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Decision in Boswell-Vidovich pipeline fight set for April 1

March 24, 2022

• by Lois Henry

A Kings County Superior Court Judge will decide April 1 whether a large water pipeline barreling from Lemoore southwest past Stratford must be reviewed under the state’s California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Regardless of that decision, the full-blown water war that has erupted between Sandridge Partners or J.G. Boswell Company, who are behind this and…

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From bulldozers to helicopters, Boswell-Vidovich battles continue

March 22, 2022

• by Lois Henry

An ongoing tiff over construction of a large water pipeline in Kings County has gone airborne, according to a lawsuit filed by Sandridge Partners. Sandridge, controlled by John Vidovich, is accusing the J.G. Boswell Company of purposely “buzzing” cattle on its lands using a large helicopter. The actions have been ongoing since late January through…

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Kings County judge orders both sides to neutral corners in Boswell-Vidovich ditch bank battle

March 5, 2022

• by Lois Henry

Heavy equipment blockading a pipeline project from cutting through a canal was ordered removed on Friday and the pipeline project was halted temporarily by a Kings County Superior Court judge. 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…

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Latest allegation in Boswell-Vidovich ditch bank battle: Environmental laws were willfully ignored

February 27, 2022

• by Lois Henry

Last we left off, Kings County’s two biggest farming companies were at impasse over a pipeline with heavy equipment and work crews standing guard atop the Tulare Lake Canal to keep a trench from being cut through its banks. Attorneys for the Tulare Lake Canal Company, controlled by the giant J.G. Boswell Company, and Sandridge…

Groundwater • Personalities

Boswell bulldozers allowed to stay put, blocking Kings County pipeline project

February 11, 2022

• by Lois Henry

The water fight between Kings County’s two largest growers will continue with heavy equipment intended to block a pipeline project allowed to remain in place on the Tulare Lake Canal banks. The Tulare Lake Canal Company, controlled by JG Boswell Company, moved the equipment onto the canal banks in late January to block trenching for…

Groundwater • Personalities

Fight over Kings County pipeline just the latest clash between water titans

February 9, 2022

• by Lois Henry

Trucks and heavy equipment emblazoned with the distinctive diamond “B” logo parked on the banks of the Tulare Lake Canal late last month weren’t sending a subtle message. The giant JG Boswell Company has little love for Sandridge Partners. Nor for the man who runs it, John Vidovich, nor for his current pipeline project that…

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Large water pipeline in Kings County raising questions, concerns

December 22, 2021

• by Lois Henry

A large water pipeline being built near Lemoore in Kings County is raising eyebrows as much for its possible uses as for the name associated with its construction — John Vidovich. The large, black pipe could be seen earlier this month being tucked into the ground along 21st Avenue just south of Highway 198 and…

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Where is the water going?

November 22, 2021

• by Lois Henry, SJV Water

This 2021 article is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Circle of Blue, Colorado Public Radio, Columbia Insight, The Counter, High Country News, New Mexico In Depth and SJV Water. The project was made possible by a grant from the Water…

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Groundwater accountability sparks clash of Central Valley ag titans

June 16, 2020

• by Lois Henry

Two giant Central Valley farming companies are slinging serious mud at one another over groundwater. And, in a rare break with tradition, they’re doing it in public. The fight has spilled out in public comments on the Tulare Lake Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan, which covers most of Kings County. The titans behind the comments are…

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Decision in Boswell-Vidovich pipeline fight set for April 1

From bulldozers to helicopters, Boswell-Vidovich battles continue

Kings County judge orders both sides to neutral corners in Boswell-Vidovich ditch bank battle

Latest allegation in Boswell-Vidovich ditch bank battle: Environmental laws were willfully ignored

Boswell bulldozers allowed to stay put, blocking Kings County pipeline project

Fight over Kings County pipeline just the latest clash between water titans

Large water pipeline in Kings County raising questions, concerns

Where is the water going?

Groundwater accountability sparks clash of Central Valley ag titans

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