Sacramento's subprime loan crisis may be ending, analyst says
"In Sacramento County we're through 80 percent of the subprime resets," said Leslie Appleton-Young, chief economist of the California Association of Realtors.
Sacramento Bee article

Lack of water leads to more land fallowing
Facing the probability of a zero allocation of Central Valley Project water deliveries, many western San Joaquin Valley farmers will abandon plans for planting annual crops.
California Farm Bureau Federation article

36 teachers, 7 administrators on YC block
Layoff notices for 43 positions won approval from a majority of Yuba City Unified School District trustees on Tuesday.
Marysville Appeal Democrat article

Supervisors put off decision on massive county cuts
A decision on meat-cleaver cuts into the Butte County budget that would have hit the county Fire Department particularly hard has been delayed for two weeks.
Chico Enterprise Record article

County budget gap remains
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors have approved the use of $4.2 million of general fund reserves to help cover an expected multi-million dollar deficit in the 2009-2010 budget.
Woodland Daily Democrat article

Sierra Pacific mill closure blamed on economy, environmental suits
About 150 employees will be laid off as a result of the closure. About 160 workers will remain employed at Sierra Pacific's large-log facility and biomass electrical generation plant in Quincy.
Redding Record Searchlight article

Brush-clearing goats seen as 'green' answer to fire prevention
From Rocklin to Oakland to San Diego, herds of goats are eating their way through weeds and brush on public and private land.
Sacramento Bee article

Sacramento No. 21 in U.S. in energy efficient buildings
“Energy Star buildings typically use 35 percent less energy and emit 35 percent less greenhouse gases than average buildings,” said EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, in a statement.
Sacramento Business Journal article

OptiSolar to sell part of struggling business
Struggling solar energy company OptiSolar Inc., which just laid off more than half its Sacramento-area work force, is selling part of its business in a move aimed at improving its shaky finances.
Sacramento Bee article

New foe opposes controversial state septic tank law
Assemblyman Dan Logue, R-Linda, announced AB 916 on Friday. The legislation targets AB 885 – the never-enforced law that mandates septic tank inspections every five years – by making its standards “recommended” rather than binding.
Willows Journal article