Page 3 - Cheese Maker News Today

Like someone flipped a switch, the calendar change from March to April also suddenly turned the water spigot off over the South Valley.

Flooding from this years snowmelt could cause $2 billion in property and other economic damage in Kings County.

The Central Valley has got its good news and bad news. There is a record 305% of average snowpack in the southern Sierra and a forecast for a high of

The Employment Development Department says the unemployment rate in Kings County was 9.2% in February, up from a revised 8.7% in January, and above the year-ago estimate of 8.9%.

Figure Tulare Lake will indeed come back – just one of the rivers that feeds it, the Kings River, now has an estimate of April-July runoff that should be over

The southern Sierra now has the largest snowpack in recorded history (as measured by snow water equivalent). Not just for March 15, but at any time.

Switzerland is on the defensive as Americans win a court battle over gruyere and Toblerone moves production to Slovakia.

A Great Wolf company spokesperson explained the Chicago-based firm has multiple projects around the country and the timing wasnt right for the California resort and waterpark.

The latest estimate of April-July runoff is now 180% of average - enough to fill Pine Flat Dam and provide for a full run of the Kings River as well

The District 13 grape crush was 1,149,339 tons. The average price per ton in District 13 was $357.48.