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California Ban on Gas Appliances Starts With Jan. 1 'All ... - GV Wire
WEBDec 16, 2022 · New homes and buildings that are constructed in 2023 will have to have electric supply panels and circuitry to support all-electric appliances and heating under a building code update approved two years ago by the California Energy Commission. The new building code doesn't ban the sale of natural gas appliances outright — that will come in 2030, in a mandate from the California Air Resources ...
Latest: Newsom Elected, Gas Tax Repeal Trailing - GV Wire
WEBNov 7, 2018 · A proposal to repeal a gasoline tax increase for transportation projects in California is trailing in early returns. Proposition 6 had about 47 percent of the vote shortly after polls closed Tuesday with nearly 2 million votes counted. The Republican-backed measure would repeal an increase in fuel taxes and vehicle fees that is expected to fund ...
More Than 80 Years Ago, California Had Steam High-Speed Rail
WEBJan 30, 2022 · More than 80 years ago, California got a glimpse of high-speed rail with Santa Fe steam engine No. 3751. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Pennsylvania for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, the locomotive cost $99,712.77. Santa Fe 3751 served the railroad for many years on its passenger lines throughout the west and midwest. In 1936, it was converted from burning coal to oil.
Court Says Fresno's Environmental Docs Aren't Up to Snuff ... - GV …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · An appellate court decision earlier this month sided with environmental groups who have long said Fresno’s review process doesn’t adequately address construction impacts on neighborhoods. Now, the city has issued at least one memo to builders using the city’s Program Environmental Impact Report to …
First Confirmed Candidate Emerges in GOP Bid to Hold Nunes
WEBDec 8, 2021 · More names are emerging as possible contenders for the soon-to-be-vacant congressional seat currently occupied by Devin Nunes. On Monday, Nunes, R-Tulare, announced he is leaving the 22nd Congressional District seat at the end of the month. He accepted a position as CEO for the new media venture created by former President Donald Trump. Nathan Magsig, the Fresno County supervisor, officially ...
With Son Following in His Bulldog Footsteps, David Carr Moves
WEBJan 23, 2024 · Bakersfield-born David Carr spends a lot of time on the road. From his recurring segment on the NFL Network to his coaching job at Bakersfield Christian High School — and more assignments in between — the quarterback-turned-analyst finds himself regularly driving back and forth over the Grapevine from …
New Casino, Hotel Complex Nears Completion in Fresno ... - GV Wire
WEBAug 13, 2021 · Work appears nearly complete on a new and larger Indian gaming casino complex less than 1,000 feet from the current Table Mountain site in the Fresno County foothills near Millerton Lake. Construction began on the project to replace the existing casino in 2019. Plans promised a 110,000 square-foot casino floor that will add more than 600 new gaming machines, expanded restaurant space, a 1,500 ...
Special Report: Small Farmers Struggle as Ag Titans Boswell, …
WEBNov 22, 2021 · Farmers in the heart of California’s agricultural belt – Kings County – sense something is awry with their water supplies. In this intensively farmed, perennially dry county, water is leaving at a concerning rate. “We’ve all seen it,” said walnut farmer Steve Walker. “We haven’t sat down and put dye in the water to watch where it actually goes. But everybody talks about it, and ...
'Hijacked' or On Course? Future of Fresno's Troubled Public TV …
WEBSep 23, 2021 · Phyllis Brotherton, formerly the station’s longtime chief financial officer, and Colin Dougherty, the station’s first general manager/CEO, both say they are greatly concerned. “The whole station has been hijacked by ultra-conservative people with an agenda.” — former ValleyPBS CFO Phyllis Brotherton. “The whole station has been ...
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