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Director’s Pumping Records, “Ain’t possible,” says Old-timer

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October 7, 2025

Pipe installation Rairden property 16 November 2020

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MID Director Pumps River Water Across Property and Parcel Lines

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October 3, 2025

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Should Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Director’s Failure to Provide Pumping Records?

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September 22, 2025

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Pumping or not Pumping? The Public has the Right to Know

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September 15, 2025

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Beleaguered MID Director Faces Groundwater Dilemma

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September 8, 2025

Louie's Place, La Grange, "August, 2025. If you know, you know.

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Irrigation System Tells a Story says Tall Cowboy

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August 25, 2025

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MID Director’s Claims about Pumping don’t Hold Water

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August 19, 2025

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Yellow-footed Sea Bird is First Valley Record

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August 16, 2025

Nick Blom, Robert Frobose, Larry Byrd, Modesto Irrigation District Boardroom, October, 2022

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Former Ranch Manager Claims MID Director “seldom pumped” Groundwater

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August 12, 2025

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Modesto Focus: Good News is on the Way

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July 31, 2025

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6 things to know about how Gov. Newsom?s CARE Court program is working so far

Gov. Gavin Newsom?s CARE Court was supposed to help the sickest people living on California?s streets. We took a look at data from around the state. Here?s what we found.

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Farms, hotels and restaurants press Trump to exempt their businesses from immigration raids

As confusion swirls around whether Trump will exempt farms and other businesses from immigration raids, businesses are emphasizing the importance of their immigrant workforce.

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Eviction Rates in SF Soar as Legal Aid Faces Deep Funding Cuts

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Resistance state: Tracking California’s lawsuits against the new Trump administration

California’s Democratic leaders set aside tens of millions of dollars to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive orders and policies.
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First-of-its kind court order halts sweep of California homeless camp

This appears to be the first such injunction since the U.S. Supreme Court let cities crack down on homeless camps in California and beyond.

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Fear, concerns mount in local wine industry amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

As farmorkers and their families face the threat of deportation, vineyard owners worry about the humanitarian and economic impact of Trump?s immigration policies.

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California’s cannabis supply chain: Hidden pesticides and no public monitoring

California fails to monitor for a host of toxic chemicals pervading the cannabis supply chain

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Newsom, Trump could align to get Delta tunnel built

FAIRFIELD: The Metropolitan Water District board on Wednesday voted to invest another $142 million into the planning for the Delta Conveyance Project.

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Liberal Berkeley’s Toughened Stance on Homeless Camps Is a Bellwether

The progressive stronghold in California plans to target large encampments, relying on a Supreme Court decision handed down by a conservative majority.

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How a Trump administration could affect California’s housing crisis

CalMatters spoke to state housing experts to gauge the possible effect of a second Trump administration on California?s housing crisis.

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Bird flu jumped from cows to people. Now advocates want more farmworkers tested

Bird flu jumped from cows to California farmworkers this month. Virus symptoms are mild and it has not spread from humans to other people.

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California officials reject more SpaceX rocket launches, with some citing Musk’s X posts

SpaceX’s plans to launch more rockets from California’s coast were rejected by a state commission this week, with some officials citing Elon Musk’s political posts on X.

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What happens to homeless people after encampment sweeps? That’s on cities, Gavin Newsom says

Gov. Gavin Newsom deflected questions about where homeless Californians are supposed to go if their encampments get swept.

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“I won’t let them drink the water”: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach

Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in CA rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years.

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