Recent Stories – The Valley Citizen

Women's March, Graceada Park, Modesto CA, 18 January, 2025

History

The Women’s March — 2025

January 20, 2025

Graceada Park Gazebo and cruiser Feb 2024

History

Homeless Citations Rise say Modesto Authorities

Eric Caine -

January 10, 2025

Adam Gray and John Duarte, Modesto, September 2022

Politics

Why Duarte vs Gray Really Matters as Duarte Concedes

Eric Caine -

December 4, 2024

History

Eastern Rarity brings Birders to San Joaquin County to Look and Listen

Eric Caine -

August 4, 2024

Manuel and Joyce Dillard, Modesto, CA 2024

History

More Sweeps? Why California Fails on Homelessness

Eric Caine -

July 26, 2024

Nature

Learn 100 Common Valley Birds: Species #69/100

Jim Gain -

June 28, 2024

Environment

Will Water Districts Fail to Deliver on Historic Contract?

Eric Caine -

May 26, 2024

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.

www.pressdemocrat.com

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

www.latimes.com

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.

www.dailyrepublic.com

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.

www.nytimes.com

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.

calmatters.org

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.

calmatters.org

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.

www.latimes.com

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.

calmatters.org

“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.

calmatters.org