-July 9,2020-

Condors are back in Sequoia Park

For the first time in 50 years condors can be seen in Sequoia National Park after being near extinct in the 1980s.The USFWS Pacific Southwest Region staff recently photographed several California Condors soaring through Sequoia National Park.Here are several at Moro Rock taking in the view.

COVID cases in Fresno County spike

Fresno County is averaging nearly 400 new cases daily in the past week – a rising trend. In late June the average was about 130 new cases daily.

Kings County state prisons COVID cases way down

Kings County’s 2 big state prisons have been COVID hot spots in the past month. But now new cases have moderated to a handful in the past 2 weeks. Still, Avenal prison has 78 staff members who have contracted coronavirus.There have been 3 deaths among prisoners at  Avenal.

Energy storage project in Fresno County

The California Energy Commission will provide a grant of $1,999,787 to Antora Energy, Inc. to develop and field-test a breakthrough, long-duration, energy storage system based on thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technology. A pilot-scale TPV facility will be built at an existing cogeneration power plant site east of the City of San Joaquin in Fresno County. Beneficiaries will include users of the new technology and California’s investor-owned electric utilities and their customers (i.e., ratepayers); along with the public at large and the environment says the commission.