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Water-skiers enjoy Victoria Canal near Byron in Contra Costa County. A panel has made recommendations for restoring the delta to ensure a reliable water supply. KURT ROGERS/Chronicle  
Chronicle  

New vision

Governor's panel warns Delta must be fixed

A task force appointed by the governor warns that California must amend its laws and build new dams, canals and desalination plants or face economic and ecological disaster. (San Francisco Chronicle)
ALSO:
• Fifth staff draft strategic plan for the Delta
• Quenching California's thirst requires a canal — and more
• Task force plan includes new dams
• Peripheral canal urged for Delta
• Vision for Delta would reshape state's water system

Scott Comstock installs solar panels on the roof of Marin Sanitary Service in San Rafael. FRANKIE FROST/Marin Independent Journal  
IJ  

Cutting waste

San Rafael's Marin Sanitary Service goes solar

San Rafael-based Marin Sanitary Service has found another way to cut down on waste. The 50-year-old garbage hauler has installed solar panels atop its recycling center to completely power the facility while reducing usage throughout the company by 18 percent. (Marin Independent Journal)

Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa of Richvale helps Assembly Speaker Karen Bass of Los Angeles into one of his rice harvesters. CAPITAL PRESS  
Press  

Debate prep

Assembly Speaker takes tour of Valley rice fields

Assembly Speaker Karen Bass was a fish out of water sitting behind the wheel of a giant rice harvester near the town of Richvale. But that was the point: Bass wanted to see for herself what drives the parts of rural California that are so desperate to get a new reservoir built. (Capital Press)

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