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By Matt Weiser - Updated: 9:30 am

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday began signing bills in the just-passed five-bill water package. Early next week, he's expected to sign the centerpiece, an $11.14 billion general obligation bond assailed by critics as a "Christmas tree" of spending. Here are the details.

California lawmakers pass historic water package

Forest Service hit with violations at Tahoe projects

By Matt Weiser - Published: Tuesday, November 3 2009 - 12:00 am

The U.S. Forest Service has been cited for water quality violations at five Lake Tahoe projects, including a controversial logging operation in the 2007 Angora fire burn area.

Kirkwood as alternative energy lab: Ski area joins global warming fight

By Jim Sloan - Updated: Sunday, November 1 2009 - 9:28 am

Few businesses feel as threatened by global warming as the ski industry.

SMUD lands DOE grant to link solar homes

Published: Saturday, October 31 2009 - 12:00 am

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has received a $4.3 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to help link residential solar panels in Rancho Cordova to its emerging interactive "smart grid" system.

Dan Walters: Land use is real issue in water wrangling

By Dan Walters - Published: Wednesday, October 28 2009 - 12:00 am

They're fighting over water in the Capitol, but lurking just below the surface is the real issue – how and where California develops land in the years and decades ahead.

SMUD gets $127.5 million in stimulus funds for 'smart meters'

By Jim Wasserman - Updated: Wednesday, October 28 2009 - 8:30 am

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District on Tuesday scored $127.5 million in federal stimulus funds to install "smart meters" in every home and business in its territory – the first step in giving local consumers real-time, online information about their energy use.

Obama putting $3.4B toward a 'smart' power grid

UC water archive needs new home

By Matt Weiser - Published: Monday, October 26 2009 - 12:00 am

The future of water in California is a well-known point of contention. Now the history of water has become a subject of concern.

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15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species

By DAN EGAN - Updated: 5:13 am

A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this.

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Big chop: 27 months in prison for cutting trees near Truckee

By Barbara Barte Osborn - Published: Thursday, July 16 2009 - 4:41 pm

A man charged with cutting old-growth trees on U.S. Forest Service land near Truckee was sentenced earlier this week to 27 months in prison and $70,430 in restitution.

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