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Fourteen years ago, Heriberto Sevilla came across a ranch on the outskirts of Madera set among fields of stalk grass and bright wildflowers. Pepper trees dotted the meadow, and children played in the natural lakes created by heavy rains.

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Tooleville’s ground water wells go all but dry, new solutions are on the horizon after State Water Board forces Exeter and Tooleville to begin consolidation negotiations.

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Dozens of Tule River Indian Tribe members have a new place to call home, thanks to a new affordable housing project by the Tule River Indian Housing Authority and Visalia-based non-profit Self-Help Enterprises, along with other partners.

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Ribbon cutting event at Sand Creek rental community marks first completed Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SO

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A group of organizations in the San Joaquin Valley are providing drinking water resources to those impacted by the drought. The California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley Water Workgroup have created a plan and a list of resources for private well owners and small communities who have lost or are worried about losing access to drinking water due to shrinking groundwater levels.

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A lot has happened over the past five years, but not much has changed in the tiny farmworker town of Okieville. Wells went dry en masse in Tulare County, including in Okieville, during the last drought in 2012-2016. Since then, the state has funded a new well for the town.

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The state’s response to the water crisis that gripped tiny Teviston, California, earlier this summer should have been a no-brainer, according to Tulare County officials. The rural central San Joaquin Valley county, with help from the state, had seen wells go dry en masse during the 2012-2016 drought leaving hundreds of families without water for months on end.

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As millions of dollars are flowing out from state and federal government to curb homelessness, Tulare County is also investing in projects that not only house the homeless but help prevent people from becoming homeless.

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The panel will also hear from state officials on the status of Groundwater Sustainability Plans. The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will be discussing local drought impacts in communities as well as efforts to address safe drinking water during drought.

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It was just a year ago residents in Seville, an unincorporated community in northern Tulare County, were able to drink water from their taps for the first time in five years.
In May 2020, the state lifted the boil water advisory for the 100-home community located seven and a half miles east of Orosi after the county of Tulare rebuilt the water system, in part, with funding from the state following a campaign coordinated by the county, the Stone Corral School District, and local non-profits.

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