<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - san-joaquin-valley</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/san-joaquin-valley</link><description>Newsvine - san-joaquin-valley</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 8 Jan 2012 23:47:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:51:41 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Surprise!!!(not really) Another 'Public tax payer paid for' item goes to the lowest 'private' bidder/close friends/financial supporters...This time it's WATER...When will we stop this give away of publicly paid for projects that benefit only a 'few'?</title>
<description><![CDATA[I have been paying attention to the 'water' issue here in California for some time now...and was very upset when this 'inserted' item got passed into 'law'...An article in our 'opinion' section of the paper today lays it out in black/white...Here is the text below...
&nbsp;Viewpo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></source><link>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/08/10053575-surprisenot-really-another-public-tax-payer-paid-for-item-goes-to-the-lowest-private-bidderclose-friendsfinancial-supportersthis-time-its-waterwhen-will-we-stop-this-give-away-of-publicly-paid-for-projects-that-benefit-only-a-few</link><guid>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/08/10053575-surprisenot-really-another-public-tax-payer-paid-for-item-goes-to-the-lowest-private-bidderclose-friendsfinancial-supportersthis-time-its-waterwhen-will-we-stop-this-give-away-of-publicly-paid-for-projects-that-benefit-only-a-few</guid><category>congress</category><category>water</category><category>law</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>systems</category><category>sacramento</category><category>califronia</category><category>sacramento-bee</category><category>water-rights</category><category>private-profits</category><category>water-transfers</category><category>delivery-systems</category><category>kern-water-bank</category><category>federal-water</category><category>publiclly-paid</category><category>water-storageresnicks-paramount-farming</category><category>tax-payer-paid</category><category>u-s-sen-dianne-feinstein</category><category>water-oligarchs</category><category>westlands-water-district</category><category>california-corporate-agriculture</category><category>beverly-hills-billionaire-stewart-resnick</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:20:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>University of California students who are living in MANSIONS for as little as $200-a-month </title>
<description><![CDATA[
After completing some work on his laptop while soaking in the hot tub, he walks down the spiral staircase, under the hanging chandelier and into the pool room for some 'down time'.
No, this is not a day-in-the-life of someone living a playboy lifestyle, or even a member of the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8815686-university-of-california-students-who-are-living-in-mansions-for-as-little-as-200-a-month</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8815686-university-of-california-students-who-are-living-in-mansions-for-as-little-as-200-a-month</guid><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>university-of-california</category><category>home-garden</category><category>foreclosures</category><category>merced</category><category>chandelier</category><category>jacuzzi</category><category>spiral-staircase</category><category>playboy-lifestyle</category><category>students-rental</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:41:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null54691DCF-330A-6A37-D6D5-EF18145889B1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="84" width="87" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null54691DCF-330A-6A37-D6D5-EF18145889B1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="87" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why Are California Regulators Turning a Blind Eye to Massive Groundwater Pollution from Dairies? | | AlterNet</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></source><link>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/10/6232800-why-are-california-regulators-turning-a-blind-eye-to-massive-groundwater-pollution-from-dairies-alternet</link><guid>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/10/6232800-why-are-california-regulators-turning-a-blind-eye-to-massive-groundwater-pollution-from-dairies-alternet</guid><category>food</category><category>politics</category><category>dairy</category><category>water</category><category>pollution</category><category>southern-california</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>cafo</category><category>dairy-farms</category><category>water-watch</category><category>regulatory-failure</category><category>groundwater-pollution</category><category>central-valleys</category><category>river-dairy</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:46:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>First Obamacare Waivers Now EPA Rules Waivers</title>
<description><![CDATA[
At this point we are up to over 700 Obamacare waivers given to his union pals and other campaign donors and now the EPA has announced the first waiver for the new greenhouse gas rules that really haven't even been implemented exactly yet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Driftwood1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Driftwood1]]></source><link>http://driftwood1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/03/5983386-first-obamacare-waivers-now-epa-rules-waivers</link><guid>http://driftwood1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/03/5983386-first-obamacare-waivers-now-epa-rules-waivers</guid><category>epa</category><category>politics</category><category>ge</category><category>obama</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>waiver</category><category>immelt</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Feb 2011 21:51:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Green jobs beckon Valley </title>
<description><![CDATA[We've got sun. We've got wind. We've got potential.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JOHNNY THE GREAT]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JOHNNY THE GREAT]]></source><link>http://johnny-the-great.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/24/5345715-green-jobs-beckon-valley</link><guid>http://johnny-the-great.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/24/5345715-green-jobs-beckon-valley</guid><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>california</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>renewable-energy</category><category>high-speed-rail</category><category>uc-merced</category><category>california-business-alliance</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:29:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FBI data: Hate crimes against Muslims rare </title>
<description><![CDATA[Anyone care for a calmer perspective based on facts and not rhetoric?

