Modesto Bee
Not everyone is aware of the financial crisis that our Salvation Army has been weathering. Last year, officers and local advisory board members caught some by surprise with a letter to the editor in The Modesto Bee, pleading for help.
Fed-up San Francisco neighbors use rocks to block homeless
Stockton Record
Fed up with what they see as the city’s failure to combat homelessness and rampant drug use, the neighbors had boulders delivered to their sidewalk to block people from pitching tents on their street.
PUBLIC FINANCES
Taxpayers don’t get much when states like California hand tax breaks to Hollywood, study says
Fresno Bee
States aren’t getting much in return for hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits they hand to filmmakers and TV show producers, according to a new study from the University of Southern California.
Hundreds of California school administrators have pensions that exceed IRS limits
Sacramento Bee
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System issued payments last year for 359 pensions over the IRS public pension limit, according to the retirement system’s data.
See also:
● These are the top CalSTRS pensions that exceed IRS limits Sacramento Bee
Update on the Funded Status of State and Local Pension Plans
Center for Retirement Research
Public pension plans are a key component of the fiscal health of state and local governments, holding just over $4 trillion in assets for 20 million active and retired public sector employees.
TRANSPORTATION
Gas is up again — and don't blame oil prices this time
Bakersfield Californian
The auto club said Thursday that "unplanned maintenance issues" at Los Angeles County's Chevron and Marathon refineries were the main reason why California's gasoline inventories were down more than one-fifth from the week before.
See also:
● California’s historic gas jump: You’re paying $1.29 more a gallon than U.S. average Orange County Register
UPS certified to start drone deliveries
abc30
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration gave the initial green light for UPS to start delivering packages via drones on Tuesday.
Kern County Public Works to launch 'Ride Share' week
Bakersfield Californian
The press conference will be used to introduce the the first fully electric Kern Transit Bus, according to the release.
WATER
Water year just ended was way above-average for Modesto area. Was it a record?
Modesto Bee
River runoff was strong, and reservoir storage was high, with Monday’s end of the water year for Modesto-area suppliers. The Tuolumne runoff was 156 percent of the historical average, but it was far from the record 255 percent two years ago.
See also:
● California’s water year starts with a large increase in reservoir storage. Here’s why Sacramento Bee
Trump administration surrenders to California, backs off on Delta water fight
Sacramento Bee
The Trump administration has retreated on a plan to push more water through the Delta this fall after protests from California officials on the harmful impacts on endangered Chinook salmon and other fish.
“Xtra”
Big Fresno Fair kicks off with music, fun and food
Bakersfield Californian
The Big Fresno Fair kicks off its 13-day run Wednesday, Oct. 2. New this year is the Sierra to the Sea exhibition in Kids' Town. The exhibit will showcase the flow of water from the Sierra's to the sea and focus on water conservation.
Clean Up A Success: National Public Lands Day at Success Lake
Porterville Recorder
Both young and old community volunteers helped clean up around Success Lake on Saturday during National Public Lands Day where community members and organizations are encouraged to help clean and spruce up national parks and local publicly used lands.
Does shopping make you want to eat and drink? Modesto’s new Save Mart lets you do both
Modesto Bee
Everyone knows you go to a grocery store to buy food and drinks, but going to a grocery store to eat food and drink? Well, unless you’re illicitly grazing through the produce section, that’s a little different.
Red Cross gives Central Valley an inside look at Riverpark event
abc30
trike, the American Red Cross responds.In a matter of hours they can set up a shelter for people impacted. On Saturday morning that's exactly what they did, at an event at River Park to raise awareness and funds.
CSUB to celebrate California Clean Air Day at Edible Garden Thursday
Bakersfield Californian
Cal State Bakersfield invites the community to join in for California Clean Air Day at the university's Edible Garden on Thursday.
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