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California Senator Alex Padilla talks water projects during visit to Fresno, Valley
Fresno Bee 7 hrs ago Thaddeus Miller, The Fresno Bee
Jul. 16 In his first official visit to the central San Joaquin Valley, Sen. Alex Padilla pledged Friday to back funding for infrastructure across California as a way to improve the economy.
In Merced County with other area leaders, Padilla said he s supporting legislation that will aid rural residents with upgrades like those needed at the aging Dos Palos Water Treatment Plant, which has failed at least three times in the past decade.
Padilla said as the state comes out of the pandemic, eyes should shift toward equitable progress.
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The legacy of California rice farming at Koda Farms
The struggle to become one of California s oldest Japanese family owned rice farms. | Race and Culture Team Author: John Bartell Updated: 2:56 PM PDT May 12, 2021
DOS PALOS, Calif. In the fertile fields of South Dos Palos, a small cloud of dust follows a tractor working the land near the Merced and Fresno county line.
The soil must be prepared in such a way that water can flood the field without any high or low spots. While all this is happening, the roar of a distant plane get closer and closer until at just the right moment, millions of rice seeds are dropped from the belly of the plane.
Gail Belmont started quilting in 1997 to help with her emotional and physical pain from serving in the military during the Vietnam War.
The disabled veteran served in the Womenâs Army Corps from 1969-72 at Fort McClellan. She played trumpet in the WAC band.
âSo part of my duties during Vietnam was we had to play Taps for those that were killed in action in Mississippi and Alabama which was all Vietnam era,â the native Californian said. âI was 18 years old when I first went in. And I saw things that changed my life during that time frame. Mississippi and Alabama were very poor states. And the military funerals that I performed were something you never forget.â