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Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way. He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO...

Despite controversy over whether they are killing a rare species of fish, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta pumps that help send Northern California water to Southern California are running at approximately normal capacity for this time of year - welcome news for the Antelope Valley water districts that supply the water to their customers. Equipment at the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant, the central artery of the State Water Project outside Tracy, has been sending roughly 12,000 acre-feet of water per day into the 444-mile California Aqueduct, said Don Strickland, a state Department of Water Resources public information officer. An acre-foot equals...