Federal funding for rural schools goes to 39 California counties. School districts in those communities, including those in Shasta County, consider the money a lifeline.
The Board of ACID, a local water District serving about 800 users, could sign on to a federal drought protection plan that would ostensibly increase protections for farmers during dry years while ...
The proposal is the result of negotiations between federal water officials and the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors, a California water users group that includes local irrigators in Anderson ...
This story was originally published by CalMatters on January 14, 2025 and is reprinted here with permission. Rural school districts — already beset with financial struggles — are furiously scrambling ...