Sierra2theSea – Page 235 – A News Service for Middle California

Butter Prices Raise Eyebrows Sky-high butter prices on the commodity markets have raised eyebrows when they reached an all time

Business

October 28, 2015 John

Biz News Around Tulare County

Visalia Mall has leased the former Rick & Nacho’s Food Court space to Triangle Drive In Burgers out of Fresno

Central Coast

October 28, 2015 John

Avila Pier Could Cost $12.2 Million To Fix

October 28,2015- The Central Coast loves their iconic wooden piers as witnessed by the generous community support to repair

Energy

October 28, 2015 John

Solar Farms To Break Ground / Natural Gas Price Drops

Tulare County Getting 180MW Of Solar Some 180MW of solar farms set to break ground here. Tulare County will soon

Central Valley

October 22, 2015 John

Map identifies farmland with greatest potential for groundwater recharge

October 22, 2015 If a much-anticipated El Niño arrives this winter, California’s vast acres of farmland may hold the key

Energy

October 21, 2015 John

New Proposed Lighting Standards Could Californians $4 Billion Says Agency

October 21,2015 SACRAMENTO – The California Energy Commission released a final staff report proposing the first standards for small-diameter directional

Central Coast

October 21, 2015 John

Fresh & Easy Set To Close Remaining Stores

October 21, 2015 Central Coast Fresh and Easy stores are be among the 97 remaining in the chain that are

Energy

October 21, 2015 John

California’s gasoline imports increase 10-fold after major refinery outage

October 21,2015- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, publication Over a five-month period following an explosion at a California oil refinery

Energy

October 21, 2015 John

Following the fuel: How portable biomass energy generation may help rural communities

October 21,2015- The forests that surround many of California’s mountain communities tend to have an abundance of woody biomass and

Agriculture

October 19, 2015 John

Capturing El Niño For The Underground

UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences October 19,2015 University of California scientists recently identified 3.6 million acres of California cropland