Grace Napolitano News

Southland water leaders today praised President Barack Obamaa s administration and California congressional representatives for the attention given the state in the latest round of federal funding provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

State and local elected leaders have for years championed a $1.2 billion Titan Group development that would bring homes and retail shops around the city's bus terminal.

Nitrate-laden wastes from septic plants in communities along the river such as Lake Havasu and Bullhead cities are slowly seeping underground toward the river.

State spending cuts will be comprehensive, deep and painful. And if the legislators cannot agree on what should go by July 1, California will run out of cash soon after.

McMahon's and Rooney's recommendation. This request is in support of the funding levels recommended by Defense Secretary Robert Gates in April, but obviously has taken on new importance given the tragic events that occurred yesterday at Camp Liberty in Iraq.

Against the backdrop of the Colorado River and amid much fanfare, a celebration of the removal of the Moab tailings "pile" got under way Monday, featuring remarks by Gov.

SAN FRANCISCO a 'The Bay Area, along with the rest of California, is receiving about $9.79 million to become more earthquake ready.

Ted Poe's in Liberty County? When I saw that rats had taken over the Liberty County Courthouse , I was mistaken.

The Secretary and Congresswoman Matsui announced that $22.3 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would go to the Folsom Dam to address safety needs.

Assemblymember Jared Huffman joined Secretary Salazar and California's legislative leadership at a press conference where the Secretary announced economic stimulus projects to help water infrastructure in California as part of the Department of the Interior's investments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

At least that's what conservatives organizing tax day tea parties across the country are hoping, as they've promised droves of anti-tax advocates at rallies from Eureka to El Centro, California .

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar speaks at a panel on energy development of the U.S. outer continental shelf at Tulane University in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

The Metropolitan Water District's Board of Directors is expected to vote today to implement a Water Supply Allocation Plan that will reduce water supplies to its member agencies by 10 percent.

The Whittier Area Evangelical Ministerial Alliance will present a Resurrection Service, "Finding Hope in Times of Change" from 6 to 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the Joe Miller Field at Friends Park, at the corner of Mar Vista Street and Painter Ave.

A Congresswoman told local business owners she wants them to report whether banks are offering credit when they need it.

They sequester carbon, serve as corridors and refuges for plants and animals adapting to climate change, and increasingly provide model programs for energy and water conservation.

With California in the throes of a drought, Congress is being urged to ease federal pumping restrictions that are impacting the state's shrinking water supply.

The kangaroo waits for the hearing to begin.The kangaroo listens attentively to hearing proceedings.

Speeches, charts, documents - this is the type of stuff we expect to be submitted in committee records.

With California in the throes of drought, Congress must act quickly to ease federal pumping restrictions that are negatively affecting the state's already shrinking water supply, Inland Rep.