Dare we say it? The outlines of a truce in California’s unending water battles began to come into focus last week, though not everyone is willing to sign the treaty. The State Water Board adopted the first phase of a far-reaching revision to the Water Quality Control Plan for the...
Walters: Gov. Brown Tries to Forge Big Water Deal Before Exit
As the Civil War raged, William Brewer, a young botanist from upstate New York, spent five years cataloging California’s natural attributes for its Legislature. As he and his crew traversed the state by mule in their annual sojourns, living off the land, Brewer found much to commend. But in letters...
Trump Delivers on Water for Valley, Gives Lift to GOP Congressmen
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Friday afternoon in Scottsdale, Arizona, that one senior White House official called “the most significant action by a president on western water issues.” Trump’s policy would streamline regulations to help speed up deliveries from the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, the two...
Here's Why Rent Control Measure Would Worsen Housing Crisis
California’s housing crisis has gotten the attention of the media, but it is often discussed as an issue that primarily impacts coastal communities. Despite the focus on the Bay Area and Los Angeles, parts of the Central Valley are feeling the housing pinch as well. As California’s population continues to...
Steve Perry's Journey From Radio Silence to New Album
Steve Perry, the rock 'n' roll legend who was born in Hanford, tells The New York Times that his Valley roots cling to him today. "A lot of my writing, to this day, is based on my emotional attachment to Lemoore High School," Perry says. Perry talks about how he...
Vidak Urges Passage of Revised Drinking Water Bill
State legislation to fix outdated drinking water systems in California has gotten a boost from a key change in the way the program would be funded. Under an updated bill in Sacramento, a voluntary fee on all public water system users in the state would be used to create a...
Farmers Protest California Water Plan Aimed to Save Salmon
SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of California farmers rallied at the Capitol on Monday to protest state water officials' proposal to increase water flows in a major California river, a move state and federal politicians called an overreach of power that would mean less water for farms in the Central Valley. "If...
Will 'Pineapple Express' Bring Flooded Streets Again?
As an "atmospheric river" storm from the eastern Pacific moves into the Central Valley today, forecasts are predicting "substantial precipitation" for the area. The storm system, also called a "Pineapple Express," could grow as large as 400 miles across the southern and central parts of California. The National Weather Service...
Valley's Big Win. Treasury Awards $55M in New Market Tax Credits.
A Fresno-based group will receive $55 million in tax credits from the U.S. Treasury to help stimulate investment and economic growth in the Valley's low-income urban neighborhoods and rural communities. TJ. Cox, president and chief operating officer of the Central Valley New Market Tax Credit Fund, told GV Wire about...
Valley's Big Win. Treasury Awards $55M in New Market Tax Credits.
A Fresno-based group will receive $55 million in tax credits from the U.S. Treasury to help stimulate investment and economic growth in the Valley's low-income urban neighborhoods and rural communities. TJ. Cox, president and chief operating officer of the Central Valley New Market Tax Credit Fund, told GV Wire about...