This time of year, May Vu’s farm in Sanger should be carpeted
with blooming flowers and a bounty of vegetables. But a failing
irrigation pump and a nearly empty well have dried up Vu’s farm
and with it, her source of income.
A state official confirmed Friday that a potentially toxic form
of blue-green algae is blooming in the San Joaquin River. It’s
unknown whether this is the same algae greening up the waterfront
area only a few miles away.
San Joaquin County
supervisors agreed Tuesday to oppose Gov. Jerry Brown’s twin
tunnels project – for the second time – and to send nearly 100
pages of highly critical comments to state and federal
officials.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed twin tunnels “will effectively
destroy the Delta as it exists today,” and will forever alter San
Joaquin County’s economy, county officials warn in a new report.
Agencies from San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties to NASA and
the U.S. Department of Agriculture formed an invasive-weed task
force seeking holistic, more comprehensive solutions to free the
Delta from its oppressors.
Modesto is asking everyone to conserve water as the state bakes
under a third straight year of drought. And in case folks
have not gotten the message, the city is helping them.
Stanislaus County farmers have been granted permission to drill
hundreds of new agricultural wells this year, while an increasing
number of domestic water wells go dry, a review of permit records
shows.
For the fifth time since it first declared a local state of
emergency for the drought, the San Joaquin County Board of
Supervisors continued the state of drought emergency at its
regular meeting on Tuesday.
For the fifth time since it first declared a local state of
emergency for the drought, the San Joaquin County Board of
Supervisors continued the state of drought emergency at its
regular meeting on Tuesday.
On Tuesday the National Weather Service will turn the page on a
hugely disappointing 2013-14 “wet” season that saw Stockton soak
up a paltry 7.51 inches of rain, about 55 percent of normal.
… Every acre of California is now mired in drought.
On Tuesday the National Weather Service will turn the page on a
hugely disappointing 2013-14 “wet” season that saw Stockton soak
up a paltry 7.51 inches of rain, about 55 percent of normal.
… Every acre of California is now mired in drought.
Mark Grossi, environmental reporter for The Fresno Bee, was
honored Thursday by the Fresno County Farm Bureau for excellence
in agriculture reporting by print media.
The future of a popular paved trail that runs alongside Woodward
Park in northeast Fresno is up for public discussion. … The
[San Joaquin River] conservancy is seeking public comment by
July 8 before work starts on the environmental impact report.
