Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman to Announce $32.7 Million for California's River Parkways
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Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman will announce grants totaling  $32.7 million at an awards ceremony June 28 to help fund 35 statewide  river parkway projects. The event will begin at 10 a.m. at Middle  Sunrise Park at Sunrise Boulevard and South Bridge Street in Rancho  Cordova.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 14--A proposed long-term strategy for managing and developing water resources in El Dorado County may not be perfect, but a spokesman for a water advocacy group says it's time the plan, six years in the making, was adopted.
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By E.J. Schultz, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 22--The state should wait for Congress to act before spending any money to restore the San Joaquin River, the state's nonpartisan budget analyst said in a report Wednesday.   Gov.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - The Calpers board, the  biggest U.S. pension fund, said on Monday it wants major car  makers to meet with it and defend their lawsuit against  California's new rules for reducing exhaust emissions.
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The Department of Water Resources, Division of Planning and Local  Assistance, has released its 2007 Proposal Solicitation Package seeking  projects to share $10 million in CALFED grants.
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jan. 31--LONG BEACH -- HUD Assistant Secretary Orlando Cabrera came to the Coast on Tuesday to announce that the federal agency is being flexible with $27.3 million so Mississippi housing agencies can get people back in their homes quicker.
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California's state government  faces a year-end shortfall of $6.7 billion in its 2005-06 year,  a gap it can close with $3.5 billion in deficit-financing bonds  and with improving revenues, the state legislative analyst's  office said on Wednesday.
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Marin Supervisor Steve Kinsey is going toe to toe with Gov. Arnold Schwarz-enegger over how cost overruns on the Bay Bridge should be funded, a decision that could affect key Marin transportation projects.
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Goshen (Associated Press) -- Forest River, a recreational vehicle and cargo trailer maker, plans to build seven new buildings at its Goshen complex and add more than 600 workers by April.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  May 24--The Walla Walla County Conservation District will receive $225,000 from the state Department of Ecology to create an urban riparian buffers program.
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By Sandra Stokley, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Dec.
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By Joan Kent, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 15--La Crosse officials will consider a request in January to have the city engineer prepare plans for other types of barriers on the Riverside Park levee.
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By Ed Mendel, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Feb. 20--SACRAMENTO -- A surge of new highway money from a $19.9 billion  transportation bond has renewed political infighting over whether Caltrans  should use government or private engineers, bringing warnings of possible  project delays.
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Thursday warned metropolitan area commuters it might have to raise rapid transit train fares and bridge and tunnel tolls after the end of its new $5.7 billion budget.
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By John Dickey, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Jun. 23--State officials briefed Yuba-Sutter business people Friday on the state's levee bond and flood-control measures.
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By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 6--An alliance of coastal communities along the Grand Strand could band together to request around $120 million in federal funding to address the problem of stormwater runoff.
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By Scott Marshall, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.