http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/07/1267975/-Fracking-threatens-imperiled-Delta-fish-and-Central-Valley-salm# So many people showed up to attend the first public comment hearing held by the Department of Conservation on draft fracking regulations in Sacramento on January 6 that state officials had to move to a larger room in the EPA building to accomodate the huge crowd. Over 80 percent of the people that attended,…

http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/01/07/3702660/drought-prompts-deep-cuts-in-american.html BY MATT WEISER January 7, 2014 By the end of this week, water flows in the American River will be lower than anyone has seen in a generation. And soon, many residents of suburban Sacramento could be banned from watering their lawns. Unusual winter drought conditions are driving Sacramento-area water agencies to make difficult…

http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=24930 STOCKTON January 6, 2014 4:10am   State count confirms numbers of fish a tiny fraction of 1967 levels   “Can only be characterized as a biological holocaust” The fish are disappearing from the largest estuary on the west coast of the western hemisphere, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Populations of types of fish counted by…

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/01/18748633.php by Dan Bacher Wednesday Jan 1st, 2014 6:42 PM Many people have been speculating about where Jerry Meral, the controversial Deputy Secretary for Natural Resources who claimed “the Delta cannot be saved” in April 2013, would go to work after his retirement from state service on December 31. The speculation is over. Meral, Governor…

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/26/18748433.php by Dan Bacher Thursday Dec 26th, 2013 9:56 AM As Bill Jennings, Executive Director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, said in his speech: “We will not allow our fisheries, farms, communities and future prosperity to be sacrificed to enrich a south valley industrial agriculture, that comprises 3 tenths of 1% of our state…