San Joaquin News

Few California officials have done more than Lt. Gov. John Garamendi in recent years to protect California's coast from the predations of oil drilling and liquefied natural gas .

Reporting from Mendota, Calif. -- Water built the semi-arid San Joaquin Valley into an agricultural powerhouse.

Prompted by outcry over a proposal to place a power transmission project through Solano and neighboring counties, Sen.

Bus loads of Central Valley farmers brought the battle for water to San Francisco.

Thousands of farmers, farmworkers and their supporters rallied at City Hall on Wednesday, calling on federal officials to ease regulations that have cut water supplies to the nation's most prolific growing region.

In an effort to conserve, the city is moving toward recycled water for irrigating lawns and other landscaping on municipal properties.

Hundreds of San Joaquin Valley residents took their cause to the City by the Bay Monday.

Spanish-speaking parents in Fresno County will have more opportunity to get involved in their children's schoolwork, thanks to a donation of more than 11,000 books by the government of Mexico.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Sunday announced several steps he hoped would ease the toll of the state's water shortage on farmers, and said he would assign a top deputy to help find solutions.

In a surprise move, Macy's won an auction Thursday for Gottschalks stores in Fresno's River Park shopping center and at Visalia Mall -- positioning the national retail giant to expand in the central San Joaquin Valley.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is coming here to ground zero in the state's fight over dwindling water resources Sunday as agriculture and environmental interests have become increasingly polarized.

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Fredrick Wentworth, the county's superintendent of schools since 1991, informed the San Joaquin County Board of Education at a meeting Wednesday afternoon that he will retire when his elected term ends Dec.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced he will hold hearings on the drought in California and its impact on farmers.

California's secretary of Food and Agriculture is planning to be in the farm community of Mendota to learn firsthand about the drought impacts suffered by San Joaquin Valley farmers and the workers and businesses that depend on them.

More than $1 million out of nearly $30 million statewide in grants was distributed to the district attorneys in San Joaquin and Amador counties to help combat workers' compensation fraud.

Good news, everyone! Some large pipe was just successfully delivered to San Joaquin , just south of Tracy ! You may be wondering why this is good news.

Mountain communities are no strangers to the precautions and preventative measures recommended to lessen the fire risks that arrive with the hot summer months.

Clouds, building rage in shades of gray, cover the top third of Mount Shasta, boiling in a disturbing 3-D that promises a storm soon.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger faces a tough crowd in the San Joaquin Valley.