Mendota News

With the Panoche Hills wrapped in haze not far away, the almond orchard near Firebaugh offered welcome respite from the sun this week as 60 growers and pest-control advisers exchanged information on challenges ...

The Spreckels Sugar plant in Mendota gave official notice this week that its long-feared shutdown will take place Sept.

California farmer Mike Wood has let $150,000 worth of cotton die. Barry Baker spent $2.5 million to obtain water rights on the open market to salvage his crops.

The drought has already triggered over 73 million dollars in agricultural loses and more than 500 jobs haven been lost in Fresno County alone.

Government offices should be located in downtown urban areas. A decision is near on whether to move an important Fresno County department out of downtown for a location in a prominent developer's new project in ...

Valley mayors are bracing for the worst and looking for more ways to protect jobs, and businesses from the water shortage.

Westside processing tomato farmers Jim and Tod Diedrich walk their fields near Mendota trying to figure how to keep their crop alive with very limited water or whether to just let it die.

Protecting steelhead, salmon could further reduce Valley supply. Nearly two months ago, a Fresno judge invalidated part of a federal water plan because it did not adequately protect Central Valley steelhead and ...

A cross-post: This rally being promoted by the deliciously witty commentator/performance artist/public school advocate Sandra Tsing Loh is obviously the place to be this summer if you want to speak up for ...

Voters in the northern area of West Hills Community College District overwhelmingly passed an $11.8 million bond measure on the June 3 ballot to support higher education facilities in the communities of ...

A Fresno County man is awaiting arraignment in Madera after sheriff's deputies said he stole an irrigation pipe from a site on Road 6, left it in the back of a truck and fell asleep inside the vehicle.

What: A congressional briefing on water rationing conducted by Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno When: 10:30 a.m. Monday Where: Germino Building on the Los Banos Fairgrounds, 403 F St.

A judge in Glenn County has accepted documents filed by the Butte Environmental Council in a lawsuit challenging an irrigation district's plan to drill seven wells.

While more than a million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties are being stung by water rationing imposed by the East Bay Municipal Utility District, the city of Tracy is "looking pretty good" with ... via Inside Bay Area

Southbound lane restrictions between French Camp Turnpike and the Charter Way undercrossing, 10:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m., for crack sealing. via RecordNET

“By some miracle they are still isolated in the reservoir”

The San Benito Water District is looking at several different ways to kill zebra mussels that have infested the San Justo Reservoir, and a water official confirmed this week that the mollusk is isolated there. via Hollister Free Lance

“This is not a race. It's not to raise money or be a world-record attempt”

By now, given a favorable tailwind, minimal potholes and courteous motorists, they could be near Firebaugh in the Central Valley. via Inside Bay Area

A farm labor bus with 36 workers aboard overturned Tuesday afternoon on Highway 33 south of Mendota, resulting in minor injuries to four of the passengers, the California Highway Patrol reported this morning. via Fresno Bee

“Having so many local options for people to go and taste wines closer to home will only heighten their awareness.”

Wineries that have all or part of their operations in the San Joaquin Valley: Smaller wineries Agajanian Vineyards, Madera Birdstone Winery, Madera Bravura Vineyards, Madera Cacciatore Fine Wines, Pixley ... via Fresno Bee