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Let’s Unpack Gov. Newsom’s New Executive Order to ‘Harden Homes Against Wildfires’

February 9, 2025 3:30 amFebruary 10, 2025 9:11 am

Big government authoritarianism: That’s what California Governor Gavin Newsom is to the residents in Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and other parts of Los Angeles whose homes were burned to the ground in January. Pacific Palisades residents – some who lost their...

Ringside: Ways California Can Have Abundant Water

October 31, 2024 2:58 amOctober 31, 2024 2:59 am

A few years ago a group of volunteers, myself included, attempted to qualify a state ballot initiative called “The Water Infrastructure Funding Act.” Those of us involved with this project remain convinced that had it qualified for the ballot and...

California Holds the Key to Western Water Security

May 9, 2023 9:00 amMay 9, 2023 9:01 am

Dams and aqueducts on the Colorado River make civilization possible in the American Southwest. But for the last 20 years, as a prolonged drought has gripped the region, withdrawals from the river have averaged 15 million acre-feet per year, while inflows into...