By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--November 13, 2018
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“Conservationists say the smelt are dying in the irrigation pumps, so a judge ruled they must be shut off for much of the growing season.” “Fletcher then told of an almond farmer who is now forced to spend $600,000 digging his own well. Fletcher: "That hits almond farmers, like Shawn Coburn, particularly hard. Ninety percent of the nation's almonds come from this valley, and almond trees need a lot of water. ... So Coburn is spending $600,000 to dig a new well, and he hopes to buy himself some time.” “The report ended with a soundbite of Firebaugh, California, city manager Jose Ramirez pleading for more water: "All our people want here is a job. That's all we want. You let the water flow, food will grow, and jobs will flow after that, and we're in business.”
“The dead have been found in burned-out cars, in the smoldering ruins of their homes, or next to their vehicles, apparently overcome by smoke and flames before they could jump in behind the wheel and escape. (BayToday) “In some cases, there were only charred fragments of bone, so small that coroner's investigators used a wire basket to sift and sort them.”
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