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I am saddened to see the state of Pixley that leaders have let dwindle to the look of a third world country. I invite former residents of Pixley to ride through and look at what the town has become.

I am a very proud veteran from Pixley who served 23 years upholding American values and to come home to Pixley and see that leaders have done nothing to maintain or even grow the community is embarrassing and shameful. I was raised on the west side of Pixley on Compton where my mother has lived for over 45 years and to see her street, and practically every street on that side, in shambles is shameful.

Pixley finances needs to be audited to see where and how taxes are being spent. The folks of Pixley need leaders that look out for their best interests I have seen roads on the battlefield in much better shape. If the leaders would have taken care and done the proper preventative maintenance on the intervals recommend we wouldn’t be having the issues stated above.

I recommend you do a fly over or even a google search of Pixley. It look like a desert.

People of Pixley stand up and cry aloud and demand more for you town. Don’t be a people sitting on the sideline taking the leftovers. The county of Tulare has some of best fertile land around yet it seem as though leadership has sucked the life out-of this small town. Pixley deserves better

The systematic approach to killing a small town is in full affect in Pixley and probably every surrounding small town. Tulare County leadership needs to ride through the town and see for themselves. On the west side there was once an alley between west Bradbury Ave and west Compton Ave beginning at Airport street going all the way to Cedar Street. But because of the preverbal blind eye approach it has illegally disappeared.

Who is it that the people need to hold accountable?

So I will answer that question. It is leadership. There is a saying I taught my Soldiers “Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way”. If leaders are there to serve people they need to serve or get out of the way. Why not set in motion to make Pixley neighborhoods the best looking in the county. There is a host of smart folks in the county to teach resident how to capture rainwater, use it to beautify the yards and how to maintain the community. But it starts with Leadership.

There are plenty of people within the town and county that can be put to work helping fix roads, clean up streets and alley. There are people in Pixley living in cars that need to be put to work.

Where and how is the tax money being used that people from Pixley pay?

Money always has a story and the right somebody can follow it and make it talk. It will tell everything – how it is being used and abused, how it is being loved, the places it traveled, even the places it didn’t go. Money is a tattletale. It also likes to work, support and build. I am not saying that the money in Pixley is being used illegally I just question where is it being used. Just look around town – it is talking.

Leaders lead and fix up Pixley.

PIXLEY, Calif., July 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today joined Calgren Dairy Fuels, and state and local elected officials to announce the completion of Calgren's dairy renewable natural gas facility. The project, located in the Central Valley community of Pixley, is the first of its kind in California and is expected to be the largest dairy biogas operation in the U.S. later this year. At the new facility, Calgren collects cow manure – a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions - from four local dairy farms and processes it in an anerobic digestor that accelerates the natural decomposition process. Methane emissions (biogas) from that process are captured and converted to make renewable vehicle fuels. Producing pipeline quality renewable natural gas (RNG) that is then injected into the SoCalGas pipeline system which allows Calgren to supply RNG to existing compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling facilities. Ultimately, this also has the potential to be delivered to customers to fuel ultra-low emissions trucks and buses, generate clean electricity, and heat homes and businesses.

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Calgren plans to partner with eight additional dairy farms by the end of 2019, which will make the facility the largest dairy biogas project in the nation. At a ceremony today marking the completion of the project, SoCalGas presented Calgren with a $5 million incentive check authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to support the development of renewable energy projects.

"As part of our vision to be the cleanest natural gas company in North America, we have committed to replacing 20 percent of the natural gas we deliver today with renewable natural gas, primarily from organic sources, by 2030," said Jeff Walker, vice president of customer solutions at SoCalGas. "Renewable natural gas is a ready, reliable and realistic way to reduce GHG emissions and pollution from heavy duty transportation and buildings and will help ensure that families and businesses have an affordable option for heating and cooking as California transitions to a clean energy future."

"Calgren is proud to be the first facility in California to operate a dairy digester pipeline cluster and to work with both the dairies and SoCalGas to mitigate emissions," said Walt Dwelle, principal owner of Calgren Renewable Fuels. "This facility alone will eventually capture methane produced from the manure of more than 75,000 cows, preventing about 130,000 tons of greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere each year, the equivalent of taking more than 25,000 passenger cars off the road for a year."

RNG is a renewable fuel produced from food waste, farms, landfills, and even sewer systems. It can rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) because it takes more climate pollution out of the air than it emits as an energy source. RNG is already helping eliminate emissions from trucks and buses. Over the last five years, RNG use as a transportation fuel has increased 577 percent, helping displace over seven million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (how greenhouse gas emissions are measured). That's equal to the total energy used by more than 868,000 homes for one year.

