Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada foothills are home to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, but the tribe has been enmeshed in a decades-long battle for recognition by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. To learn more about the current status of that fight, and how it’s been shaped by COVID-19, Valley …
Read More »After Horrific Losses, Bakersfield Moms May Push For Public Safety Tax
Now we move to Bakersfield, where police believe the unsolved cases of three young people who are either missing or dead are connected. In the spring of 2018 James Kulstad was killed in a drive-by shooting within weeks of the disappearance of Baylee Despot and Micha Holsonbake. While the search …
Read More »Fresno County Launches $111 Million Mental Health Push For Children
We’re at the start of another school year. And that means more than just a focus on basic academic skills. In Fresno County there’s a new push to address mental health and wellbeing. It’s part of a five year, $ 111 million dollar campaign that’s called “All 4 Youth” that’s …
Read More »After EPA flip, a push to block ‘harmful’ pesticide
A month after Scott Pruitt began leading the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the former Oklahoma attorney general rejected an Obama-era recommendation from agency scientists to ban a widely used pesticide … Click to Continue »
Read More »Some mountain-bike groups join push to roll back protections for public lands
WASHINGTON – When their vision of creating a scenic cycling trail through a protected alpine backcountry hit a snag, San Diego area mountain bikers turned to an unlikely ally: congressional … Click to Continue »
Read More »As Dreamers’ 2017 prospects fade, supporters mount huge push
With prospects dimming for a deal this year to prevent young Dreamers from deportation, sympathetic groups are planning a massive push over the next few weeks to force the issue … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County denies ‘Health 4 all’ push for undocumented immigrants
A vote against the plan to offer health coverage to undocumented immigrants in Merced County failed to gain support from supervisors on Tuesday, disappointing advocates. Speaker after speaker at the … Click to Continue »
Read More »A bold, desperate push to save Mexico’s vaquita porpoise
A flotilla of small vessels set off into Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California before daybreak on Friday, launching a daring and desperate quest to prevent the extinction of a species. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Advocates to push Merced County to help undocumented receive healthcare
Thousands of undocumented immigrants in Merced County don’t have health coverage, but advocates supporting the #Health4All campaign say there are ways Merced County could help that could possibly benefit everyone. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Private Domestic Well Owners Left Behind In California’s Water Quality Push
The recent drought underscored the struggles of private well owners as wells across Tulare County went dry. But an underlying issue has existed all along: even those who have drinking water don’t necessarily know if it’s safe. “The problem is that those people that live outside of the city and …
Read More »Protesters push Merced for law enforcement citizen review board, police training
UC Merced students and members of the Merced community called Monday for the City Council to set up citizen review boards, pay for bias training and made other demands in … Click to Continue »
Read More »New York is threatening to spoil Trump’s push for fossil fuels
Forget the climate warriors of California. The state best positioned to spoil Donald Trump’s plan to unleash America’s fossil-fuel resources may be New York. In the past year, New York … Click to Continue »
Read More »Some GOP lawmakers push back against EPA cuts
As President Donald Trump introduces a series of budget cuts and regulatory rollbacks that would cripple the Environmental Protection Agency, he faces one unpredictable obstacle: resistance from fellow Republicans. A … Click to Continue »
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