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Trump Victory Will Lead to New Battles in California’s ‘Water Wars’

California has been lately in the business of blowing up dams. So a decision to actually raise one is big news. Kerry Jackson Opinion In ...
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Trump Victory Will Lead to New Battles in California’s ‘Water Wars’

California has been lately in the business of blowing up dams. So a decision to actually raise one is big news. Kerry Jackson Opinion In ...

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California’s Water Crisis Deepens as San Joaquin Valley Sinks

California’s San Joaquin Valley is sinking at an alarming rate, according to a new study published in Nature Communication Earth and E...

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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...

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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...

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Feds Agree to Raise San Luis Reservoir: More Water for Farmers, Communities, Wetlands

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Wednesday announced an agreement with the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority to raise the nation...

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Madera County Project Aims to Curb Groundwater Pull by Paying Farmers for New Land Uses

Residents and advocates in the small community of Fairmead have been working for years to find ways to relieve pressure on the area’s ...

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Challengers Seek Seats on Tulare County Irrigation District Boards

Board seats on four Tulare County irrigation districts will be on the ballot this election. Lisa McEwen SJV Water At least one of the dis...

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SJV Water Founder Lois Henry

SJV Water Founder Lois Henry Receives Prestigious Reporting Award

SJV Water founder, editor and CEO Lois Henry was recently recognized with a statewide journalism award by the Water Education Foundation, a ...

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‘Extortion’ and ‘Bullying’ Accusations Fly: Who Should Pay for Sinking the Friant-Kern Canal?

A last-resort attempt to shore up funding for ongoing Friant-Kern Canal repairs has run into a buzzsaw of opposition from several irrigation...

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Madera County Farmland Conversion Program Begins With $10 Million in State Funds

Land owners can now officially submit proposals to Madera County to convert their ag land to less water intensive uses under a new program a...

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Stock Market Today: Stocks Gain as Wall Street Closes Out Strong November

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Collins Returns, but Bulldogs Lose Two in Tournament Action

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My Brother Is Doing the Trump Dance

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‘Misinformation Is an Attack on You’: Research Shows Alarming Increase in Social Media Manipulation

Customers shop for groceries at Whole Foods in Harlem on May 31, 2024. Congress is feuding over a new farm bill, making lawmakers likely to punt the matter for another year and leave American farmers and families on food assistance without an update to the legislation that controls how much federal support they receive. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)
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As Congress Feuds Over Farm Bill, Growers Are ‘Stuck in Limbo’

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