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California Considers Stepping in to Manage Groundwater Basin in Farm Country

California Considers Stepping in to Manage Groundwater Basin in Farm Country

SACRAMENTO — California officials on Thursday faulted communities in a stretch of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley for failing to develop a ...

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Waterlogged Kings County Seeks $45.5 Million From Feds for Flood Damages, Winter Storm Prep

Kings County is spending millions to repair damages from this year’s devastating floods and, like many other valley counties, is turning to ...

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Making Water Conservation a ‘California Way of Life’: Controversial State Rules Could Cost $13 Billion

Saying the targets to cut water use in cities and towns will be costly and difficult to achieve, water agencies throughout California have r...

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Fresno County Agencies Seek $40M to Fix Flood Damage, Prep for El Niño

Agencies in Fresno County, from small cities to irrigation districts, are hoping money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency arrives ...

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Arizona to End Saudi-Owned Firm’s ‘Unlimited’ Access to State’s Groundwater

WASHINGTON — Arizona governor Katie Hobbs said this week her administration is terminating state land leases that for years have given a Sau...

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CA Celebrates Water-Filled Reservoirs With a Wary Eye on El Niño

SACRAMENTO — California ended its “miracle” water year on Saturday with enough rain and snow to fill the state’s reservoirs to 128% of...

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Special Report: Is the San Joaquin Valley Prepared to Farm With Less Groundwater?

In less than 20 years’ time, the San Joaquin Valley could become a patchwork of vast swaths of vacant, weed-filled lands interspersed with a...

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Arrowhead Bottled Water Ordered to Stop Siphoning from California Mountain Spring

SACRAMENTO — California regulators on Tuesday ordered the company that owns Arrowhead bottled water to stop using some of the natural spring...

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Farmers Flush With Water Now, But State Still Hasn’t Prepared for the Next Drought

For most of the state, the drought is over. The Central Valley is receiving their full state water supply allocation and farmers don’t need ...

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Western States to Face Lesser Colorado River Water Cuts in 2024 Despite Long-Term Challenges

WASHINGTON — Federal officials said Tuesday they will ease water cuts for Western states reliant on the Colorado River in 2024, thanks to a ...

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Humanitarian Aid Is Stuck at Gaza-Egypt Border as Israeli Siege Strains Hospitals

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Suzanne Somers, of ‘Three’s Company,’ Dies a Day Before 77th Birthday

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Hunter Biden Investigations Lead to Ethical Concerns About President Biden, an AP-NORC Poll Shows

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Pharmacy Chain With Locations Across Fresno Files for Bankruptcy

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California’s Widening Housing Gap Defies State Efforts to Jump-Start Construction

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Israeli Shelling on Lebanon Border Kills Reuters Journalist, Wounds 6

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The Geography of Conflict: Understanding the Israeli Communities Along the Gaza Border

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What’s Out in the Universe? NASA’s Amber Straughn Will Tell Us in Town Hall Opener

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Valley Agricultural Innovators Honored with the CALF 2023 Profiles in Leadership Award

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Obama to Israelis in 2013: Put Yourselves in Palestinians’ Shoes

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Death Row Inmate Who Murdered Merced Police Officer Back in Court, Says His ‘Rights Violated’

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Republicans Pick Jim Jordan as Nominee for House Speaker, Putting Job Within the Trump Ally’s Reach

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