Valley Congressman Jim Costa just introduced a bill called the Conveyance Capacity Restoration Act. According to Costa’s announcement, the bill would authorize more than $653 million to restore the capacity of three San Joaquin Valley canals, while also investing in restoration efforts of the San Joaquin river. Those three canals are the Friant-Kern Canal, the…… MORE
EPA Approves California Rules Phasing Out Diesel Trucks
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California’s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state’s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast. The decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows California…… MORE
San Diego County Supervisor To Resign After Assault Lawsuit
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A powerful San Diego County supervisor said he will resign amid accusations that he sexually assaulted a government employee, completing a swift and shocking fall for a decorated Marine combat veteran whose star rose with his Democratic Party’s ascendancy in the nation’s eighth-largest city. Nathan Fletcher, who defected from the Republican…… MORE
Food And Agriculture Board To Discuss Impact Of Storms
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture is expected to talk about current flooding impacts to local communities and available USDA Disaster Assistance Programs at its upcoming meeting on April 4th. CDFA Secretary Karen Ross says “recent regional flooding has significantly impacted local communities as well as California’s farmers, ranchers and farmworkers.” “Federal and…… MORE
Donald Trump Indicted; 1st Ex-President Charged with Crime
UPDATE: Read Donald Trump’s full statement in response below: “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. From the time I came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States, the Radical Left Democrats – the enemy…… MORE
Senate Passes Resolution To Overturn WOTUS
The Senate passed the Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval that overturns the Biden Administration’s Waters of the United States Rule by a 53-43 vote. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.VA.), ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced the resolution in February. The administration introduced a new rule in December 2022 that…… MORE
7 California Officers Charged In Death Of Man In Custody
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the…… MORE
California May End Travel Ban To States With anti-LGBTQ Laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When North Carolina in 2016 banned transgender people from using the bathroom of their gender identity in public buildings, California retaliated by banning state-funded travel to that state and any other state with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ people. But seven years later, California now bans state-funded travel to nearly…… MORE
CDFA Flood Recovery Web Page Offers Help
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is posting on its website help for farmers and ranchers impacted by flooding. Multiple storms have caused rivers to overflow in the Central Valley and pose a risk of more high flows in the weeks ahead. The CDFA is offering a list of relief and support resources from state…… MORE
New California Gas Price Law Another Defeat For Oil Industry
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It was just a few weeks ago that California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the oil industry the second most powerful force on earth, trailing only Mother Nature in its ability to bend the elements — both physical and political — to its will. Yet on Tuesday, Newsom signed a new law…… MORE
