Sacramento, California - Our general counsel here at CDFA, Michele Dias, came into my office last Friday with an excitable look on her face. I think most people in positions of organizational leadership would agree that when your lawyer does that, it may not be a good thing … Thankfully, this time was different.

Imperial, California - It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water (42 cubic kilometers) - around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir - to recover from California's continuing drought, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.

 

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.

Los Angeles, California - The seventh and final deputy in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department convicted of obstruction of justice for interfering with a grand jury investigation into misconduct at the Men’s Central Jail was sentenced this morning to 18 months in federal prison.

Sacramento, California - "Festive Farm Dinners Always in Season" from the Growing California video series:

Los Angeles, California - A Southern California physician was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison today for his role in a conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud.