30Mar

The Common Good: Solving Our Water Challenge

Guests: Cannon Michael: Pres. Bowles Farming Co., & Bd Chair of the San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority; Sarge Green, a water management specialist with the California Water Institute at California State University, Fresno; Ashley Boren, Exec. Director of Sustainable Conservation; former Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin—now the CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation

13Mar

March 13, 2017

Political Stories Top stories   Dan Walters: Jerry Brown wants to kill a test of coordinated services — The “Coordinated Care Initiative” is one of those uber-wonky, densely complex, acronym-laden pieces of governmental policy that may affect millions but only a handful of folks even profess to understand. And they may not have to even try to understand it, […]

01Mar

March 1, 2017

Political Stories Top stories   California water bills are starting to trickle out on Capitol Hill – With a Republican in the White House and the GOP controlling Congress, Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, said Tuesday that he is hoping to build on last year’s big and controversial California water bill that was loved by farmers and loathed by […]

13Feb

February 13, 2017

Political Stories-Top stories George Skelton: California lawmakers are stuck on Trump, but there’s a problem at home that needs attention: dirty water — While President Trump and his California resistors dominate the spotlight, a little outfit without much pizazz is trying to draw state government’s attention to sickening drinking water in the San Joaquin Valley. Skelton column in LA […]