The Latest Breaking News from the Central Valley

This California town booted out its leaders. Now they’re refusing to leave

Avenal has been rocked by the council’s refusal to accept the results of a recall election – and the repercussions extend far beyond the Central valley

The Guardian - US · Aug 20

Tulare County Warns of Two Mosquito Viruses at Once After Confirming Its First West Nile Case

Tulare County Warns of Two Mosquito Viruses at Once After Confirming Its First West Nile Case

Medical Daily · Jul 29

California eradicated these 20-pound rodents decades ago; DNA suggests someone deliberately brought them back

California believed nutria were eradicated, but they reappeared in the Central Valley. A new genetic study indicates these rodents were reintroduced by humans. Nutria damage wetlands and weaken vital flood control structures. Their feeding and burrowing habits cause significant ecological and agricultural harm. This discovery highlights the critical need for…

The Times of India · Jul 28

California firefighters make significant progress against wildfire east of San Francisco Bay

California’s largest wildfire so far this year has been significantly surrounded after blackening a swath of hilly grasslands between San Francisco Bay and the Central Valley

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024

California hometown sheds few tears for retiring McCarthy: ‘Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kevin’

Local Republicans praised the former House speaker but unfashionable Bakersfield largely greeted his exit with a shrug

The Guardian - US · Dec 9, 2023

‘Secretive world.’ ACLU database to track conditions at California’s immigration centers

Jose Ruben Hernandez Gomez hopes a new grievance database recently launched by the ACLU Foundation of Northern California for the state’s six immigration detention centers — including three in the Central Valley — will help provide “more of a concrete proof ... of how unsafe these detention centers are.”

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

California is still at risk of flooding. Maybe rivers just need some space

To prevent flooding, communities often raise levees next to rivers higher and higher. Now, a new approach is about backing off, moving levees away from rivers to create floodplains.

WEKU · May 28, 2023

Gap discloses massive job cuts in East Bay and San Francisco

PLEASANTON, California — Gap has revealed the details of massive layoffs affecting hundreds of workers in the Bay Area, along with employees in the Central Valley, official state government filings show.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023

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.

WEKU · May 24, 2023

How a California Dairy Methane Project Threatens Residents’ Air and Water

Low-income communities of color bear the pollution burden of California’s incentive-based dairy gas climate plan.

Capital & Main · Apr 20, 2023