Late Tuesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared an emergency in Kern County as the result of the Bull and West fires
The Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), in an event that featured local, state, and federal elected officials, broke ground today on what will be one of the cleanest and most efficient gas-fired power plants in the nation. NCPA held an official groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the start of construction of the 280 megawatt power plant, which will be called the Lodi Energy Center (LEC).
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Butte Conty Mosquito and Vector Control District has received confirmation on July 7, 2010 that two dead birds found in Butte County have tested positive for West Nile virus. One positive bird was collected from the west side of Chico near River Road/Lone Pine and the other from downtown Oroville.
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With ballots counted and results in hand, the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency (SBFCA) announced today that property owners in Sutter and Butte Counties have approved a benefit assessment for 44 miles of levee improvements along the west bank of the Feather River. Results will be officially announced at the July 14 SBFCA Board meeting, at which time the Board will consider official action to form the Benefit Assessment District.
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Corbin Bernson's 25 Hill brings attention to plight of the classic American race
Cattle ranching good for the land, good for condors, ranchers tell USFWS
Sixty seven year old Bert Stead is a portly, soft spoken, slightly grey and thin haired senior who rides a Goldwing motorcycle. Stead could not have imagined that he would be part of a controversy that erupted on a national scale after Second District Republican Congressman Wally Herger praised Stead’s comment at a Aug. 18 Redding health care town hall when at the end of his remarks Stead proclaimed, “I am a proud right wing terrorist.”
Proposal would put 9.9 percent tax on every barrel of oil produced
