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Shasta Lake. The California Water Plan 2028 includes a planning target of nine million acre-feet by 2040, which is roughly equal to two Shasta Lake reservoirs, or enough for 18 million homes. California Department of Water Resources photo.

State officials have launched the California Water Plan 2028, marking the start of a multiyear effort to modernize statewide water planning in response to climate-driven extremes and long-term water reliability challenges.

**The Lucerne Elementary School eagle mascot. Courtesy image.**

LUCERNE, Calif. – Lucerne Elementary School District is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on its governing board.

**Mendocino College’s health care offerings will now include a new vocational nursing program. Courtesy photo.**

NORTH COAST, Calif. – Mendocino College is expanding its health care education pathways with the launch of a new vocational nursing program at the Ukiah Campus, an addition meant to increase local access to in‑demand nursing careers and strengthen the region’s health care workforce.

**Congressman Mike Thompson. Courtesy photo.**

Lake County’s member of the House of Representatives on Tuesday night called out President Donald Trump for his State of the Union address, raising issues with the economy, a new threat of war and claims about election integrity.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced that California is co-leading a multi-state lawsuit against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC, and the CDC’s director for what Newsom’s office called their “unprecedented attack on the country’s evidence-based childhood vaccine schedule.”