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Water district wants to increase transparency and public participation

• by Monserrat Solis, California Local News Fellow
Editor’s note: Monserrat Solis covers Kings County water issues for SJV Water through the California Local News Fellowship initiative.  Kings County Water District board members hope to boost public participation at their monthly meetings by moving the start time back one hour. It will now meet at 2 p.m. on the first Thursday of every…
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Are the Resnicks “hoarding” water while LA burns? No

• by Lois Henry, SJV Water
Almost as soon as the unprecedented scale of the Los Angeles wildfires hit the public’s awareness, SJV Water started getting some pretty out there emails and texts alleging that Lynda and Stewart Resnick “own” 60% (75%, even 80%) of California’s water and were somehow “hoarding it” so it couldn’t be used to put out the…
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Kings County Board of Supervisors opts to keep current chair in light of water troubles

• by Monserrat Solis, California Local News Fellow
Editor’s note: Monserrat Solis covers Kings County water issues for SJV Water through the California Local News Fellowship initiative.  It was Kings County Supervisor Rusty Robinson’s turn to preside over board meetings as chair this year, but he declined, leaving the job to Supervisor Doug Verboon.  This would be Verboon’s second consecutive year as chair…
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Corcoran Irrigation District to use $15 million federal grant to conserve water

• by Monserrat Solis, California Local News Fellow
Editor’s note: Monserrat Solis covers Kings County water issues for SJV Water through the California Local News Fellowship initiative.  Corcoran Irrigation District won a $15-million federal grant for water conservation but is still working out the details for how to spend that money. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the grant award in August…
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Return of 14,000 acres of ancestral Tule River Tribe lands to conserve huge swath of diverse habitat and preserve Deer Creek headwaters

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water
A former cattle ranch in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills with proximity to the headwaters of Deer Creek is one step closer to being conserved thanks to a $2.4 million grant and collaborative efforts between the Tule River Indian Tribe, California Natural Resources Agency, The Conservation Fund and the Wildlife Conservation Board.  The Hershey Ranch,…
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Don’t blink: There’s water in the Kern River but not for long

• by Lois Henry, SJV Water
Water is again running in the Kern River through Bakersfield, four months after it suddenly went dry at the end of August, 2024, leading to a massive fish die off. But it will only last through January 20, according to Bakersfield Water Resources Director Kristina Budak. “Water is being released from Isabella Dam as part…
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Crunch time: Groundwater agency with land in two troubled subbasins working double time to try and hold off state sanctions

• by Monserrat Solis, California Local News Fellow
Editor’s note: Monserrat Solis covers Kings County water issues for SJV Water through the California Local News Fellowship initiative.  The Tri-County Water Authority has a foot in each of the two groundwater basins now under state probation and is scrambling to find a path to compliance in each. Tri-County covers lands in both the Tule…
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