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The author of a new law to combat metal theft in California has introduced further legislation designed to bolster enforcement efforts.

The former Sunkist fruit packing facility in Orange Cove, which has been vacant for nearly two decades, has been given a new lease on life.
The 10.5-acre site at 700 Center Street is being revitalized as the home to the Orange Cove Truck Driving Academy, a partnership between the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation, the City of Orange Cove, and Custom Training Solutions (CTS), a commercial truck driver training program formerly known as P. Steve Ramirez Trucking School.

The decades-old California Water Plan is getting an upgrade.
State Senator Anna Caballero (D-Merced) is the author of Senate Bill 72, which Governor Newsom signed last fall. The law mandates modernization of the California Water Plan and establishes for the first time in state history a statewide interim water supply target of 9-million-acre feet by 2040 to offset the anticipated loss from warmer ambient temperatures in the future.