Events

Take action: Rally outside the Resnick mansion!

Please join our ally, Food and Water Watch, for a “charming luncheon” outside the home of famous Delta water takers, Steward and Lynda Resnick. The majority of the water taken from the Delta goes to corporate agribusiness on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley–the most powerful being Stewart and Lynda Resnick, who own POM Wonderful, Wonderful Pistachios, Halos, Cuties, and popular brands. Water Barons Stewart & Lynda Resnick hog California’s water to irrigate water-intensive crops grown on toxic soil in the south Central Valley and then export the lion’s share to emerging markets like China. They are the most powerful corporate agribusiness pushing to build the BDCP twin tunnels! Help us inform the pubic about the true beneficiaries [...]

You’re invited: Bingo party to benefit Restore the Delta!

This Friday–we’ll be co-hosting a house party bingo night fundraiser for our upcoming fun run (will take place early November) to benefit Restore the Delta and Cafe COOP! YOU’RE INVITED! Brings friends and family. Location: 42 N Sutter St, Stockton, CA 95202 Time: 5-7PM, this Friday! House party bingo by DJ Pojo PRIZES, FOOD, AND FUN! Benefiting Students Run Stockton Admission is free, $10 donation to play bingo will go towards students to do Students Run Stockton in November, proceeds will be donated to our cause/work and Cafe Coop’s work!

Media Advisory for Wednesday, May 14, 2014: Teleconference on BDCP Implementation Process

Media Advisory for Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Experts to Criticize Flawed BDCP Process, Feinstein Federal Rollbacks: No BDCP Implementing Agreement, S 2918 Would Remove Key Protections Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, and salmon and other Pacific fisheries, announced today they will hold a teleconference on Wednesday, May 14, to criticize the lack of an Implementing Agreement (IA) and outline harm that would result from Sen. Feinstein’s S 2198. “Permitting is not complete. There is no financial plan or agreement. The Implementing Agreement will not be released to [...]

RTD Executive Director to present BDCP comment information at Valley Water Consortium Water Conference H2O #2

Media Advisory for: Saturday, May 10, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta   RTD Executive Director to present BDCP comment information at Valley Water Consortium Water Conference H2O #2   FRESNO – Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Gov. Brown’s plan to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries announced today that Executive Director Barbara Barrigan Parrilla will be participating in the H20 #2 Troubled Water, 2014 Water Consortium Conference.   It’s nearly impossible for a concerned citizen to review and digest the avalanche of information, and misinformation on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan on their own.  With [...]