WASHINGTON — Hate crimes directed against Muslims remain relatively rare, notwithstanding the notoriety gained by incidents such as recent vandalism at the Madera Islamic Center. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Incredulous One]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Incredulous One]]></source><link>http://incredulous.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5067633-fbi-data-hate-crimes-against-muslims-rare</link><guid>http://incredulous.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5067633-fbi-data-hate-crimes-against-muslims-rare</guid><category>nyc</category><category>terrorism</category><category>mosque</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>hate</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>hate-crime</category><category>bigotry</category><category>sacramento-bee</category><category>madera-county</category><category>madera-sheriffs</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 08:08:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge's ruling may free up more water for Southern California, San Joaquin Valley - latimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.S. agency acted arbitrarily in imposing pumping limits to protect migrating salmon and steelhead, a federal judge rules. But he did not jettison the curbs that are reducing water exports from the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Moderate-514640]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Moderate-514640]]></source><link>http://cuporeality.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/19/4301631-judges-ruling-may-free-up-more-water-for-southern-california-san-joaquin-valley-latimescom</link><guid>http://cuporeality.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/19/4301631-judges-ruling-may-free-up-more-water-for-southern-california-san-joaquin-valley-latimescom</guid><category>u-s</category><category>us-news</category><category>endangered-species-act</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>san-luis</category><category>metropolitan-water-district</category><category>sacramento-san-joaquin</category><category>los-angeles-times-may</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 04:33:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama to California 'Water, Its Not a Right its a Privilege'.  by John Loudon. </title>
<description><![CDATA[On the list of insane public policy moves we have come to expect from the current administration, Cap and Tax, Obamacare and Union Card Check, a fourth has garnered relatively little attention, although the implications for all Americans may be among the most far-reaching.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/25/3807608-obama-to-california-water-its-not-a-right-its-a-privilege-by-john-loudon</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/25/3807608-obama-to-california-water-its-not-a-right-its-a-privilege-by-john-loudon</guid><category>water</category><category>california</category><category>environment</category><category>drought</category><category>endangered-species-act</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>central-valley</category><category>ken-salazar</category><category>centralized-control</category><category>obamacare</category><category>cap-and-tax</category><category>devin-nunes</category><category>union-card-check</category><category>metropolitan-water-district-of-southern-california</category><category>two-gates-project</category><category>turn-the-pumps-on-act</category><category>rose-corona</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:55:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>60+ years in the making---River restoration: Ready for dry run </title>
<description><![CDATA[ FRESNO - It all starts Thursday with a gentle surge of water to be released from Friant Dam, northeast of Fresno, into the San Joaquin River.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></source><link>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/29/3331349-60-years-in-the-making-river-restoration-ready-for-dry-run</link><guid>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/29/3331349-60-years-in-the-making-river-restoration-ready-for-dry-run</guid><category>farmers</category><category>water</category><category>california</category><category>fish</category><category>pacific-ocean</category><category>fresno</category><category>good-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>engineers</category><category>salmon</category><category>fisheries</category><category>sacramento</category><category>san-joaquin-river</category><category>fresh-water</category><category>biologists</category><category>water-rights</category><category>river-beds</category><category>dry-river-beds</category><category>restoring-a-river</category><category>will-it-work</category><category>enviornmentalists</category><category>chemical-run-off</category><category>hydrologists</category><category>friant-dam</category><category>dry-riverbeds</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:42:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>State cuts imperil program to preserve farmland-Growers who get property tax breaks under the Williamson Act might have to sell land to defray costs if counties pull out of the program in the absence of state funding.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Reporting from Visalia, Calif.