Media Contact: Dan DuBray, ddubray@usbr.gov, (202) 513-0574 For Immediate Release: May 23, 2017 President Proposed $1.1 Billion Fiscal Year 2018 Budget for Bureau of Reclamation Budget sustains Reclamation’s efforts to deliver water and generate hydropower in cost-efficient and environmentally responsible manner WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump proposed a $1.097 billion Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) budget for the Department […]
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New York Times: Highway Robbery Targets the Poor Wall Street Journal: One Rail-Station Design May Be Just the Ticket to Ease Congestion San Francisco Chronicle: California should put the brakes on criminal traffic penalties Mercury News: Feds approve $647 million grant for Caltrain electrification project Mercury News: Editorial: Caltrain gets big win with electrification funding Mercury News: BART still investigating cause […]
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P R E S S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Port of Oakland vessel calls to Southeast Asia up 50 percent U.S. Ambassadors learn about growing ties to Cambodia and Indonesia Oakland, Calif. – May 23, 2017: Direct vessel calls from here to Southeast Asia are up 50 percent this […]
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By Annie Snider 05/23/2017 11:42 AM EDT President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint would slash the Army Corps of Engineers’ budget by more than 16 percent, undercutting his administration’s emphasis on infrastructure — and following the pattern set by his predecessors in which Congress restores the funds. The nation’s builder of locks, dams, levees and ports […]
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Click here to view current job opportunities with East Bay Municipal Utility District for the week of May 22, 2017
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Bloomberg News: OPEC on Verge of 9-Month Cuts Extension After Iraq Gives Backing Morning Consult: Interior’s Pick to Lead Offshore Oil Regulator Has Industry Ties Financial Times: BP restarts production at $5.7 billion North Sea oilfield The Wall Street Journal: China Seeks More Private Money for Its Massive State-Owned Energy Companies The Hill: States push for stronger oil train limits The […]
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KRCRTV.COM: DWR: Spillway construction ahead of schedule, workers seen on spillway KCRA Sacramento: Race is on to fix badly damaged Oroville spillway East Valley Times: PG&E urges planning for National Dam Safety Awareness Day Lake Tahoe News: Rapid snowmelt causes floods, impacts recreation Lake Tahoe News: Wet winter could create memorable EDC vintage Los Angeles Times: Rivers swollen from melting Sierra […]
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San Francisco Chronicle: Transit agency fuming at 49ers for U2’s costly late-night show East Bay Times: Federal Glover: Highway camera funding welcomed Mercury News: Roadshow: Drivers leaving the gym make this risky move Mercury News: Roadshow: Is parking in San Francisco worth all the risks? Mercury News: Botts’ Dots, after a half-century, will disappear from California freeways, highways Fairfield Daily […]
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This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). This email is regarding a Proposed Basin Plan Amendment to Establish Salinity Water Quality Objectives in the Lower San Joaquin River. A document presenting Central Valley Water Board staff responses to public comments on the draft Basin Plan Amendment has […]
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Rising sea levels could be worse than suspected By Amina Khan Al Seib / Los Angeles Times 2015 High surf crashes into a sea wall at Pacific Palisades. A study finds that rising sea levels will double the risk of flooding. The effects of rising oceans on coastal flooding may be even worse than we […]
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