Tag: California
EMWD approves West San Jacinto Groundwater Sustainability Agency Plan funding
The Eastern Municipal Water District board approved funding for the West San Jacinto Groundwater Sustainability Agency Plan 2022 water year groundwater monitoring report and...
Commissioner Lara submits first-in-nation wildfire safety regulation to drive down cost of insurance
SACRAMENTO – California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara submitted his insurance pricing regulation to the California Office of Administrative Law that would recognize and reward...
Study: Californians have the 14th worst levels of lung health in America
COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Lung Institute, a source for pulmonary information for better lung health, including disease prevention and management, commissioned a national study...
State officials sent cell phone alerts to protect public safety amidst ongoing record heat,...
SACRAMENTO – With extreme weather stretching California’s energy grid and threatening public health and safety, the governor’s Office of Emergency Services issued an emergency...
Restoring California’s Failing Mental Health Programs
California’s mental health system is struggling to keep up with demand. Those seriously in need of treatment are trapped in a rotating cycle that...
Melendez leads in push to hold dealers accountable for fentanyl deaths
SACRAMENTO – California Senate Republicans, led by state Sen. Melissa Melendez of Lake Elsinore, put forward an amendment to Assembly Bill 2195 to include...
County jobless rate unchanged in July
Despite modest gains in multiple sectors of the regional economy, seasonal drops in others left Riverside County’s unemployment rate unchanged last month, according to...
EVMWD discusses their efforts to resolve drought conditions
Ava SarnowskiIntern WriterGreg Thomas, general manager of Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, with Bonnie Woodrome, community affairs supervisor, said their district is working to...
We have water – Let’s use it
California is once again in a serious drought, the second in a decade. It is a recurring problem in the arid West, but even...
Western fires outpace California effort to fill inmate crews
DON THOMPSONAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wherever they can get them...