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Satellite may send energy to Valley
In the next seven years, several square miles of scrubland in western Fresno County could be ground zero for satellites beaming enough energy from space to power nearly a quarter of a million homes.
Fresno Bee article

Valley demonstrators march for water
More than 4,000 people braved blowing dust to march Tuesday from Mendota to Firebaugh, launching a four-day campaign to focus attention on the Valley's crippling water shortage.
Fresno Bee article

Farmers file lawsuit over canal
Delta farmers have fired their first shot in the battle over a peripheral canal. They have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the process by which a canal might be approved.
Stockton Record article

Imagination drives power from space
The world began looking a bit different on that day. In the future, some might say that was the day things began looking up.
Merced Sun-Star opinion

County asks governor, president to declare emergency
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors today asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Barack Obama to declare a state of emergency because of drought-related hardships.
Fresno Bee article

S.J. hopes new framework has role in water legislation
When lawmakers craft California's rules dealing with water, particularly when it concerns the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, local officials want to make sure legislators know where San Joaquin County stands.
Stockton Record article

Wetter irrigation season in store
When it rains it pours, especially down irrigation canals. Thanks to a wetter than expected winter, Turlock Irrigation District customers can now look forward to a 48 inch total allotment of water, a half-foot improvement from the 42 inches available one year ago.
Turlock Journal article

Interior’s Salazar to tour Delta today
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to take U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in tow today for a helicopter tour of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta.
Central Valley Business Times article

Plan for nonpotable water system advances
City officials believe drinking water is too precious to be pouring over Patterson’s plants, and last week they continued the process of creating a nonpotable water system.
Patterson Irrigator article

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