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California Ban on Gas Appliances Starts With Jan. 1 'All ... - GV Wire
WEBDec 16, 2022 · New homes and buildings that are constructed in 2023 will have to have electric supply panels and circuitry to support all-electric appliances and heating under a building code update approved two years ago by the California Energy Commission. The new building code doesn't ban the sale of natural gas appliances outright — that will come in 2030, in a mandate from the California Air Resources ...
Council Approves $55,000 Pay Hike for Themselves. Here's How
WEBJun 23, 2022 · The Fresno City Council was split on Thursday over a plan for a massive pay raise that will benefit some current members. The proposal, which passed 5-2, would raise the pay of councilmembers by 69% (from $80,000 to $135,044 annually). Increases would take effect when a member is sworn in for a new term. Salaries would be tied to the rate of pay of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.
New Casino, Hotel Complex Nears Completion in Fresno ... - GV Wire
WEBAug 13, 2021 · Work appears nearly complete on a new and larger Indian gaming casino complex less than 1,000 feet from the current Table Mountain site in the Fresno County foothills near Millerton Lake. Construction began on the project to replace the existing casino in 2019. Plans promised a 110,000 square-foot casino floor that will add more than 600 new gaming machines, expanded restaurant space, a 1,500 ...
Special Report: Small Farmers Struggle as Ag Titans Boswell, …
WEBNov 22, 2021 · Farmers in the heart of California’s agricultural belt – Kings County – sense something is awry with their water supplies. In this intensively farmed, perennially dry county, water is leaving at a concerning rate. “We’ve all seen it,” said walnut farmer Steve Walker. “We haven’t sat down and put dye in the water to watch where it actually goes. But everybody talks about it, and ...
California Tax Rebate Deal Reached. How Much Will You Get
WEBJun 27, 2022 · The three-tier program would benefit an estimated 23 million California taxpayers, including individual filers making as much as $250,000 and joint filers making as much as $500,000, with low- and middle-income households set to receive incrementally more money. The $9.5 billion in tax refunds, which CalMatters reported Friday, is …
Ricardo Lara Deserves Credit for Trying to Solve California's Home ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Ever since he launched his 2018 campaign for insurance commissioner, former state Sen. Ricardo Lara has faced sharp criticism from Consumer Watchdog, which denounced him as a tool of the insurance industry. However Lara has had to contend with an unprecedented crisis in California’s insurance market. The …
Judge Orders Boswell, Vidovich Back to Their Corners in Ditch …
WEBMar 9, 2022 · The fight between the Tulare Lake Canal Company, controlled by the J.G. Boswell Company, and Sandridge Partners, controlled by John Vidovich, will be back in court on March 23 when Judge Valerie Chrissakis will decide whether the Sandridge pipeline is subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act If so, it would mean the pipeline would have to undergo a full-blown EIR with ...
Fresno Irrigation District Diverts Kings River Floodwater Into Aquifer
WEBMay 9, 2023 · Watch: FID Moves Kings River Floodwater Into the Aquifer. DWR is working with local agencies and equipment vendors to provide funding and secure much-needed temporary diversion equipment, including pumps and siphons, in support of local agencies. The first temporary pumps and siphons were deployed by …
Camarena Health Starts Construction in Madera on Largest-Ever …
WEBJul 29, 2020 · Approximately 30,000 square feet of buildings are going up in Madera as part of Camarena Health's largest expansion project ever. The facilities, dubbed The Almond Campus because they're on Almond Avenue, will cost nearly $17 million and transform the urgent-care facility there into a full-service, five-building campus. Plans call for a 10,000 square-foot building and four 5,000 square-foot ...