About 2,200 firefighters have been assigned to combat the
fast-moving blaze, which sparked southwest of Ono on Friday when
a marijuana grower inadvertently sparked a brush fire with his
truck while transporting fertilizer to an illegal garden in the
area.
Firefighters were making little headway against a 3,700-acre
blaze Sunday in rural Shasta County that investigators believe
was sparked by the exhaust from a truck driven by a man
delivering supplies to an illegal marijuana growing site.
California’s evolving cap-and-trade market may soon have a new
player: rice farmers. …
The program, called the Rice Cultivation Projects Compliance
Offset Protocol, is slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015,
and run for a 10-year period.
Rugged terrain, shifting winds and hot, dry conditions hampered
efforts to contain a wildfire in Northern California that burned
to the edge of a rural neighborhood, officials said.
A
wildfire in rural Northern California’s Napa County damaged two
homes and forced the evacuation of 200 others, but so far is not
posing a to the vineyards that are the region’s claim to
fame.
“Two months ago, community leaders in Hamilton City received news
the J Levee that protects the town from the Sacramento River was
on the federal list for repairs.”
“Voters in a Northern California county have defeated a measure
calling for the creation of a 51st state named Jefferson, in a
test of whether a secessionist movement has sails in a region
long accustomed to feeling overlooked by the rest of the state.”
“A number is written in red marker on a white board in Ed Sills’
office in Pleasant Grove. It marks the day, May 5, when the last
rain fell on the 3,000 acres where Sills grows organic rice,
beans and popcorn.”
“Northern California farmers typically have plenty of water
compared to those in the Southern California, even during dry
years. They often profit by selling water to the south.”
From the Northern California Water Association (NCWA) Blog, in a
post by Bill Mueller, Valley Vision:
“NSWA [North State Water Alliance] is seeking a three-part
solution: operational certainty, infrastructure improvements, and
unifying regulatory approaches.
From The Davis Enterprise, in a commentary by Joe Krovoza,
Bill Marble, Don Saylor, Skip Davies, Brett Lee, Dan Wolk and Jim
Hilliard:
“On Thursday, the cities of Davis and Woodland will celebrate a
milestone decades in the making and one with benefits for
generations to come: the groundbreaking for the regional surface
water treatment facility.”
“A visit that was part stump speech and part education on
Northern California water issues had gubernatorial candidate
Neel Kashkari in Oroville and Richvale Friday.
“Kashkari toured the inner workings of Oroville Dam and met
with reporters at the top of the vista point at the lake, which
is about 170 feet below maximum capacity.”
“This month, another step forward was taken for plans to build
Sites Reservoir near Maxwell. Congressmen John Garamendi,
D-Fairfield, and Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, have introduced
federal legislation to authorize and complete the feasibility
study for the proposed new water storage.
“One could call the progress slow and steady, understanding
that the timeline is decades.”