SoCalGas is working to build on RNG's success in the transportation sector by making it available to fuel the homes of the company's 21 million customers across Southern California. Earlier this year, SoCalGas' committed to replace 20 percent of its traditional natural gas supply with renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030 – as part of a broad, inclusive and integrated plan to help to help achieve California's ambitious climate goals.

To kickstart the plan, SoCalGas will pursue regulatory authority to implement a broad renewable natural gas procurement program with a goal of replacing five percent of its natural gas supply with RNG by 2022. SoCalGas also recently filed a request with the CPUC to allow customers to purchase renewable natural gas for their homes. SoCalGas seeks to have CPUC approval of its voluntary program by the end of the year.

Research shows that replacing about 20 percent of California's traditional natural gas supply with RNG would lower emissions equal to retrofitting every building in the state to run on electric only energy and at a fraction of the cost. Using RNG in buildings can be two to three times less expensive than any all-electric strategy and does not require families or businesses to purchase new appliances or take on costly construction projects.

Today organic waste from farms, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants account for 80 percent of methane emissions in California. A 2016 law requires 40 percent of methane from the state's landfills and dairies to be captured, with provisions to deliver that energy to customers. This will bolster the supply of RNG that is already growing rapidly as cities and towns across the country look to divert organic waste from landfills. In California, scientists at the University of California, Davis estimate that the state's existing organic waste could produce enough RNG to meet the needs of 2.3 million homes.

"Renewable natural gas is a viable and cost-effective solution to achieving emissions reductions in this state," said Tulare County Supervisor Pete Vander Poel. "Tulare County is the dairy capital of the world, and it's fantastic to see industries working together to have a positive impact on our air and environment. Innovation like this will not only reduce greenhouse gases and improve air quality, it will provide job opportunities for county residents and economic growth."

"Renewable natural gas is a smart way to address climate pollution," said Assemblymember Devon Mathis (26^th District). "It not only helps develop new businesses and economic opportunities, it also reduces emissions while allowing people to keep the option of using gas for home heating, cooking and other needs."

The dairy digesters in the Calgren project and others like it are also partly funded under California's Dairy Digester Research and Development Program, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from manure generated at state dairy farms. The state currently has about 30 operational dairy RNG projects and 50 more in various stages of development that will result in more than 50 million metric tons of greenhouse gas reduction (CO2e) over the next 20 years, according to the industry group Dairy Cares. Experts estimate as many as 120 projects could be funded and operating in the next five years.

For more information on SoCalGas vision for California's clean energy future, visit www.socalgas.com/vision

Please see photos from the event here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmFBtc4t

About SoCalGas Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is the largest natural gas distribution utility in the United States. SoCalGas delivers affordable, reliable, clean and increasingly renewable natural gas service to 21.8 million customers across 24,000 square miles of Central and Southern California, where more than 90 percent of residents use natural gas for heating, hot water, cooking, drying clothes or other uses. Natural gas delivered through the company's pipelines also plays a key role in providing electricity to Californians—about 45 percent of electric power generated in the state comes from gas-fired power plants.

SoCalGas' vision is to be the cleanest natural gas utility in North America, delivering affordable and increasingly renewable energy to its customers. In support of that vision, SoCalGas is committed to replacing 20 percent of its traditional natural gas supply with renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Renewable natural gas is made from waste created by dairy farms, landfills and wastewater treatment plants. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its natural gas system infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for our customers. From 2014 through 2018, the company invested nearly $6.5 billion to upgrade and modernize its natural gas system to enhance safety and reliability. SoCalGas is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), an energy services holding company based in San Diego. For more information visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with SoCalGas on Twitter (@SoCalGas), Instagram(@SoCalGas) and Facebook.

About Calgren Dairy Fuels, LLCWith its affiliates, Calgren has been producing renewable fuels in California's Central Valley since 2008. The carbon intensity of its fuel ethanol is among the lowest available. As a result of its pipeline dairy digester project, Calgren has added renewable compressed natural gas to its slate of products. The company also produces low carbon renewable biodiesel from waste feed stocks without the use of chemical catalysts.

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July 30, 2019By Southern California Gas Co.

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) joined Calgren Dairy Fuels, and state and local elected officials yesterday to announce the completion of Calgren’s dairy renewable natural gas facility. The project, located in the Central Valley community of Pixley, is the first of its kind in California and is expected to be the largest dairy biogas operation in the U.S. later this year.

At the new facility, Calgren collects cow manure – a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions – from four local dairy farms and processes it in an anerobic digestor that accelerates the natural decomposition process. Methane emissions (biogas) from that process are captured and converted to make renewable vehicle fuels. Producing pipeline quality renewable natural gas (RNG) that is then injected into the SoCalGas pipeline system which allows Calgren to supply RNG to existing compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling facilities. Ultimately, this also has the potential to be delivered to customers to fuel ultra-low emissions trucks and buses, generate clean electricity, and heat homes and businesses.

