By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The United States Supreme Court officially declined to hear a case alleging the federal government illegally stiffed water contractors, including the City of Fresno, when it gave them zero water during the crushing 2014-2015 drought....
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The long, circuitous path of a lawsuit against the federal government for cutting off water during the crushing 2014 drought to farms and cities that rely on supplies from the Friant-Kern and Madera canals could...
Environmentalists argued that the project would destroy the habitat of the exceedingly rare Butte County meadowfoam, an endangered flower. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service A federal judge on Thursday overturned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Six rafting enthusiasts held a grueling protest Sunday to draw awareness to what they say are inadequate flows in a 16-mile stretch of the Kern River because of Southern California Edison’s diversions to its Kernville...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water One new legal filing and a raft of letters have been sent to the California State Supreme Court alternately praising and decrying the recent 5th District Court of Appeal opinion that overturned a local court...