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Ringside: Salmon Restoration Must Address Bass Predators

June 20, 2024 2:45 amJune 20, 2024 2:46 am

As reported in the Fresno Bee earlier this week, “More than 20,000 San Joaquin Valley residents could be left high and dry, literally, by Sacramento politicians intent on using $17.5 million that had paid for water trucked to their homes to help...

Ringside: How Much Water Will $30 Billion Buy?

April 10, 2024 2:20 pmApril 10, 2024 2:20 pm

So far this year I had the privilege of attending two water oriented events. The first, in February, was at the annual CalDesal conference in Sacramento. The second, in March, was at the Kern County Water Summit in Bakersfield. I...

Gov. Gavin Newsom: How to Destroy California in Less than 10 Years

March 28, 2024 8:08 amMarch 30, 2024 8:07 am

If I was a “progressive” governor and wanted to destabilize and destroy my state, there are certain policies I would impose, and orders I’d make, while insulating myself from my own policies: Create a housing shortage. Cut water off to...

Largest U.S. Insurance Companies Now Claim ‘Climate Change’ is Behind Ending Coverage

September 5, 2023 7:53 amSeptember 6, 2023 6:58 am

Some of the country’s largest insurers have told industry regulators that “extreme weather patterns caused by climate change” is behind the decision to stop writing certain coverages in some regions, as well as excluding protections from various weather events and...

Farmers Insurance Lays Off 2,400 Workers In Latest Insurance Company Flight From California

August 29, 2023 6:57 pmAugust 29, 2023 6:57 pm

Farmers Insurance Group, the Los Angeles-based insurer group of vehicles, homes and small businesses, announced this week that they will be laying off 2,400 workers, largely because of large increases in construction and reconstruction costs, inflation, and a largely increased...

CA Senate Republicans Send Letter To Insurance Commissioner Lara Over Faltering Homeowners Insurance Market

August 25, 2023 2:30 amAugust 25, 2023 2:31 am

California State Senators delivered a letter to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday, urging him to take more direct action in fixing the state’s faltering homeowners insurance market. In the past three months, 5 insurance companies operating in California...

Farmers Insurance Sets Limits On How Many New CA Homeowners Policies They Issue

July 8, 2023 3:01 amJuly 8, 2023 3:02 am

Farmers Insurance Group, the Los Angeles-based insurer group of vehicles, homes and small businesses, announced this week that they will be limiting the number of new homeowners insurance policies each month in California, becoming that latest insurance company in the...