Calgren plans to partner with eight additional dairy farms by the end of 2019, which will make the facility the largest dairy biogas project in the nation. At a ceremony yesterday marking the completion of the project, SoCalGas presented Calgren with a $5 million incentive check authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to support the development of renewable energy projects.

“As part of our vision to be the cleanest natural gas company in North America, we have committed to replacing 20 percent of the natural gas we deliver today with renewable natural gas, primarily from organic sources, by 2030,” said Jeff Walker, vice-president of customer solutions at SoCalGas. “Renewable natural gas is a ready, reliable and realistic way to reduce GHG emissions and pollution from heavy duty transportation and buildings and will help ensure that families and businesses have an affordable option for heating and cooking as California transitions to a clean energy future.”

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“Calgren is proud to be the first facility in California to operate a dairy digester pipeline cluster and to work with both the dairies and SoCalGas to mitigate emissions,” said Walt Dwelle, principal owner of Calgren Renewable Fuels. “This facility alone will eventually capture methane produced from the manure of more than 75,000 cows, preventing about 130,000 tons of greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere each year, the equivalent of taking more than 25,000 passenger cars off the road for a year.”

RNG is a renewable fuel produced from food waste, farms, landfills, and even sewer systems. It can rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) because it takes more climate pollution out of the air than it emits as an energy source. RNG is already helping eliminate emissions from trucks and buses. Over the last five years, RNG use as a transportation fuel has increased 577 per cent, helping displace over seven million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (how greenhouse gas emissions are measured). That’s equal to the total energy used by more than 868,000 homes for one year.

SoCalGas is working to build on RNG’s success in the transportation sector by making it available to fuel the homes of the company’s 21 million customers across Southern California. Earlier this year, SoCalGas committed to replace 20 percent of its traditional natural gas supply with renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030 – as part of a broad, inclusive and integrated plan to help to help achieve California’s ambitious climate goals.

To kickstart the plan, SoCalGas will pursue regulatory authority to implement a broad renewable natural gas procurement program with a goal of replacing five percent of its natural gas supply with RNG by 2022. SoCalGas also recently filed a request with the CPUC to allow customers to purchase renewable natural gas for their homes. SoCalGas seeks to have CPUC approval of its voluntary program by the end of the year.

Research shows that replacing about 20 percent of California’s traditional natural gas supply with RNG would lower emissions equal to retrofitting every building in the state to run on electric only energy and at a fraction of the cost. Using RNG in buildings can be two to three times less expensive than any all-electric strategy and does not require families or businesses to purchase new appliances or take on costly construction projects.

Today organic waste from farms, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants account for 80 per cent of methane emissions in California. A 2016 law requires 40 per cent of methane from the state’s landfills and dairies to be captured, with provisions to deliver that energy to customers. This will bolster the supply of RNG that is already growing rapidly as cities and towns across the country look to divert organic waste from landfills. In California, scientists at the University of California, Davis estimate that the state’s existing organic waste could produce enough RNG to meet the needs of 2.3 million homes.

“Renewable natural gas is a viable and cost-effective solution to achieving emissions reductions in this state,” said Tulare County Supervisor Pete Vander Poel. “Tulare County is the dairy capital of the world, and it’s fantastic to see industries working together to have a positive impact on our air and environment. Innovation like this will not only reduce greenhouse gases and improve air quality, it will provide job opportunities for county residents and economic growth.”

“Renewable natural gas is a smart way to address climate pollution,” said Assemblymember Devon Mathis (26th District). “It not only helps develop new businesses and economic opportunities, it also reduces emissions while allowing people to keep the option of using gas for home heating, cooking and other needs.”

The dairy digesters in the Calgren project and others like it are also partly funded under California’s Dairy Digester Research and Development Program, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from manure generated at state dairy farms. The state currently has about 30 operational dairy RNG projects and 50 more in various stages of development that will result in more than 50 million metric tons of greenhouse gas reduction (CO2e) over the next 20 years, according to the industry group Dairy Cares. Experts estimate as many as 120 projects could be funded and operating in the next five years.

For more information on SoCalGas vision for California’s clean energy future, visit: www.socalgas.com/vision.

A Pixley man could spend the rest of his life in prison after he pleaded to the sexual sexually abuse of a young girl.

Judge Gary Paden sentenced Juan Nevarez, 35, to 38 years-to-life in prison for child molestation.

On April 4, Nevarez pleaded no contest to one count of oral copulation with a child 10-years-old or younger, two counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14 and one count of lewd act upon a child under the age of 1.

Each count is a felony and are strike offenses, district attorney officials say.

