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Senator Andreas Borgeas Announces He Will Not Run For Re-Election This Year

January 12, 2022 3:20 pmJanuary 12, 2022 4:19 pm

Senator Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno) announced on Tuesday that he would not be running for state Senate again, less than a week after he had announced that he would also not be running for Congress. Borgeas, a graduate of Northern Arizona,...

48,000 Californians are Without Power in the Sierra Nevadas

December 30, 2021 1:31 pmDecember 30, 2021 1:37 pm

News reports Thursday morning said PG&E announced that 48,000 residents in Northern California living in the Sierra Nevada Mountains region are without power. With more than 202 inches of snow (17+ feet of snow) dumped, a large section of Interstate-80...

California Sets New December Snowfall Record, May Break 200 inches Monday!

December 27, 2021 2:58 pmDecember 27, 2021 5:16 pm

The UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab announced Monday a “NEW DECEMBER RECORD of 193.7 inches, which is more than 16 feet, and a prediction of breaking the 200 inch mark today. https://twitter.com/UCB_CSSL/status/1475511462588211200 “With a 24 hour official #snow total...

Why is California’s ‘More Water Now’ Ballot Initiative Already Under Attack?

December 6, 2021 8:06 amDecember 8, 2021 3:42 pm

California has a long history of squandering its precious water. In 2014, California voters approved $7.12 billion in bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects. Of that, $2.7 billion was designated for water storage projects. But nearly 8 years later,...

Finding Common Ground in California on Environmental Regulations and Infrastructure Investment

October 18, 2021 2:15 amApril 3, 2022 8:00 am

In California, environmental regulations have brought infrastructure investment to a standstill. Without expanding energy, water, and transportation infrastructure, it is nearly impossible to build housing, the cost-of-living is punitive, water is rationed and food is overpriced, the overall quality of...

Citizens Ballot Initiative filed to Fulfill Funding of Long-Overdue California Water Projects

October 11, 2021 7:49 amOctober 12, 2021 10:32 am

A citizens water group has filed for ballot title and summary with the California Secretary of State on a water abundance ballot initiative for the November 2022 ballot. The Water Infrastructure Funding Act of 2022, and the More Water Now...

Recall Candidate John Cox Announces New Bus Tour For Final Week Of Race

September 7, 2021 2:52 pm

In a bookend to his first bus tour in May, businessman and 2018 GOP Gubernatorial candidate John Cox began his final bus tour in the recall election in Modesto on Tuesday. Unlike his previous tours which had used gimmicks such...