The race for green space - Companies hoping to reflect their green services with environmentally friendly offices find small market. Sacramento Business Journal article

My View: U.S. simply must invest in energy research -While industry must support technology development, only government can prime the research pump. Congress must lead. The potential gains – from the economy to global security to the climate – are boundless. Other nations are chasing these technologies. We must be first to market with innovative solutions. We must make sure that in the energy technology markets of the future, we have the power to invent, produce and sell – not the obligation to buy. Sacramento Bee editorial

Knaggs Ranch changes hands for preservation - The Sacramento Valley Conservancy and Yolo Land Trust have completed the purchase of the 1,682-acre Knaggs Ranch in Yolo County. Sacramento Business Journal article

High yields reported on processing tomatoes - The year's harvest is expected to average slightly over 42 tons an acre, up about 3 percent over 2007, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report. Sacramento Bee article

State farm revenues reach $36.6 billion - "These figures from USDA certainly reflect the amazing ability of our farmers and ranchers to handle adversity," Mosebar said. "Farmers are facing immense challenges at every turn, whether it be water cutbacks or higher costs of the inputs needed to produce agricultural commodities year after year. Woodland Daily Democrat article

Meeting to discuss focus of study of Sacramento Valley aquifer - n collaboration with the Natural Heritage Foundation, Glenn-Colusa has $1.2 million in funding ($700,000 from the Bureau of Reclamation and $500,000 from the Department of Water Resources), to explore the operation of the underground aquifers and how they could be integrated with operation of existing surface water reservoirs. Chico Enterprise Record article

Editorial: Denial will not solve water woes - n many ways, the way the Legislature is dealing with the current drought is much the same way it's dealing with the budget. And that's pretty scary, even up here in the wetter part of the state. As with the budget, there's a deadlock. Chico Enterprise Record editorial

Corning City Council hears two sides of canal issue - Corning’s city council and those in attendance got an earful on Tuesday during the city council meeting concerning the removal of the Red Bluff Diversion Dam and the economic impacts resulting from that action, from Red Bluff’s City Manager Martin Nichols, and Jeffrey P. Sutton, general manager of the Tehama Colusa Canal Authority. Orland Press Register article

College count for the county comes up short - The California Postsecondary Education Commission reports that in 2007 Shasta County was dead last in the state in the share of new graduates pursuing higher education. Redding Record Searchlight editorial

Rural Yolo residents fight plan for prison - Yolo County supervisors agreed this week that an alfalfa field near town would be the best place to build a re-entry prison in exchange for $30 million from the state.Sacramento Bee article