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The House voted overwhelmingly today for a bill that would renew offshore oil development in Southern California at a time of consumer frustration over $4-a-gallon gasoline.
High gas prices have reignited a familiar debate about drilling off California's coast, with everyone playing their usual part and the outcome pretty much predictable.
The winner of the competition will represent California's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. Capitol, where his or her artwork will be displayed for one year.
The public is invited to join veterans and students who participated in Mendocino County's first Veteran's History Project to a reception at 4 p.m. on Monday, May 16 at the Veterans Memorial Building in Ukiah. Congressman Mike Thompson, who spearheaded the VHP in Mendocino County, will talk about why recording the stories of our war veterans is so important.
A Republican move to expedite offshore oil drilling in response to $4-a-gallon gasoline includes a bill, scheduled for a House vote this week, that could bring oil wells to the Sonoma and Mendocino coast.
“They have the votes to do it,” said Richard Charter of Bodega Bay, an anti-drilling advocate with Defenders of Wildlife.
Two Yolo County-area politicians agree with a panel of national scientists who reported this past week that a sweeping plan to restore California's ailing freshwater delta and build a pipeline or canal to carry water to the south is missing critical information.
More than 75 percent of domestically grown flowers are grown in California, accounting for 20 percent of all flowers sold in the United States and directly supporting more than 10,000 California jobs, according to the statement.
California 1st District Congressman Mike Thompson (D.-St. Helena) joined a worldwide chorus commenting on the death of Osama bin Laden, a chief architect of terrorist activities worldwide at the hands of a group of U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan late Sunday.
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