Plan Would Clean Up Valley's Air and Water
When it comes to the environment, the San Joaquin Valley boasts dubious distinctions -- some of the worst air quality, highest asthma rates, and most polluted drinking water in the nation. Later today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launches a new strategic plan to address those issues.
Funding Cuts Would Keep Rural Kids Waiting for a Bus
Before dawn this morning, two school buses full of students and a caravan of community members from rural Humboldt County began a five-hour trek to Sacramento. They're protesting the decision to eliminate all state funding for school buses as part of the budget-balancing trigger cuts.