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Esther Quintanilla
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Rural communities across the San Joaquin Valley have suffered extreme flooding since the start of the year. Recovery will be an arduous process, especially for undocumented residents who are rarely eligible for federal aid.
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California has one of the most complex water systems in the world. And so, the factors giving rise to our region’s floods are more complicated than the simple cascading of rain and snowmelt downhill during a rainier-than-average wet season. This article highlights the rivers that run through the San Joaquin Valley and form Tulare Lake, and explores water storage and flood prevention infrastructure like dams and levees.
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Joshua Yeager/KVPRA $25 million dollar grant from the state’s Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund gave the community of Lamont a tool in its fight for drinking water. -
Eric Westervelt/NPRThe state is planning "Care Court" pilot programs to help people with severe mental illness. A judge can order a treatment plan that counties must fund. Disability rights groups have sued to stop it.
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California Department of Water Resources/FacebookFlooding and the re-formation of Tulare Lake has been too much to handle for local authorities --- so counties have requested the state’s help.
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Ezra David Romero/Valley Public RadioFresno County Sheriff John Zanoni has announced that all river areas will be closed for recreation until the summer, as snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada flows into reservoirs and leads to dangerous water conditions downstream
“It’s like that old saying, ‘Be careful what you wish for.’ We got more than what we need now.”
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday to bring more resources to the already-flooded Tulare Lake basin in the southern San Joaquin Valley. -
Constituents in Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s district urged the House Speaker to preserve benefits such as Social Security and Medicare at a rally on Thursday, March 30, 2023.
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A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. It's the first ever criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid to retake the White House in 2024.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom requested a disaster declaration from the White House in light of extreme storms.
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