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Recent Briefings
Agricultural technology takes center stage in Parlier as Central Valley growers evaluate new autonomous systems. Also in today's edition: sweeping energy permitting legislation heads to the U.S. Senat…
From the shifting balance of power in Washington to a landmark public insurance proposal in California, today's briefing covers sweeping infrastructure decisions and remarkable new findings in ecology…
The post-election landscape comes into focus on today's edition, as the Justice Department formally dismisses its federal challenge against 20,000 California voter registrations and the White House an…
Today on The Garden Gate Gazette, a sudden vote in Fresno tables the massive SEDA growth plan indefinitely, while a Kern County judge overturns environmental approvals for California's first major car…
California regulators have officially cleared the state's largest water storage project since 1979, signaling a massive pivot in climate infrastructure. Beyond the $7 billion Sites Reservoir, today's …
The definitive resolution of the midterm elections anchors today's briefing, with Democrats capturing both the House and Senate. Closer to home, we're breaking down the defeat of California's Proposit…
As voters cast their ballots in a defining midterm election, today's news also captures the striking impacts of a Pacific Kelvin wave hitting the California coast. We are also tracking legal battles o…
With early balloting closing in the pivotal national midterms, today's focus turns to ongoing regulatory friction over California's newly finalized water rules. We're also tracking shifting crude pric…
State and federal policy clashes lead today's edition, as the White House prepares executive contingency plans for a divided Congress and indirect U.S.-Iran maritime talks open in Doha. We are also fo…
New paleogenetic analysis proves humans and dogs shared lives and hearths deep into the Ice Age, pushing the timeline of canine domestication further back than previously established. We're also track…