CALMATTERS

• Did California Highway Patrol go too far at UCLA protest?
  May 14, 2024
  When California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear dispersed pro-Palestininan protests at UCLA earlier this month, it marked the first public test of a 2021 California law restricting the use of less-lethal munitions against protesters.  […]
• California tomó medidas enérgicas luego de que un accidente matara a 13 campesinos. Entonces ¿por qué siguen muriendo trabajadores agrícolas en las carreteras?
  May 14, 2024
  Después de una tragedia hace 25 años, los legisladores estatales y la Patrulla de Caminos de California actuaron para hacer más seguros los desplazamientos de los trabajadores agrícolas. Pero los trabajadores todavía mueren en accidentes, […]
• California cracked down after a crash killed 13 farmworkers. Why are workers still dying on the road?
  May 14, 2024
  After a tragedy 25 years ago, state lawmakers and the California Highway Patrol acted to make farmworkers’ commutes safer. But workers still die in crashes — in vans the law doesn’t cover.
• La región del Inland Empire lucha contra las bajas tasas de graduación universitaria para conseguir empleos tecnológicos y más negocios
  May 14, 2024
  La región lucha contra el smog, el tráfico y otros obstáculos. Pero sus líderes ven oportunidades de crecimiento más allá de los almacenes.
• Inland Empire battles low college grad rates to gain higher tech jobs and businesses
  May 14, 2024
  The region battles smog, traffic and other pitfalls. But its leaders see growth opportunities beyond the warehouses.
• Newsom’s proposed spending cuts spur backlash from affected California groups
  May 14, 2024
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing nearly $34 billion in spending cuts over a two-year span to close a massive budget deficit. Those affected are unhappy.

SJVC Water

• Kern agencies prepare to submit third groundwater plan in hopes it’s the charm that wards off state pumping takeover
  May 10, 2024
  In an effort to avoid the fate of their neighbors to the north, Kern County water managers are putting the finishing touches on a new groundwater plan they hope will stave off probation in order […]
• Kern River combatants sent to their respective corners – for now
  May 9, 2024
  Further legal action on the Kern River was put on pause Thursday morning following an order by the 5th District Court of Appeal that stayed a local injunction mandating enough water be kept in the […]
• Third San Joaquin Valley groundwater basin recommended for state probation
  May 8, 2024
  Subsidence has reared its head again as a key factor cited by state Water Resources Control Board staff for recommending that the Kaweah groundwater subbasin be placed on probation – the first step toward possible […]
• Panels that make water of thin air finally getting fixed in tiny Allensworth
  May 7, 2024
  Residents of Allensworth are finally getting attention from a company that installed and then abandoned hydropanels, which make water out of thin air,  several years ago. As SJV Water reported in March, residents were frustrated […]
• Friant lawsuit over sinking canal altered but moving forward
  May 7, 2024
  One of multiple charges in a lawsuit that pins blame for the perpetually sinking Friant-Kern Canal on a single Tulare County groundwater agency was recently removed. The Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) hailed the […]
• Appellate court stymies mandated fish flows in Kern River. But it won’t go dry – yet
  May 3, 2024
  The 5th District Court of Appeal issued an order Friday that stayed the injunction requiring the City of Bakersfield to keep enough water in the Kern River to support fish. That means the preliminary injunction […]