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Two top California water officials retire amidst growing opposition to Delta Tunnels 
Both Mark Cowin and Carl Togersen are retiring at a time when Governor Jerry Brown's Delta Tunnels plan, the California WaterFix, has come under increasing fire from recreational anglers, commercial fishermen, Tribal leaders, family farmers environmentalists, scientists and elected officials for the enormous threat it poses to the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary and West Coast salmon and other fisheries....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2016 8:19am PST
Human Rights Advocates to Rally in Sacramento for Farm Workers California Department of Housing & Community Development
2020 W El Camino Ave, Sacramento, California 95833...
Event Date: Fri, Dec 9, 2016 12:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2016 1:48pm PST
Western States Petroleum Association: the biggest lobby group you’ve never heard of 
While the mainstream and alternative media have published articles about aspects of WSPA’s enormous influence over politics in the West, they haven't looked at the overall strategy of how WSPA and Big Oil exert their power and influence.
CDFW map of Southern California marine protected areas: There is no better example of regulatory capture in the state than the privately-funded Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative. Catherine Reheis-Boyd, President of the Western States Association...
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 11:11am PST
Sacramento City Council Puts Standing Rock Resolution on Consent Calendar 
The resolution states: "The City of Sacramento stands in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s opposition to construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) across the Tribe’s ancestral lands, waters and sacred sites."
Photo: Liljana Adams, a member of the United Auburn Indian Community, speaks before the Sacramento City Council on Tuesday, November 29, about her experience getting arrested in North Dakota while supporting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Thu, Dec 1, 2016 4:21pm PST
Proposition that threatened Delta Tunnels defeated by a narrow margin 
The results of the Proposition 53 vote are disappointing for those who care about salmon, the Delta and the public trust. However, there is no doubt that if an initiative solely requiring a public vote on the Delta Tunnels had been on the ballot, it would have been decisively approved by the voters.
Unfortunately, Governor Jerry Brown and the California legislative "leadership," while falsely portraying themselves as "environmentalists," for several years have failed to support legislation...
Posted: Thu, Nov 24, 2016 7:44pm PST
Trump appoints Big Oil think tank director to lead Interior transition team 
“It’s beyond frightening that Trump would appoint a shill for Big Oil to plot the direction of a department that administers millions of acres of public lands that belong to all Americans,” said Randi Spivak, the Center for Biological Diversity's public lands director. “This is a clear signal that in a Trump administration it will be open season for corporations who want to frack, drill or mine our public resources, regardless of climate chaos, water pollution, species extinction and health i...
Posted: Wed, Nov 23, 2016 8:21am PST
March and Rally Against Trump - in Fresno Riverpark on the corner of Blackstone and Nees...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 19, 2016 12:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Nov 18, 2016 2:10pm PST
Over 500 people in Sacramento stand in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux 
Protesters lined both sides of the street in front of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on J Street, proclaiming their solidarity with the struggle of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota and their allies to stop the pipeline that carries fracked crude Bakken oil.
McKenzie, Tina Marie, Faygo and Estevan show their solidarity with the Standing Rock water protectors. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Fri, Nov 18, 2016 9:31am PST
50th Anniversary of Kwanzaa at the California State Capitol 
Today, our “California Grown” Pan African holiday challenges us to place a higher value on ancient African cultures while utilizing modern scientific methodology toward expanding the practice of our ancient/future, showcasing an understanding of the "first fruits of the harvest."...
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2016 5:15pm PST
Trump appoints enemies of salmon, Delta and environment to transition team 
Many of those opposed to the construction of the Delta Tunnels fear that Governor Brown may try to make a deal with the Trump administration to back the construction of the California Water Fix, his "legacy project. On Thursday, Brown issued a statement saying his administration would do its part “to find common ground whenever possible” while “protecting the precious rights of our people” and confronting “devastating climate change.
Photo: Anti-environmental Congressman Devin Nunes joi...
Posted: Sun, Nov 13, 2016 10:24am PST
Standing Rock Sioux Support Protest 
Fresno City College in front of Student Services....
Event Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2016 12:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2016 12:30pm PST
Fresno Rejects Hate! 
Shaw and Blackstone in Fresno...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 12, 2016 12:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2016 12:26pm PST
WSPA tops lobbyist spending with $16.6 million this session 
In a shocking example of deep regulatory capture that state officials and some environmental NGOs don’t want to discuss, Catherine Reheis-Boyd, the WSPA President, chaired the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative to create questionable "marine protected areas" in Southern California from 2009 to 2012 as the oil industry was fracking coastal waters. She also served on the task forces to create "marine protected areas" on the Central Coast, North Central Coast and North Coast from 2004 ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2016 8:40am PDT
Voting Recommendations on Stir it Up radio show 
This is the audio (30 minutes) of the Stir it Up radio show on KFCF 88.1 FM in Fresno....
Posted: Wed, Nov 2, 2016 9:25pm PDT
Sacramento Area Activists Hold Protest in Solidarity with Standing Rock 
"The situation at Standing Rock has escalated to the point that all people who support human rights, human dignity and the inherent rights of Mother Earth to live and thrive must take a stand,” said Francisco Dominguez (Tarahumara). “The violence perpetuated by the state of North Dakota against the Lakota people and its allies is a moral disgrace."
Photo: Liliana Mendoza shows her support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe at a protest in front of the federal building on October 28. Photo co...
Posted: Wed, Nov 2, 2016 10:42am PDT
Delta Tunnels: Fitch Ratings Downgrades Westlands' Next Bond Sale 
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta executive director, quipped, “Bond ratings agencies are like Mom and Dad. Westlands is asking to raise the limit on their credit card again, despite questionable earnings potential. At some point Mom and Dad get out the scissors."
Photo: Hoopa Valley Tribe members protest against Westlands Water District's attacks on the Trinity River in August 2013. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2016 5:10pm PDT
Davis City Council Passes Resolution Backing Standing Rock 
In an emailed report to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Julia Beck of Davis Stands with Standing Rock, said, “We wanted to share the good news that our local city council last night unanimously passed the attached resolution in support of your critical and profoundly inspiring opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline.”
Photo: Francisco Dominguez urges the Davis City Council to adopt the resolution. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Fri, Oct 21, 2016 1:49pm PDT
Inspector General says Reclamation wasted $32.2 million on Klamath irrigators 
“Basically, the Bureau of Reclamation became an illicit ATM for favored special interests,” stated PEER Senior Counsel Paula Dinerstein. “To add injury to insult, these improper subsidies were used to aggravate environmental damage by draining shrinking groundwater supplies to benefit irrigators.”
Photo of Iron Gate Dam on the Klamath River by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2016 3:50pm PDT
Yvette Felarca Defense at Berkeley School Board Yvette Felarca is a member of the Executive Board of the Berkeley Federation of Teachers. It is now 4 weeks since she was suspended. The attack on students by the Berkeley School District is described by Yvette. All immigrant students are being pulled out of class and being questioned about their country of origin in "progressive" Berkeley by the Democrats running the Berkeley School District. THIS IS A RACIAL PROFILING WITCHHUNT OF IMMIGRANTS AND FELARCA....
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2016 5:26am PDT
Update on Agricultural Pesticide Use Near Schools and Child Daycare Centers The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has extended the public comment period for a proposed regulation that would give further protections to children when agricultural pesticides are applied close to schools and child daycare facilities*. The new deadline of December 9, 2016, gives the public more opportunity to weigh in on the issue.
In addition, DPR has added an additional public hearing that will be held in Monterey County. Public hearings have already been scheduled...
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2016 4:07pm PDT
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