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Recent briefings below
Recent Briefings
Today's briefing leads with a major $200 million infrastructure overhaul breaking ground on California's Friant-Kern Canal, followed by an emerging AI data center dispute within the state's flagship e…
Western water litigation returns to the forefront today as Nevada escalates its fight over unilateral Colorado River cuts. Our briefing also covers the unintended wildfire risks of fallowing Californi…
A proposal for California's first major Marine Protected Area expansion in fifteen years leads today's coverage. Further down the desk, we examine a landmark Supreme Court ruling stripping independenc…
Sweeping federal land reductions in Utah anchor this edition, as executive actions reshape monument boundaries and forest protections across the West. We also look at a sharply divided partisan fight …
California's state and federal policies are facing intense local backlash this weekend. Environmentalists have sued to halve State Water Project deliveries from the Delta, while Central Valley leaders…
Today's edition begins with a major environmental lawsuit demanding a 50 percent cut to State Water Project exports, followed by new YIMBY legislation aiming to accelerate California homebuilding. We …
Central Valley agricultural operations face sudden disruptions following a wave of federal immigration sweeps this week. Elsewhere on the desk, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded its Peace Priz…
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Anne Carson, headlining today's dispatch on The Garden Gate Gazette. Closer to home, we are tracking high-stakes arguments at the California Supreme Court ov…
Today's briefing traces the arrival of peak autumn foliage across California's high country, alongside a decades-long alpine soil restoration effort in Yosemite. Our coverage also breaks down a signif…
We have new evidence out of UC Riverside showing that California's feral bees are naturally resisting devastating Varroa mites, offering a potential breakthrough for apiculture. Our coverage also unpa…