We’re proud to announce that SJV Water was recognized for its outstanding journalism in the statewide 2025 California Journalism Awards contest by the California News Publishers Association. We won two first place awards in our division, one for our weekly newsletter “The Splash” and the other for best enterprise reporting for our video series “Who Owns the Kern River?” … Our entry for “enterprise reporting” was unusual as it wasn’t a print entry but video. Our goal was to help viewers understand at least some of the complexities of how the ownership of the Kern River has evolved over the years, who gets how much water and when.