San Joaquin Valley

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3 California hospitals declared bankruptcy this year. Health chains could keep them alive

Two of the three troubled California hospitals are especially vital to their communities because they’re the only emergency providers in their rural counties. Health care chains could keep them afloat.

에 의해 아나 B. 이바라 • 8월 14, 2023

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Increasing temperatures increase California flood risk

The massive snowpack accumulated in California's mountains could trigger massive floods if hot weather causes a rapid melt.

에 의해 댄 월터스 • 4월 12, 2023

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Delta tunnel project won’t provide reliable water supply California needs

The benefits of a long-sought and controversial project to replumb the Delta and send more water south are speculative at best, argue elected leaders from Yolo and Sacramento counties.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 3월 29, 2023

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Mobile home parks offer refuge from California’s housing squeeze. Who’s watching them?

Mobile home parks are a last bastion of unsubsidized affordable housing in California. But when the health and safety of their residents is on the line, is the state doing enough to help?

에 의해 마누엘라 토비아스 • 3월 20, 2023

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California bullet train project still lacks needed financing

California's bullet train project is still lacking enough money to complete its initial segment in the San Joaquin Valley, much less financing for a statewide system.

에 의해 댄 월터스 • 3월 1, 2023

뉴스레터

A county without a hospital

Up until this month, Madera County — with a population of more than 150,000 spread out across 2,000 square miles of Central Valley farmland and sparse Sierra — had a single general hospital. Then, on Jan. 3, it closed its doors for good. As CalMatters health reporter Ana B. Ibarra and California Divide reporter Nicole […]

에 의해 벤 크리스토퍼 • 1월 20, 2023

환경

Delta tunnel: Salmon at risk from massive water project, state report says

The tunnel project, which would cost billions and take decades, aims to help shore up water supplies in much of California. The new environmental impact report outlines the impacts.

에 의해 레이첼 베커 • 7월 27, 2022

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New state park could help California answer climate change

The state budget has dedicated enough money to start turning the Dos Rios Ranch Reserve in Stanislaus County into a state park. Floodplain restoration will create green jobs, flood control, groundwater recharge and much-needed recreational space for San Joaquin Valley residents.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 7월 12, 2022

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State must act now to head off future floods

California needs to make Stockton and San Joaquin Valley flood investments a priority — especially during a drought. Building flood management projects takes years. If we don’t start now, we may not be ready when the next big flood arrives.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 6월 21, 2022

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State imposes sweeping ban on pumping river water in San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area

As drought intensifies, the order affects many cities and growers from Fresno to the Oregon border, including 212 public water systems.

에 의해 레이첼 베커 • 6월 7, 2022