With long-term declines in groundwater levels putting thousands of domestic wells at risk and causing the ground to sink in parts of the San Joaquin Valley, state regulators are moving forward with efforts to force local agencies to take stronger steps to begin to rein in chronic overpumping by California’s agriculture industry. But these efforts have recently run into complications …
WASHINGTON — The first -- and maybe only -- step toward filling the seat vacated by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicks off Tuesday with a special primary in California’s 20th Congressional District. A look at what to expect on election night: SPECIAL ELECTION DAY The special primary election in California’s 20th Congressional District will be held Tuesday. WHAT’S ON …
Floodwaters cover part of a sign for a house at a new development, Hillside Estates, in Woodlake, Calif., on Wednesday. Keylan Liles, who has lived in a house on West Cajon Avenue for decades, said he’d “never seen anything like this.” “Then they built that,” he said, pointing to the new development across the street, which he said replaced orchards …
