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Study Says California’s 2023 Snowy Megadrought Rescue Was a Freak Event

DENVER — Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime res...
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Study Says California’s 2023 Snowy Megadrought Rescue Was a Freak Event

DENVER — Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime res...

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State Will Monitor Crop-Rich Kings County Region to Preserve Groundwater

California officials voted Tuesday to step in to monitor groundwater use in part of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley in a first-of-its-kind ...

/ 3 weeks ago

$15M Federal Grant Will Build Floating Solar Cells Over Delta-Mendota Canal

A $15 million grant from the federal government will fund a pilot program to build the first floating solar cells along the 117-mile long De...

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California Water Wars Continue Despite Now Healthy H20 Supply

California’s major reservoirs are nearly full thanks to two wet winters, the Sierra snowpack is deeper than usual and the state is likely to...

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California Enters Spring With Vital Snowpack Above Average for a Second Year

LOS ANGELES — California has entered spring with an above-average mountain snowpack and major reservoirs in good shape for a second consecut...

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Despite Above Average Snowpack, Fed Agency Promises Valley Farmers Only 35% of Water

The Bureau of Reclamation, which controls water allocations through the Central Valley Project, didn’t wait for the new round of storm...
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Will Sinking Friant-Kern Canal and Over-Pumping Usher in State Control?

Fallout over the ever-sinking Friant-Kern Canal could affect growers throughout the Tule subbasin regardless of whether they get water from ...

/ 2 months ago

Newly Rebuilt Friant-Kern Canal Sinking From Overpumping: Lawsuit

Farmers in Tulare County are being allowed to continue pumping so much groundwater that it is endangering a newly constructed portion of the...

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NASA Satellite Images Tell the Story of California’s Growing Snowpack

â– State snowpack was 28% of normal on Jan. 1. It’s 86% of normal today. â– More storms are forming over the Pacific Ocean. â– Downtown LA h...

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Valley Growers Hope for More Rain & Snow to Boost Irrigation Supplies

â– Westlands Water District receives an initial CVP water allocation of 15%. â– Friant Division gets an initial 60% allocation. â– Reclamation off...

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After Losing Population in Recent Years, California Grows Again. Is That a Good Thing?

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Fresno State Announces 2024 Graduate Deans’ Medalists

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Yellen Says Threats to Democracy Risk US Economic Growth, an Indirect Jab at Trump

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New Sea Route for Gaza Aid on Track. Treating Starving Children Is a Priority

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At Time of Rising Antisemitism, Holocaust Survivors Take on Denial and Hate in New Digital Campaign

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FUSD Trustees Name Misty Her as Interim Superintendent. National Search Yet to Start

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Gov. Newsom Appoints Judges for Fresno, Merced Counties

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Assemblymember Soria Dodges Questions About Defamation Lawsuit

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