Alastair Bland

1 week ago | santamariatimes.com | Alastair Bland

The work cost almost $700,000, paid by local farmers who had to take out a loan. “It was way beyond our means, but we had to do it,” said Daniel Wilson, a farmer near the Delta town of Walnut Grove and trustee of the management agency responsible for the levee. Because the region was declared a disaster zone, funding help was available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But two years later, the money still hasn’t arrived.

2 weeks ago | lompocrecord.com | Alastair Bland

The work cost almost $700,000, paid by local farmers who had to take out a loan. “It was way beyond our means, but we had to do it,” said Daniel Wilson, a farmer near the Delta town of Walnut Grove and trustee of the management agency responsible for the levee. Because the region was declared a disaster zone, funding help was available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But two years later, the money still hasn’t arrived.

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Alastair Bland

By Alastair Bland | CalMattersAs winter storms soaked California in early 2023, the Sacramento River swelled toward flood stage. Levees protecting large expanses of farmland and many towns sprung leaks. At one site, response crews drove metal sheets into the earthen berm and lined the levee face with heavy rock. The work cost almost $700,000, paid by local farmers who had to take out a loan.

2 weeks ago | calmatters.org | Alastair Bland

The Delta faces a funding crisis to repair and maintain an aging network of 1,100 miles of levees. These earthen berms, mostly on private land, could rupture and endanger half a million people and flood thousands of acres of farmland. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians.

2 weeks ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Alastair Bland |Shasta Scout

Redding, CA (Shasta Scout)Mount Shasta, right, and its geologic sibling Shastina, left, as seen from the city of Mount Shasta on July 13, 2022. Photo by Myung J. Chun, Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThis story was originally published by CalMatters. You can sign up for their newsletter here. Far from the halls of power in Washington, the forested hamlet of Mount Shasta has long tied its economic fate to a functioning federal government.