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></source><link>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/05/3229607-state-cuts-imperil-program-to-preserve-farmland-growers-who-get-property-tax-breaks-under-the-williamson-act-might-have-to-sell-land-to-defray-costs-if-counties-pull-out-of-the-program-in-the-absence-of-state-funding</link><guid>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/05/3229607-state-cuts-imperil-program-to-preserve-farmland-growers-who-get-property-tax-breaks-under-the-williamson-act-might-have-to-sell-land-to-defray-costs-if-counties-pull-out-of-the-program-in-the-absence-of-state-funding</guid><category>food</category><category>gas</category><category>farmers</category><category>california</category><category>crops</category><category>farms</category><category>us-news</category><category>kern-county</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>sacramento</category><category>property-taxes</category><category>ranches</category><category>tax-hikes</category><category>tulare-county</category><category>williamson-act</category><category>county-taxes</category><category>ag-land</category><category>what-will-happen-if-there-are-no-more-farms</category><category>where-will-we-grow-our-food</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Sep 2009 21:47:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Firefighters use crane to remove 800-pound corpse from Fresno hotel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fresno firefighters had to remove a wall and use an improvised pulley system to remove a man believed to weigh more than 800 pounds who was found dead in a downtown residential hotel Tuesday night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></source><link>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2843207-firefighters-use-crane-to-remove-800-pound-corpse-from-fresno-hotel</link><guid>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2843207-firefighters-use-crane-to-remove-800-pound-corpse-from-fresno-hotel</guid><category>death</category><category>obesity</category><category>california</category><category>disease</category><category>firefighters</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>rotten</category><category>bakersfield</category><category>coroner</category><category>forensics</category><category>modesto</category><category>gross</category><category>madera</category><category>merced</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 19:41:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Delta farmers sue to block Delta canal plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Delta farmers have sued to block plans to build an aqueduct that would divert Sacramento River water around the Delta.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></source><link>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/14/2683138-delta-farmers-sue-to-block-delta-canal-plan</link><guid>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/14/2683138-delta-farmers-sue-to-block-delta-canal-plan</guid><category>farmers</category><category>water</category><category>california</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>sacramento</category><category>canal</category><category>sacramento-river</category><category>water-issues</category><category>peripheral-canal</category><category>the-delta</category><category>water-agencies</category><category>water-conveyence</category><category>bay-delta-conservation-plan</category><category>central-delta-water-agency</category><category>south-delta-water-agency</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:07:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Salmonella warning focuses on San Joaquin pistachio processor</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Federal food safety officials have lifted last week's blanket salmonella warning on all pistachios, focusing on nuts now being recalled by a single San Joaquin Valley processor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dcstone01]]></source><link>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/08/2658252-salmonella-warning-focuses-on-san-joaquin-pistachio-processor</link><guid>http://dcstone01.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/08/2658252-salmonella-warning-focuses-on-san-joaquin-pistachio-processor</guid><category>california</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>sacramento</category><category>food-safety</category><category>salmonella</category><category>pistachios</category><category>food-processors</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Apr 2009 00:52:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Merced California to Host Michelle Obama for UC Commencement Speech</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is local news coverage from Merced's paper.  Be sure to check the reader comments at the end of the article.  Always interesting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></source><link>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/28/2611566-merced-california-to-host-michelle-obama-for-uc-commencement-speech</link><guid>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/28/2611566-merced-california-to-host-michelle-obama-for-uc-commencement-speech</guid><category>california</category><category>speech</category><category>university</category><category>diversity</category><category>agriculture</category><category>farming</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>uc</category><category>commencement</category><category>merced</category><category>michelle-obama</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:19:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lance Armstrong, Amgen Cyclists Head for Modesto in Perilous Weather</title>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of details have been handled in preparation for today, when Modesto is the host of the finish for Stage 3 of the event, leaving everybody involved to sweat out one huge variable.
