Few people have glimpsed a dusky gopher frog or heard its loud, guttural, snorelike croak. If you held one in the palm of your hand, it likely would cover its … Click to Continue »
Read More »Should The Feds Pay For Higher Medi-Cal Rates In The Valley? Two Congressmen Say ‘Yes’
The expansion of Medi-Cal in the Central Valley under the Affordable Care Act has been key to slashing the area’s uninsured rate in half in recent years. Hundreds of thousands of people signed up, and in most valley counties, about half of the population is on Medi-Cal. But according to …
Read More »Feds fault pilot for striking trees in 2014 Yosemite crash
Federal investigators are blaming the fatal 2014 crash of a firefighting aircraft in Yosemite National Park on the pilot’s failure to avoid trees while flying at a low altitude. The … Click to Continue »
Read More »Flesh-eating fly outbreak that infested rare Key deer is over, feds say
The planet’s last remaining herd of tiny Key deer is getting a clean bill of health just in time for spring fawning season. A grisly outbreak of flesh-eating New World … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fresno County Applies For $1 Million From Feds To Fight Lead In Children
Reports of high levels of lead in children in two zip codes in Southeast Fresno have raised new concerns about the health of young residents. A report by the news agency Reuters found that in one zip code, the percentage of children with high lead exposure is three times that …
Read More »California almond harvest likely to set record, feds say
Federal agency estimates 2.05 billion pounds for state, up 2.4 percent from May projection Crop would eclipse record of 2.03 billion pounds in 2011 Northern San Joaquin Valley is key part of industry … Click to Continue »
Read More »Feds give thumbs-up to fracking off California coast
SAN DIEGO-An environmental assessment from two federal agencies released Friday determined that fracking off the coast of California causes no significant impact, thus lifting a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing that was instituted earlier this year. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Valley’s Westside farmers seethe over tiny water allocation from feds
Allocation a cautious estimate Friant users to get 30 percent Farm Bureau head angry at news … Click to Continue »
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