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California’s Central Valley Shows the Sickness of Our Health System

Six in 10 in the region said they skipped or stalled medical care due to cost, and it is not much better statewide.

Capital & Main

ICE Ends Free Legal Calls For Immigrant Detainees In Central Valley Facilities

Immigrants at the the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield and the Golden State Annex in McFarland are often far from legal services.

Latin Times

Former California water official pleads guilty to conspiring to steal water from irrigation canal

A former California water official has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal water under a deal with federal prosecutors in the state’s crop-rich Central Valley

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California Farmworkers Unionize Under New Law

Explore the ongoing battle between Wonderful Co. and UFW over farmworker unionization in California's Central Valley.

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Sisters Of The Valley Advocates Holistic Wellness With CBD Salve

An order based in the agriculturally rich Central Valley, Sister of The Valley is on a mission to heal the world through the power of plant-based medicine.

International Business Times

California GOP mayor announces US House campaign, setting up another competitive congressional race

Another tough U.S. House fight is shaping up in California’s Central Valley farm belt

The Independent UK

Column: State Farm is right. California can’t keep building housing in high-risk places

Back in January, on a dark night of pelting rain, Erica Lopez Bedolla had only minutes to evacuate her family from the impoverished Central Valley town of Planada after a levee broke.

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California wants to store floodwaters underground. It's harder than it sounds

Even during epic floods, California is trying to prepare for the next drought by capturing water from this year's epic winter storms.

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2023 NFL Draft Profile: Fresno State WR Jalen Moreno-Cropper

The Bulldogs wide receiver has been one of the Central Valley's best talents in recent years. Can he stand out in a deep draft class?

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Battered by destructive flooding, California braces for another atmospheric river storm

PAJARO, Calif. — California was bracing for another round of rain beginning Monday as officials tried to assess the damage from severe flooding along the Central Coast and Central Valley, which left scores stranded and left whole blocks under water.

Los Angeles Times

For Many of the Poorest in a Central Valley Community, a Crisis Deepens

As a California town reels from the floods, undocumented residents say federal aid officials are turning them away.

Capital & Main

2 men arrested in ‘cold-blooded’ massacre of 6 in California, including mother and baby

LOS ANGELES — After a predawn gun battle and a series of raids across Tulare County, authorities said Friday they had arrested two men accused of killing six people, including a teen mother and her baby, in an execution-style massacre that stunned the Central Valley farm town of Goshen last…

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‘Our own little Vatican’: inside the biggest Catholic parish church in North America

There used to be more cows than people in Visalia, but a new 3,000-seat megachurch has brought Vegas kitsch to the worshippers of California’s Central Valley

The Guardian - UK

California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection

LOS ANGELES — The storms that have been battering California offer a glimpse of the catastrophic floods that scientists warn will come in the future and that the state is unprepared to endure.

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6 people, including mother and baby, killed in California shooting; drug cartel suspected

LOS ANGELES — Six people, including a 6-month old baby, her teenage mother and an elderly woman, were killed Monday in a Central Valley farming community in what the local sheriff said was likely a targeted attack by a drug cartel.

Los Angeles Times

6 people, including mother and baby, killed in California; drug cartel suspected

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For ultraconservatives in McCarthy’s red California district, speaker drama in D.C. was welcome

HANFORD, Calif. — At an Elks Lodge in the Central Valley, Larry Faria stood before a grassroots conservative group called the 1776 Sons of Liberty and asked for a show of hands.

Los Angeles Times

Death toll rises to 18 in California as new storms hit battered communties

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — From the Pacific coast to the Central Valley, California communities battered by days of destructive flooding began repair and cleanup efforts as the weather-weary state found itself in the path of yet another in a parade of storms.

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Depletion of groundwater is accelerating in California’s Central Valley, study finds

Scientists have discovered that the pace of groundwater depletion in California’s Central Valley has accelerated dramatically during the drought as heavy agricultural pumping has drawn down aquifer levels to new lows and now threatens to devastate the underground water reserves.

The Guardian - UK

The Consequences by Manuel Muñoz review – California dreaming

Set in the Central Valley of the 1980s, these rich short stories about migrant workers speak of longing, loneliness and vulnerability

Los Angeles Times

In California's final congressional race, Republican John Duarte wins Central Valley seat

Republican farmer John Duarte won an open congressional seat in the Central Valley, defeating Democratic Assemblyman Adam Gray despite Democrats' strong voter registration advantage in the district.

The Independent UK

GOP's Duarte takes California Central Valley US House seat

Republican John Duarte defeated Democrat Adam Gray in a new California U.S. House district in the Central Valley farm belt that produced the closest congressional contest in the state this year

The Independent UK

Republican Rep. Valadao wins California Central Valley vote

Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao has defeated Democrat Rudy Salas in a Central Valley district, overcoming a strong Democratic registration advantage and fallout from his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump

Los Angeles Times

From the air, scientists map 'fast paths' for recharging California's groundwater

Thousands of years ago during the last Ice Age, rivers flowed from giant glaciers in the Sierra Nevada down to the Central Valley, carving into rock and gouging channels at a time when the sea level was about 400 feet lower. When the glaciers retreated, meltwater coursed down and buried…

Los Angeles Times

Democratic Rep. Josh Harder defeats GOP challenger in California Central Valley district

LOS ANGELES — Democratic Rep. Josh Harder won election to a Stockton-centered congressional district, beating Republican Tom Patti, a San Joaquin County supervisor and businessman.

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