Tag: California
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Before and after: See the impact of the California drought on San Luis Reservoir
Before and after pictures show how the historic drought in the Golden State has dropped water levels in San Luis Reservoir to levels last seen during the 2015 drought. Read Full Article
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Judge Rules County Can’t Stop Water Deliveries to Hmong Weed Farmers
California is attempting to keep water from illegal grows in Northern California, and Hmong farmers are specifically suffering. Read Full Article
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California counties consider cannabis cultivation changes
Communities throughout California continue to refine and update legal cannabis plans, including what a socially equitable cannabis program should look like, following legislative action this summer. Read Full Article
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BIPOC voters in the CA recall work to curb voting inaccessibility
As California voters approach the gubernatorial recall election, Stanford students from underrepresented backgrounds are working within their communities to inform and encourage members to participate … Read Full Article
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Both sides of California’s recall election want voters of color. Getting their votes is a different task
Officials representing minority groups say historic underrepresentation of people of color in the voting process is a challenge they’re hoping to address in this election — both getting them out and … Read Full Article
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2 Water Laws Targeting Pot Blocked For Harming Calif. Hmong
A federal judge blocked two ordinances from a Northern California county that require strict permits for the transport of water, ruling that while they may have been enacted to squash illegal cannabis … Read Full Article
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Federal judge grants stay in water transport lawsuit, temporarily reversing Siskiyou County ordinances
BIG SPRINGS, Calif. – A federal judge in California has granted a stay in the lawsuit filed by the Hmong community in Siskiyou County. Multiple Hmong community members sued the county following … Read Full Article
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Judge: California county can’t ban water delivery to Hmong pot farmers
A federal judge has ruled Northern California county officials can’t stop trucks from delivering water to Hmong farmers who are illegally growing marijuana, saying the practice raises “serious … Read Full Article
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New book shows how Californians are bolstering climate resilience
The climate leaders profiled in this book are inspirational,” said Wade Crowfoot, California’s Natural Resources secretary, in his review of “Climate Stewardship: Taking Collective Action to Protect … Read Full Article
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California Fire Foundation issues wildfire grants to Santa Barbara County, Lompoc fire departments
Santa Barbara County Fire and Lompoc City Fire Department will be receiving grants from the California Fire Foundation on Wednesday. Read Full Article
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A California county spars over water scarcity, illicit marijuana and racism
Now, after another exceptionally dry year, more heated clashes over Shasta Valley’s water have emerged, often pitting White residents against the thousands of Hmong American families that have settled … Read Full Article
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Judge blocks county from cutting off water to South Asian immigrants in rural California
Members of the Hmong community in a rural Siskiyou County subdivision say the water restrictions caused their vegetables and livestock, which they rely on for food, to die. Read Full Article
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In clashes over cannabis, race, and water, hard data is scarce
Amid racialized water disputes, hydrogeologists struggle to model a complex aquifer in California’s Siskiyou County … Read Full Article
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Judge: City of Sacramento violated Public Records Act in withholding documents on police killing
The city of Sacramento violated the California Public Records Act when it withheld records about the 2018 fatal police shooting of Darell Richards, a judge has ruled. After The Bee filed the lawsuit, … Read Full Article
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Hmong Ballet
‘It Was Terrifying, Moving & Awe-Inspiring’: Director Lucy Walker On CBSN Documentary ‘Bring Your Own Brigade’Bring Your Own Brigade, an incendiary look at California’s wildfire crisis, hits theaters … Read Full Article
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Amid significant growth, communities of color call for racial and regional equity
Preliminary analysis of the 2020 Census data shows significant shifts in Latino and Asian American populations in Southern California. Read Full Article
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Two Thao family farms consider their post-pandemic future
Kong Thao posted an announcement on Instagram that sent shock waves through the Southern California food world. After nearly a decade of running his parents’ farm in Fresno, the 36-year-old figurehead … Read Full Article