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According to witness testimony, the abuse began in August 2013 and continued until Dec. 5, 2017.

Nevarez was arrested on Dec. 6, 2017 and is currently housed at Tulare County Main Jail. He will soon be transferred into the custody of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he will serve out his sentence.

The victim is a girl who was between the age of 8 and 12 years at the time of the sexual assaults, prosecutors said.

In addition to his prison sentence, Nevarez will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Sheyanne Romero covers Tulare County public safety, local government and business for the Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register newspapers. Follow her on Twitter @sheyanne_VTD. Get alerts and keep up on all things Tulare County for as little as $1 a month. Subscribe today.

Long before turf removal became a popular gardening practice in drought-stricken California, David Pixley removed his Burbank lawn and replaced it with low-water cacti, succulents and flowers.

Like a painter with a canvas, Pixley planted an unconventional mix of things, choosing exotic plants that he finds on his travels and rare drought-resistant plants purchased at the annual Huntington Botanical Garden plant sales.

His exotic frontyard and parking strip stand out in his bucolic Burbank neighborhood where most of the homes are fronted by compact green — and brown — lawns.

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In Pixley’s yard, Euphorbia tirucalli (“Sticks on Fire”) shoots up to the sky, bright purple Lampranthus spectabilis (trailing iceplant) spills out on to the sidewalk and colorful African daisies scatter the landscape.

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“The parkway was designed to provide the maximum available color, planted in a fanned out style to form a “V” shape to draw your attention,” David Pixley said.

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Drought tolerant ice plant grows in David Pixley’s front yard in Burbank. The succulent, a perennial ground cover, requires little to no water.

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A colorful South African gazania.

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David Pixley’s front yard garden and parkway in full springtime bloom. Pixley plants the driest plants the furthest from the house and plants that require more shade and water closer to the house. “This makes watering from your rain barrel or other water capture system easier,” Pixley said.

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BURBANK CA. MARCH 24, 2016: David Pixley’s front yard garden and parkway at his Burbank home on March 24, 2016. He has been cultivating the drought tolerant garden for years with cuttings from the Huntington and other places. (Glenn Koenig/ Los Angeles Times)

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A tropical cordyline makes a surprise appearance in the parking strip.

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A tropical bromeliad plant grows in David Pixley’s front yard in Burbank.

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A spiky aloe adds to the diverse landscape.

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David Pixley and his macaw, Casper, in the front yard of his Burbank home.

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Assorted succulents grow in a planter in David Pixley’s front yard.

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African Daisies and gazanias add a burst of color to David Pixley’s front yard, which was formerly a lawn.

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Cordyline can handle full sun and little water.

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Pixley likes to plant contrasting plants that have bold colors and textures such as ice plant. “They are simple to plant, easy to establish,” said Pixley. “They are durable, have low maintenance and most are drought tolerant. I keep the sidewalk and street section clean by cutting back any plants that hang over.”

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The free-for-all plant palette includes unusual cacti and succulents, blooming aloes, tropical cordyline and South American flowering bromeliads.

“I think education is the most important thing right now,” said Pixley, who waters his garden with buckets of water collected from his shower. “We need to teach our kids what to plant. This drought isn’t going away.”

A big fan of color, Pixley is constantly adding and editing the jungle-like landscape, experimenting with California native plants, dramatic agave, humming bird attracting salvias and South African gazanias.

“I plant contrasting plants that have bold colors and textures,” said Pixley, who worked as a gardener at the Huntington for several years. “This gives the garden a flow that draws the eye to each distinct section of the yard.”

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Neighbors who encounter Pixley in his garden on a nightly basis may find him with his multicolored macaw, Casper, on his shoulder. They will also be invited to take a cutting home from his densely populated soil.

For some, Pixley’s always-evolving garden is a delightful change from the traditional suburban landscape.

“I love the way there is always something new in bloom regardless of the season,” says neighbor Kirsti Ronback. “His garden is a little tropical oasis in the middle of the Magnolia Park flatlands.”

For homeowners considering turf removal, Lucinda McDade, executive director of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont, notes that now is the best time to kill your lawn.

“I advise people to spend the summer killing their lawn while they dream about what they want their landscape to look like and then fact-find to figure out how to get there,” McDade said in an email.

“As you drive around, identify landscapes (and individual plants) that you really like. Likewise in your neighborhood, parks, gardens, and online, learn what you like (and equally important do not like) and find out what it is. The basic advice is to kill your lawn NOW and plan to plant no sooner than October.”

Pixley’s top 10 picks for plants in his zone that do well with little or no water:

Pink Muhly Grass

Butterfly Bush

California poppy

Red Hot Poker

Hummingbird sage

Salvias

Sedum

Sempervivum (Hens and Chicks)

Succulents

Euphorbia

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