Since the start of the pandemic, 43,000 Californians have officially died due to COVID-19 . But a new research paper by a team of epidemiologists at the University of California, San Francisco suggests that the true death toll due to the virus is likely much higher , after studying deaths …
Read More »Candidate Andrew Janz Says Pumping “At 100 Percent Capacity,” Water Infrastructure Needed
We’re less than two months away from this year’s midterm election, and Democrats are still holding out for a blue wave across the country. Whether that will extend into conservative strongholds in the Central Valley is yet to be seen. But today in our studio, we’re talking to Andrew Janz, …
Read More »Violent crime rose by 13 percent last year in Merced, police say
Violent crime in Merced rose in 2017 by 13 percent compared to the previous year, though overall crime rose by just 1 percent in the same amount of time, according … Click to Continue »
Read More »In “unprecedented” move, Merced sheriff’s deputies will get 10 percent raise
Merced County Sheriff’s deputies will receive a long-awaited 10 percent raise on Monday after a deal was approved on Tuesday by the Merced County Board of Supervisors. The raise was … Click to Continue »
Read More »No Snow Left? Aerial Surveys Show Eight Percent Still Remains In San Joaquin Watershed
As of July 10 manual snow surveyors reported there’s zero snow left in the mountains above the San Joaquin River. But a new way to measure the snowpack from the sky is showing a different set of results. “Already we’re seeing snowmelt 50 percent greater than it was last year …
Read More »Friant-Kern Canal Slows By 60 Percent, Subsidence To Blame
A section of the the Friant-Kern Canal in Tulare County is sinking so much that it’s lost about 60 percent of its flow. Doug DeFlitch with the Friant Water Authority says the canal that helps irrigate a million acres of farmland has sunk two to three feet in some places …
Read More »Get ready to pay more for health care next year: hikes from 5 to 24 percent in Valley
Consumers buying insurance next year in Merced and Mariposa counties will see a rate increase for monthly premiums of 24 percent on average – nearly twice the statewide hike. In … Click to Continue »
Read More »Ambulance Abuse By “Super Users” In Fresno County Is Down 178 Percent – Here’s Why
When you call 9-1-1, you expect an ambulance to come and quickly. But in Fresno County, health officials say a relatively small number of people had been making that difficult, so-called ambulance “super users.” These are people who call for an ambulance ride frequently, sometimes hundreds of times a year, …
Read More »Drought busted: Bureau of Reclamation boosts water allocation to 100 percent for west-side farmers
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is boosting the water allocation for farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to 100 percent for the first time since 2006. The announcement Tuesday … Click to Continue »
Read More »West Side farmers to get a 65 percent water allocation from Central Valley Project
With ample rainfall and an above-average snowpack, west side San Joaquin Valley growers were hoping the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation would give them a 100 percent allocation of water this … Click to Continue »
Read More »PolitiFact California: Mostly True: Latinos 40 Percent Less Likely To Call Police When Victims Of A Crime
In her first official speech on the U.S. Senate floor, Sen. Kamala Harris said President Trumps executive actions “have hit our immigrant and religious communities like a cold front, striking a chilling fear in the hearts of millions of good hardworking people.” The California Democrat went on to say that …
Read More »An ambitious plan aims to cover 25 percent of Phoenix with tree shade
This Southwest capital presents a distinctive postcard: brutal heat, desert peaks, sprawling subdivisions and endless asphalt. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Much of West Side gets 5 percent farm irrigation water allotment
Central Valley Project has little for several districts but 100 percent for senior rights holders Winter storms helped much of state, but West Side suffers from reduced Delta pumping Drought, fish protections have combined to sharply lower supply … Click to Continue »
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