FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 6, 2014 Contact: Lisa Lien-Mager, Director of Communications, 916/441-4545 or 530/902-3815 (cell) ACWA Establishes Statewide Drought Action Group Water Community Experts to Identify Needs, Actions to Combat Severe Impacts SACRAMENTO – With California now in its worst drought on record, ACWA is moving to assemble […]
Continue ReadingHere is a link to the live stream of the House floor debate on Rep. Valadao’s drought bill, HR 3964. Debate will likely begin between 3:00 and 3:30 EST. http://www.c-span.org/video/?317560-2/HouseSession5815
Continue ReadingFor Release On: Feb. 5, 2014 Federal Agencies and State of California Coordinating Response to Drought Reclamation, NRCS announce additional funding opportunities for water conservation SACRAMENTO, Calif. – With California in its worst drought in the state’s 160 years of record-keeping—and following Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s declaration of a Drought State of Emergency on […]
Continue ReadingThe Presentations given at the CMANC recent Winter Meeting are now posted on the CMANC web site under presentations. http://cmanc.com/web/Presentations.htm
Continue ReadingFresno Bee: As California drought persists, federal aid begins to flow National Geographic: Epic California Drought and Groundwater: Where Do We Go From Here? FOX 40: Northern California Almond Growers Weigh Water Options Reuters: California lawmakers preparing $644 million drought relief bill
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON — The compelling, personal story of a PG&E apprentice electrician earned him a singular honor — introducing the president of the United States at a White House event today (Jan. 31) on long-term unemployment. Erick Varela was a U.S. Army combat infantryman in Iraq, He struggled to find work when he returned to […]
Continue ReadingNominations are now open for the 2014 WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards. Two awards will be made in 2014: one for a navigation dredging project and one for an environmental dredging project. These Awards will be presented for projects and their team members that best meet the goals of WEDA’s Environmental Commission: “Promote communication and understanding […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Economic Summit – California drought and water bonds loom large at environmental meeting ACWA – DWR Snow Surveyors Measure Lowest Snowpack on Record CBS Los Angeles – Ability To Obtain Clean Drinking Water From Salt Water A Near Reality, Says UCLA Professor Fresno Bee – Drought Cuts Into State’s Hydro Power Supplies The Republic- Brown […]
Continue ReadingParking fee hits Larkspur ferry patrons By Mark PradoMarin Independent Journal Most people on Monday begrudgingly coughed up the one or two bucks that is now required to park weekdays at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. Free parking at the terminal ended Monday for those who park at the facility between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. […]
Continue ReadingA new exhibition all about art, photography, and the Bay Bridge By Evan Borders SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — To celebrate the completion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, the de Young Museum in San Francisco has a new exhibition with photographs by Peter Stackpole documenting the bridge’s original construction […]
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