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Get ready for denser urban environment
Denser growth is inevitable in the Valley's future, and the policy council for the San Joaquin Valley Blueprint has a chance to set us on a path that will allow for wise planning of that future.
Merced Sun-Star opinion

State brings back public projects
Strong demand for California bonds will allow the state to spend $2.7 billion on public works projects delayed during the recent state budget impasse, officials said Monday.
Fresno Bee article

Gottschalks will close; liquidator wins bid
Liquidators won the battle for Gottschalks Inc. on Monday and will shut down the company, CEO James Famalette said late Monday.
Fresno Bee article

New planning law no mere walk in the park
In Lodi, the area around Lakewood Mall is ideal for running errands. Groceries, movie rentals, haircuts and prescription drugs are just a short car trip, walk or bike ride away.
Stockton Record article

American Farm Bureau demands fairness for biofuels in carbon scoring in California
When rating fuels on the basis of carbon content, biofuels should not be singled out and artificially degraded for so-called “indirect effects,” according to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).
Western Farm Press article

Collaboration on conservation
President Barack Obama recently signed into law Monday one of the most significant conservation milestones in a decade. Chock-full of new protections for pristine and historic places, the measure sets the gold standard for land preservation by designating more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness .
Sacramento Bee opinion

Heavy police layoffs in plan
City Manager Gordon Palmer will propose unprecedented cuts today to balance the city's teetering general fund, including laying off 43 police officers and greatly reducing community policing, a model that for more than a decade has put officers on routine assignment in some of the city's most dangerous areas.
Stockton Record article

Visalia officials report growth in recreation
To call it a honeybee glut might be an exaggeration, but this year the ever-shifting balance between Kern's almond groves and the bees that pollinate them does seem to have tilted in favor of the trees.
Visalia Times-Delta article

Central Valley company recalls 1 million pounds of pistachios
One million pounds of pistachios are being recalled by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., a unit of privately held Setton International Foods Inc. of Commack, N.Y., because of fear of Salmonella contamination.
Central Valley Business Times article

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