San Joaquin Valley

Heating and Air Pollution

Marcelo Mena | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Fresno, Chile, Santiago, San Joaquin Valley, Wood Burning, Air Pollution, Pm2.5, Chimney, Air Quality, Residential Wood Burning, Wood Burning Pollution, Wood Stoves, Green News
Marcelo Mena

What's the point of spending money on all clean technology, when it is clearly more cost-effective to clean up residential wood burning?

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PHOTOS: A Jewel Of Conservation In California

Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Video, Central-California, California, Tejon-Ranch, Tejon Ranch Conservancy, Nature, Tejon Ranch, San Joaquin Valley, Tehachapi Mountains, California Conservation, Green News

60 miles north of Los Angeles is the Tejon Ranch. At 269,000 acres, it is the largest continuous private landholding in California. Under threat f...

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Central CA Scrambles To Avoid Massive Pollution Fine

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: San Joaquin Valley, San Joaquin Valley Pollution, California Air Board, California Central Valley Pollution, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, Los Angeles News

FRESNO, Calif. — Air quality officials in one of the nation's most polluted basins are appealing to residents' sense of civic responsibility to ...

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Can Central Valley Agriculture Work?

Berit Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Joaquin Valley, Delta Smelt, Sacramento-San-Joaquin-Delta, San-Joaquin-Valley, Green News
Berit Anderson

I was surprised to discover that the culprit behind San Joaquin Valley's water shortage doesn't wear a suit to work or vote on legislation. It is the rare Delta Smelt.

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10 Years After Laura Wilcox Murder, California Still Refuses to Use Law That Saves Lives, Saves Money, and Helps Mentally Ill

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Mental Illness, Mentally Ill, Crime, Laura's Law, Aot, Sacramento, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Los Angeles, San Francisco, California, Bipolar, San Joaquin Valley, Prisons, Schizophrenia, Police, Laura Wilcox, Marin, Santa Barbara, Kenneth James Ward, Contra Costa, San Diego, San Mateo, Shooting, Los Angeles News
DJ Jaffe

The reason Laura's Law isn't working is that the state legislature passed the law but refused to see it gets used.

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Agricultural Production in Central Valley Leaves Toxic Legacy for Locals

Erica Gies | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Migrant Workers, Pesticides, San Joaquin Valley, Seville, Community Water Center, Water Pollution, Clean Water Act, Agriculture, Green News
Erica Gies

California's Central Valley is among the most productive agricultural regions in the world. But its bounty brings fertilizer and pesticide runoff, polluting water and tainting wells.

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Rural Valley Smog Mystery Solved: Cattle Feed Emits Huge Levels Of Ozone

The New York Times | SINDYA N. BHANOO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Feed, San Joaquin Valley Smog, San Joaquin Valley Cattle Feed, Cattle Feed Smog, Smog, San Joaquin Valley, Environmental Science and Technology, Cattle Feed Ozone, Cattle Feed, Rural Valley Smog, Smog Levels, Green News

The smog in California's San Joaquin Valley has puzzled scientists for years. Even though the region is largely rural and agricultural, its smog level...

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Marching for California, Again

Gavin Riley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Agribusiness, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, California Budget, California Budget Crisis, March for California's Future, Los Angeles News
Gavin Riley

We draw inspiration for the March for California's Future from the famous marches for justice in the 1960s and particularly the 1966 march from Delano to Sacramento by Cesar Chavez and the UFW.

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A Crisis in Faith

Irene Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Budget, Central Valley, Fresno-California, Jobless Rate, Homelessness, California Budget Cuts, March for California's Future, San Joaquin Valley, Foreclosure, Joblessness, Merced County, California Budget Crisis, Poverty in California, Los Angeles News
Irene Gonzalez

If I have learned anything during this March for California's Future, it is that people in the San Joaquin Valley have lost their faith and their hope along with their jobs and homes.

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Why I March: To Preserve Allensworth

Doug Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Budget, San Joaquin Valley, Allen Allensworth, California State Park, University of California, California Budget Crisis, Allensworth State Park, March for California's Future, Los Angeles News
Doug Moore

As we work to build a brighter future, we must not forget the past. That is why the March for California's Future is fighting to preserve California's great historic parks.

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Paul Rodriguez -- A Latin King With a Thirst for Comedy, Water and a Cause

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carlos Mencia, Latinos, Environmentalists, Denver News, Entertainment, Comedian, San Joaquin Valley, Delta Smelt, Dianne Feinstein, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Rodriguez, California, Politics, George Lopez, Farmers, Fish, Water Rights, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

Before Paul Rodriguez called me yesterday, I expected the interview to be nothing more than a typical publicity plug for his stint this weekend at the Denver Improv.

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The Water Debate We Are Not Having

Cynthia Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, San Joaquin Valley, Drought, California, Salmon Farms, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Cynthia Koehler

Sooner or later California is going to change how it uses water. We can do it before we lose our fish, or after.

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Federal Bailout Won't Make A Dent in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problems

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Folsom Dam, Salmon, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, San-Joaquin-River, Water Recycling, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sacramento River, Red Bluff Diversion Dam, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Interior Secretary, American Rivers, Water Reuse, Ken-Salazar-Interior-Secretary, Recycling, Endangered Salmon, Environmental Defense Fund, Ken Salazar, Endangered River, Fisheries, Battle Creek Salmon Steelhead, Farming, Contra Costa, California, Contra Costa Canal, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, Water Scarcity, Federal Stimulus, Endangered-Fish, California's Central Valley, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Water, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Brooke-Sidney Gavins

The Delta, which provides water to nearly two-thirds of all Californians and is suffering from a three year drought, may not have a federal bailout after all.

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California's 20th Congressional District Ranked The Lowest In New Health And Well-Being Survey

McClatchy Newspapers | Michael Doyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Joaquin Valley, 20th Congressional District California, Politics News

Poverty, poor health and plenty of school dropouts have put the San Joaquin Valley's 20th Congressional District dead last in a new national scorecard...

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