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The governor eliminated $40 million for restoring floodplains, halting projects that help protect vulnerable, disadvantaged communities like Stockton. San Joaquin Valley legislators are pushing back.
San Joaquin Valley farmers are working against the clock to rescue cropland from damaging floodwaters and bolster defenses before an epic spring snowmelt.
In a move that upset and baffled local leaders, conservationists and floodplain advocates, Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his 2023–24 budget proposal (PDF), eliminated all $40 million that had been allocated ...
San Joaquin Valley voters go conservative red in recall election to oust Gavin Newsom as California’s governor. Here is an explanation why they voted that way.
Of 15 California counties with higher percentages of positive coronavirus or COVID-19 tests in late May and June, eight are in the San Joaquin Valley: Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Kern, Madera, San ...
Anyone who has waited months to see a specialist or had to travel outside the region for medical care understands the urgent ...
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Yvette Medina was growing up in the ...
The San Joaquin Valley never fully recovered from a summer COVID-19 surge driven by the Delta variant. The rural, agricultural region continues to be hard-hit by the virus.
Valley farmers are enjoying a successful harvest this year due to the lack of rain and cool temperatures, but drivers are ...
Newly released state guidelines on how to get a handle on subsidence, or land sinking, were received with mixed reactions ...
The San Joaquin Valley Air District is warning residents in the northern and western parts of the Valley, which includes Tulare County, that they may be impacted by poor air quality until Tuesday.
The San Joaquin Valley is particularly hard hit by nitrate: 63 percent of the state's public water systems that report violations of health standards for the contaminant in 2015 were in the ...