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Next Phase of Friant-Kern Canal Repairs Begins With Intense Scrutiny of Study Contract

Negotiations focusing on how Friant Water Authority will repay the Bureau of Reclamation for a $22.2 million study mapping out how to fix th...

/ 6 days ago

Punjabi Farmers Get Few Answers to Questions About Groundwater Regulations

After a four-hour workshop with state officials in Visalia, Punjabi American farmers were left frustrated and questioning whether California...

/ 7 days ago

Volunteers Needed To Clean Trash On the Lower Kings River

Volunteers are invited to spend a Saturday morning cleaning a section of the Kings River. SJV Water The Kings River Fisheries Management ...

/ 1 week ago

Laguna Irrigation District headquarters

Fresno County Recount Produces One-Vote Victory for Water District Incumbent

Lois Henry SJV Water Frank Zonneveld, the incumbent board president of Laguna Irrigation District, will retain his seat after a hotly contes...

/ 1 week ago

Friant Agrees to Hold Water Board Retreats in Valley, Not Distant Swanky Resorts

The Friant Water Authority and three irrigation districts in southern Tulare County hammered out an agreement last week that will force Fria...

/ 2 weeks ago

Recount for Fresno County Irrigation District Race to Restart Friday

A recount of votes in the hotly contested race for a board seat on the Laguna Irrigation District will restart Friday morning after it was a...

/ 2 weeks ago

Tied Fresno County Irrigation District Board Race Goes Into Double OT

With a single ballot outstanding, a recount of votes cast in a heated race for a Laguna Irrigation District board seat was abruptly stopped ...

/ 2 weeks ago

Fresno’s Blanket of Fog Can Be Seen From Outer Space. What Causes It?

Recent rains that drenched California just before Thanksgiving left their typical Central Valley calling card — a blanket of heavy tule fog ...

/ 2 weeks ago

Climate Change Could Bring Disaster or Solutions to San Joaquin Valley

A projected increase in the kind of “atmospheric river” type storms California experienced in the historic 2023 water year could...

/ 1 month ago

Fresno Symposium to Focus on Water’s Impact on Farmland Values

Access to a reliable water supply can make or break an agricultural investment, especially in the San Joaquin Valley where aquifers are comi...

/ 1 month ago

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Photo of a Christmas tree in the NORAD Tracks Santa Center at Peterson Air Force Base

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Religion Has Been in Decline. This Christmas Seems Different.

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California Limits Junk Fees: New Law Blocks Fines for Declined ATM Withdrawals

An autistic boy with his mother at home in Texas, Aug. 5, 2023. There is no blood test or brain scan to determine who has autism, and with no singular cause, there is no singular culprit behind autism’s rise. (Callaghan O'Hare/The New York Times)

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Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism. So What Is?

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New ‘Superman’ Trailer Is Most Watched for Warner Bros., DC Comics Online

The SpaceX starship rocket near the Starbase launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas, Feb. 21, 2024. Employees of SpaceX have filed a formal petition to create the city of Starbase. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)

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Elon Musk Is Creating His Own Texas Town. Hundreds Already Live There.

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Amazon and Starbucks Workers Are Striking. What Does It Mean for Labor Under Trump?

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