SACRAMENTO — Democrats have won two Republican-held California state Senate seats in the Central Valley, giving the party veto-proof supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature. Vote totals updated since Election Day made winners Monday of Melissa Hurtado and Assemblywoman Anna Caballero. Caballero defeated Republican Rob Poythress to win the...
Face Off: Jim Costa and Elizabeth Heng
View the video above to compare the background and views of incumbent Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and challenger Elizabeth Heng (R), candidates for California's 16th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
City Council OKs Moratorium on Fresno Water Fines
The Fresno City Council unanimously approved a moratorium on fines for excessive water usage at special meeting Thursday. The moratorium is retroactive to Oct. 1. The council will convene again on the subject in January. Council members additionally instructed city staff to inform the public about the moratorium. Water violation...
Fresh Off Water Wins, Denham Confident in Re-Election Victory
Jeff Denham is confident he will be back in Washington come January. The Republican congressman is in a tight race against Democratic challenger Josh Harder in the 10th District, centered on Modesto. How tight? National election guesser like Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball and The Cook Political Report call it a toss-up....
Kings County Supervisors Talk Water With Trump
Two Kings County supervisors spoke with the president at a Washington event on Tuesday (Oct. 24). During a State Leadership Event Day meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, President Donald Trump talked about California water. That’s when he noticed two men in the crowd. “You people are nodding like...
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...
Heng Attacks Costa. He Fires Back With His Own Shots.
Has Rep. Jim Costa done enough for the Central Valley? That appears to be one of the defining questions of the veteran Democrat's race against Republican challenger Elizabeth Heng. The incumbent congressman calls himself a problem-solver. In fact, Costa is a member of the bipartisan 48-member Problem Solver Caucus. Heng...
More Water Will Flow to the Valley Upon Trump's Signature
WASHINGTON — Congress has approved a sprawling bill that provides for increased water storage in the San Joaquin Valley. If signed by President Donald Trump, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 would authorize more than $6 billion in spending over 10 years for projects nationwide. Folded into the bill is Rep....
Fresno Council Says 'No' to Utility Hikes, For Now
Any rate hikes for Fresno utility customers will wait. The Fresno City Council rejected starting a process Thursday that would raise the bill for water, sewer and trash by about $22 through 2023 to a base rate of $118. Council president Esmeralda Soria led the way during the debate, unhappy...
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...