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To save water, new Calif homes will have less lawn

2015-07-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: The sprawling suburban lawn - a symbol of the good life in postwar California - moved a step closer Wednesday to being consigned to the history books. The California Water Commission, responding to a fourth year of drought, approved sharp new limits on the amount of water that can be used on landscapes surrounding newly constructed buildings, such as houses, businesses and schools. The revised ordinance will limit grass to about 25% of a home's combined front, back and side yards in all new...

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Starwood Energy to finance Calif. electricity transmission line

2015-07-16 03:56:17| Energy - Topix.net

Greenwich-based private investment firm Starwood Energy , in a joint venture with sustainable energy company Abengoa, won a contract by the state of California to build a 114-mile electricity transmission line between two substations. California Independent System Operator named the companies as the approved sponsor to finance, construct, own, operate and maintain the Delaney to Colorado River 500 kilovolt line.

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Girl killed by school district truck in Santa Ana, Calif.

2015-07-14 21:13:00| American School & University

Priscilla Vallejo, 13, was riding a bike when she was struck by a Santa Ana Unified District truck. read more

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Calif. Regulators Have Limited Power to Punish Farmers in Drought, Court Rules

2015-07-13 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A judge ruled Friday that California regulators violated some farmers rights by telling them to stop diverting from rivers and streams, but the state said it can still punish those who illegally take water during the drought. The temporary restraining order by Judge Shelleyanne Chang of Sacramento Superior Court blocked the state from punishing farmers who ignored a state notice issued earlier this year to stop diverting water. The ruling applies to dozens of farmers in the Central Valley and the...

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Calif.: FedEx Agrees to Settle Drivers' Misclassification Claims for $228M

2015-06-19 10:52:00| Air Courier - Topix.net

FedEx Ground Package System Inc. has reached a $228 million settlement agreement with approximately 2,300 drivers in California, resolving the drivers' claims that they were misclassified as independent contractors and are due wages and other benefits under California law . The settlement agreement, which is subject to approval by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, will end years of litigation between the parties.

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