Tag: California

  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 8, 2017
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California Water News for August 8, 2017

Capital Public Radio News: Cutoff Wall But No Chute This Year For Oroville Dam Emergency Spillway San Francisco Chronicle: Editorial: Oroville Dam repairs are just the start Record Bee: Lake Pillsbury area homeowners weigh in on dam removal proposals KCRA Sacramento: 6 months later: Aerial video shows work at Oroville Dam Oroville Mercury Register: Oroville man pleads no contest in Dollar General […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 7, 2017
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California Water News for August 7, 2017

Mercury News: Oroville Dam: Six Months After Disaster, a Race to Repair Before Next Winter Sacramento Bee: Is your Sacramento tap water tasting strange? You’re not imagining it News Deeply: One of the Largest Dam Removals in California History Inches … Fairfield Daily Republic: Delta levee maintenance bill advances in Senate ABC10: Calif. duck population down following historic drought | ABC10.com Lake County News: US […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 4, 2017
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California Water News for August 4, 2017

Los Angeles Times: Walnut farmers file $15-million claim against California for Oroville Dam crisis Associated Press: Crews Start Emergency Levee Repairs Downstream From Oroville Dam KQED: Farmers File $15 Million Claim for Damages During Oroville Crisis KCRA Sacramento: Emergency repairs begin along Feather River downstream of Oroville Dam Central Valley Business Times: Governor’s Delta tunnels opposed by 3 Million-member group […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 3, 2017
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California Water News for August 3, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Farm claims Oroville Dam crisis cost it $15 million CBS Sacramento: Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Alleges DWR Caused Farm To Flood … Fresno Bee: California politicians lured by easy money, but somebody must eventually pay Los Angeles Times: Legislature, don’t mess with California’s water umpire Western Farm Press: ABC’s Cooper helping almond growers improve water management … Cronkite News: Despite best efforts, years of […]

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Trump rolled back this environmental rule. California may replace it with a stronger one

Trump rolled back this environmental rule. California may replace it with a stronger one BY RYAN SABALOW AND DALE KASLER rsabalow@sacbee.com JULY 28, 2017 1:45 PM President Donald Trump’s administration gave California land developers and farmers a reason to cheer when the White House last month rolled back controversial regulations for wetlands imposed during the […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 28, 2017
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California Water News for July 28, 2017

Sacramento Bee: California orders closer look at these 93 dams after Oroville crisis San Francisco Chronicle: State orders 93 dam spillways checked after Oroville near-disaster Los Angeles Times: A new gold rush is on, sparked by California’s post-drought snowmelt Oroville Mercury Register: Steve Carson’s Outdoors: Lake Oroville settles in to summer fishing … The Mercury News: Oroville Dam: Spillway reconstruction still on schedule […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 27, 2017
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California Water News for July 27, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Oroville, other flood-safety projects would be fast-tracked under new bill CBS Los Angeles: Parents Issue Warning After Son’s Swim In Pyramid Lake San Francisco Chronicle: Oroville Dam flaws don’t bode well for tunnels, train projects Chico Enterprise-Record: Editorial: Twin tunnel plan ignores delta reality San Francisco Chronicle: How California can and must stop wasting its storm water Sacramento […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 26, 2017
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California Water News for July 26, 2017

News Deeply: An Unconventional New Captain for California’s Water Agency Paradise Post: Butte supervisors, Paradise support letter delaying Oroville Dam relicensing Oroville Mercury Register: Speculation about Oroville Dam’s ‘green spot’ grows Fresno Bee: Bureaucratic bungling on Oroville Dam bodes ill for future California … Pasadena Now: City Committee Agrees Pasadena Should Dive Into Massive WaterFix Project as Demand for Water […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 25, 2017
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California Water News for July 25, 2017

Los Angeles Times: Severe, chronic flooding will devastate California coast as sea levels rise in California Central Valley Business Times: Governor names another PR person for DWR Oroville Mercury Register: Agricultural buffer exception, waiving fire fees before Board of … Yahoo Singapore News: Gold Rush! Oroville Spillway Emergency Creates Bonanza of Gold Chico Enterprise-Record: Old transmission towers being flown out […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 21, 2017
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California Water News for July 21, 2017

Sacramento Bee: The drought is over. Why are Republicans in Congress fighting for more water for farmers? SFGate: Engineering expert blasts management failures at Oroville Dam Oroville Mercury Register: After 10 years of delays on dam relicensing, these groups want more time Live Science: Gold Rush! Oroville Spillway Emergency Creates Bonanza of Gold Fontana Herald-News: UPDATE: Water rates for Fontana […]

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