Dry
spell, delta fish protection limit water to west-side farmers [Fresno Bee]
Faced
with growing dry spell and water pumping cuts to protect fish, west San Joaquin
Valley farmers can expect only a quarter of their water deliveries, federal
authorities said Monday. West-side water leaders say if the federal allocation
does not increase, 200,000 acres will not be in production, and the region will
take a $1.5 billion hit. They acknowledged the dry spell but blame the problem
on the pumping cutbacks to protect delta smelt at the Sacramento-San Joaquin
River Delta.
Marin
County oyster farm wins temporary reprieve [Santa Rosa Press Democrat]
Drakes
Bay Oyster Co. won a temporary reprieve Monday, when a federal appeals court
ruled it could stay in business while it challenges a government shutdown
order. The terse, two-page decision effectively rescinds Thursday's deadline
for the company to quit harvesting and selling oysters from Drakes Estero in
the Point Reyes National Seashore. It also prolongs a contentious issue that
has pitted the National Park Service and wilderness advocates against oyster
farm owner Kevin Lunny and his supporters, with the future of one of
California's leading oyster producers at stake.
The
GOP's immigration dilemma [Wall Street Journal]
Sen.
Lindsey Graham had just explained how his immigration overhaul plan would
secure the border and crack down on employers who hire illegal residents. But
when he asked a luncheon of the Cherokee County Republican Party what should
happen to the millions already in the U.S., one woman yelled back, "Send
them home!" It is the kind of response that Mr. Graham, an architect of a
bipartisan plan that would provide a path to legal status for undocumented
workers, has come to expect in his home state. It is also the kind of reception
that neatly encapsulates the dilemma the Republican Party faces as it shapes
its future: Make the GOP more welcoming to the nation's swelling—and decisively
Democratic—Hispanic population and risk the ire of a chunk of its most fervent
supporters; don't and watch Democrats keep winning elections on the strength of
Latino votes.
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Mediterranean
diet's benefits confirmed [San Francisco Chronicle]
The
Mediterranean diet has long been touted as healthy. Now a study released Monday
of the effects of a diet rich in olive oil, nuts, vegetables, fruits and fish
confirms that. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine,
showed that the diet can reduce the risk of stroke and other cardiovascular
diseases by 30 percent…."This study backs up what we thought we knew with
science, and the results were pretty dramatic," said Dr. Rita Redberg, a
UCSF cardiologist specializing in heart disease in women. "If this were a
pill, people would be clamoring for it."…The study noted that some authors
had financial ties to food, wine and other industry groups, and foods were
supplied by olive oil and nut producers in Spain, as well as the California
Walnut Commission. Dennis Balint, chief executive officer of the California
Walnut Commission, said walnut growers represented by his group provided a
daily half-ounce of walnuts to the group that supplemented the Mediterranean diet
with nuts.
Let's
make a deal: Local growers, buyers get down to business in Redding [Redding
Record Searchlight]
Chicken
farmer Tyler Dawley of Big Bluff Ranch in Red Bluff spoke for many in summing
up Ag Speed Dating. “It’s pretty fun to hang out with people who think you do
great things,” Dawley said.…Nearly 40 producers and buyers showed up for the
affair, organized by the Butte County Economic Development Corp., Upstate
California and Superior California Economic Development. Participants came
north from Siskiyou County and south from Orland. Producers like Dawley had
five minutes to make their pitch to buyers who were sitting at tables. When the
cowbell rang, it was off to the next potential sale.
Editorial: Residents must
question Cal Fire [Visalia Times-Delta]
Cal
Fire is now in its second year collecting up to $150 per parcel from homeowners
in the State Responsibility Area to cover firefighting costs. Cal Fire calls it
a fee, but property owners insist it’s a tax. And they don’t like it. The issue
may be settled in a lawsuit filed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association,
but homeowners are right to question Cal Fire’s motives. There’s a whole lot
wrong with this situation that simply begs answers.
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