The weather.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></source><link>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/17/2443903-lance-armstrong-amgen-cyclists-head-for-modesto-in-perilous-weather</link><guid>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/17/2443903-lance-armstrong-amgen-cyclists-head-for-modesto-in-perilous-weather</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>tour</category><category>armstrong</category><category>california</category><category>lance</category><category>amgen</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>modesto</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:54:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Parkinson's Disease Link To Pesticides Found In California's San Joaquin Valley </title>
<description><![CDATA[For years, researchers have suspected commercial pesticides put people at risk for Parkinson's disease. Now evidence in California's San Joaquin Valley suggests it's true.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/25/2150244-parkinsons-disease-link-to-pesticides-found-in-californias-san-joaquin-valley</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/25/2150244-parkinsons-disease-link-to-pesticides-found-in-californias-san-joaquin-valley</guid><category>health</category><category>california</category><category>environment</category><category>agriculture</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>pesticides</category><category>parkinsons-disease</category><category>ziram</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:16:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Modesto, Merced selected for 2009 Amgen Cycling Race</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two cities in California's San Joaquin Valley will host different stages of the 2009 Amgen cycling race, with Modesto hosting the final stage.  These anchor cities of northern California's "Great Valley" lobbied hard for the honor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></source><link>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/24/1690813-modesto-merced-selected-for-2009-amgen-cycling-race</link><guid>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/24/1690813-modesto-merced-selected-for-2009-amgen-cycling-race</guid><category>sports</category><category>cycling</category><category>tour</category><category>amgen</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>2009</category><category>professional-cycling</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:17:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>California's Valley Among Poorest Regions in America</title>
<description><![CDATA[California's San Joaquin Valley has some of the poorest residents/living conditions anywhere in America.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></source><link>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/17/1672728-californias-valley-among-poorest-regions-in-america</link><guid>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/17/1672728-californias-valley-among-poorest-regions-in-america</guid><category>california</category><category>poverty</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>standard-of-living</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:11:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Yosemite Fires Draw Response, Damage Air</title>
<description><![CDATA[National Park Service policy in the past allowed some fires to burn themselves out, but air quality in central and northern California is so bad that Park Service officials are taking no chances with several small fires in Yosemite.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></source><link>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/12/1660760-yosemite-fires-draw-response-damage-air</link><guid>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/12/1660760-yosemite-fires-draw-response-damage-air</guid><category>sports</category><category>horse-racing</category><category>suspended</category><category>california</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>jockey</category><category>yosemite-national-park</category><category>air-quality</category><category>forest-fire</category><category>delaware-thoroughbred-racing-commission</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:40:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Heat, Fires Foul San Joaquin Valley Air</title>
<description><![CDATA[Air quality is always a problem in California's "Great Valley," but the forest fires, combined with a heat wave, have rendered the place downright toxic.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Writing Athena]]></source><link>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/11/1657954-heat-fires-foul-san-joaquin-valley-air</link><guid>http://writingathena.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/11/1657954-heat-fires-foul-san-joaquin-valley-air</guid><category>business</category><category>oil</category><category>brazil</category><category>strike</category><category>california</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-joaquin-valley</category><category>forest-fires</category><category>air-quality</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:36:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>