A new study identifies those San Joaquin Valley residents without access to drinking water, but a solution may be close at hand. Hundreds of thousands residents in the San Joaquin Valley lack access to clean drinking water. This is especially common in unincorporated communities categorized as disadvantaged, which are also …
Read More »Behind Fresno’s Biggest Christmas Lights Display, A Little-Known Tradition
The holidays are big here in the San Joaquin Valley. One of the most conspicuous examples is Christmas Tree Lane, two miles of lights and music that draw tens of thousands of visitors to central Fresno each year. Big as it is, though, it’s the little things that keep Christmas …
Read More »Here are the biggest winners in this year’s $218M budget in Merced
The Merced City Council adopted a $ 218 million budget this week that hires about two dozen new employees, according to records. The council unanimously adopted the budget, which includes about … Click to Continue »
Read More »Paris pullout pits Chamber against some of its biggest members
WASHINGTON – As President Donald Trump mulled whether to exit the Paris climate accord, companies as varied as Dow Chemical Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Citigroup Inc. prodded him to … Click to Continue »
Read More »28 years ago, a melting glacier in Prince William Sound played a role in Exxon’s biggest disaster
In the wee hours of March 24, 1989, the channel connecting the Alaskan port of Valdez with Prince William Sound was riddled with icebergs shed from the deteriorating Columbia Glacier, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Vietnam, the biggest hub for illegal rhino horn trafficking, has done little to stop it
Vietnam has become the biggest hub in the world for trafficking in horns and other body parts of the rhinoceros, a critically endangered species that is being killed by poachers … Click to Continue »
Read More »Yosemite announces biggest expansion in 70 years, adding new meadows and forestland
In its biggest expansion in decades, Yosemite National Park on Wednesday broadened its western boundary by adding 400 acres of lush meadowlands edged with cedars and ponderosa pines that provide habitat for some of California’s most threatened wildlife. … Click to Continue »
Read More »A Week in Yosemite: Is popularity park’s biggest threat?
If you wanted to wrap the entire Yosemite Valley experience into one single spot, the Tunnel View overlook is a good choice. It is, at the very same time, almost impossibly beautiful– and almost always teeming with people. For Yosemite park ranger Scott Gediman… the draw of Yosemite can be …
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