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Delta Week is Sept. 21-27

Ongoing: Bridge Closure, Comment Deadlines, Call for Abstracts

Delta Agency Meetings

Community Events: Peddlers Faire, Bass Fishing Tournament, Wines of Clarksburg

Harmful Algal Blooms

NEWS

Sept. 21-27 is Delta Week!

Delta Week was created in 2022 with state Senate Concurrent Resolution 119 to call on all Californians “to acknowledge the high value of the Delta and the multiple benefits of a healthy Delta region.”

You can kick off Delta Week one day early by participating a Delta Waterway Cleanup on Sept. 20 - many can be found on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's website. They're part of Coastal Cleanup Day.

There is a wide variety of events coming up in the Delta over the next few weeks - scroll down or click here to see the whole listing.

Or if you feel like celebrating the Delta from your easy chair, we've got three suggestions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area:

1. A Delta reading list. The number of titles - fiction and nonfiction - is 55 and growing.
2. A new Delta NHA Fact Sheet (PDF). This two-pager is a concise explanation of the NHA, including its wonders by the numbers and a map showing what exactly is in the NHA.
3. The Delta Heritage Courier. The latest issue of the NHA's bimonthly newsletter came out last week and is loaded with Delta character. You won't want to miss the stories about "Prohibition Eggs," the birthplace of the Martini, and the long-lost collection of a post card photographer, which you can now find at a Delta museum.

ONGOING: BRIDGE CLOSURES, DEADLINES

Eight Mile Bridge Overnight Closure - Sept. 8-13

Bay-Delta Plan Updates Written Comment Deadline - Sept. 29

Delta Stewardship Council Public Participation Plan Comment deadline - Oct. 2

IEP Workshop Call for Abstracts - Deadline Oct. 10

DELTA AGENCY MEETINGS

The 2025 schedule for the Delta Protection Commission's public bodies is available here. It includes meeting packets and approved minutes.

Sept. 16-17: Delta Independent Science Board meets and holds the Emerging Climate Science Symposium at the Putah Creek Lodge in Davis. The meeting notice and materials are available here.

Sept. 18: Delta Protection Commission meets at 5 p.m. The agenda is posted here.

Sept. 26: Delta Stewardship Council meets. The agenda will be posted here at least 10 days in advance.

Oct. 7: Delta Protection Advisory Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. The agenda will be posted here at least 10 days in advance.

Oct. 22: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy meets at 9 a.m. The agenda will be posted here at least 10 days in advance.

Oct. 29: Delta NHA Advisory Committee meets at 1 p.m. The agenda will be posted here at least 10 days in advance.

Not sure which Delta agency is which? This fact sheet (PDF) explains the missions and roles of the Delta Protection Commission, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, and the Delta Stewardship Council.

COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETINGS

To list your community event in Delta Happenings, email information to submit@delta.ca.gov. The next issue of the newsletter is scheduled for Sept. 23; the deadline to submit events for that issue is Sept. 18.

Sept. 9 in Thornton: Delta Champions Dinner - honors the 2025 Delta Champions recognized by the Delta Leadership Foundation. 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Perez Barn. Tickets are $65 and can be purchased here.

Sept. 13 in:

Antioch: Rivertown Peddlers Faire - music, food, wine and beer, shopping. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at G and 2nd streets.

Discovery Bay: Big Bass Fishing Tournament - 7 a.m.-1 p.m. at Discovery Bay Marina.

Rio Vista: Rio Vista Airport Day - vintage and experimental airplanes, food trucks and vendors, vintage cars and hotrods, pancake breakfast. Starts at 9 a.m. at Rio Vista Municipal Airport, 3000 Baumann Road. (Note: Rio Vista Litter Pickers will be giving away a limited supply of tarps that day - uncovered loads are the Number One source of roadside litter.)

Sept. 13 in Walnut Grove: Delta Meadows Birdwalk - a light walk through oak woodlands to see some of the birds that call these wetlands home. 9 a.m. at the Meadows Slough Trail.

Sept. 16 in Walnut Grove: Canneries of the Delta: A Community Conversation. Hear firsthand stories from those who built, worked, and grew up around the canneries. 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Jean Harvie Community Center. 

Sept. 16-17 in Davis: Delta Independent Science Board Climate Symposium (PDF) - explore current climate projections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, related uncertainties, and how this science is integrated into decision-making in the Delta. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m, Putah Creek Lodge.

Sept. 20 in:

Various locations: Delta Waterway Cleanups - opportunities to beautify the Delta at Sherman Island, Antioch, Big Break, the Broderick Boat Ramp, Pittsburg, various sites in San Joaquin County, Sandy Beach in Rio Vista, and Ulatis Creek in Solano County.

Rio Vista: Harvest Table - a Spanish farm-to-table feast highlighting local farmers from the farmers market. 5-9 p.m. at the foot of Main Street.

Sept. 21 in:

Brentwood: Downtown Brentwood Coalition Harvest Table at City Park - community-style dinner with open seating, curated by local restaurants. 5:30 p.m.

Clarksburg: 35th Annual Wines of Clarksburg at Heringer Estates, celebrating 60 years of Friends of the Clarksburg Library. 1-5 p.m. at 37375 Netherlands Road.

Sept. 25 in Oakley: Contra Costa County Supervisor (and DPC Chair) Diane Burgis town hall meeting about Contra Costa County District 3 residents' concerns. 6-7:30 p.m., 1250 O'Hara Ave. (District 3 residents can take a survey here.)

Oct. 4 in Antioch: Antioch Rhythms by the River - music, food, beer and wine garden, cornhole tournament, kids zone.11 a.m.-5 p.m. at West 2nd and G streets.

Harmful Algal Blooms Report

Here is the location, as of Monday, Sept. 8, of harmful algal bloom advisories in the Delta. Click on the button below for details and updates.

Danger advisory: STAY OUT OF THE WATER. Do not touch scum in the water or shore. Do NOT let pets go in the water, drink the water, or eat scum on the shore. Do not eat shellfish from this waterbody.

• Contra Loma Reservoir at Regional Park

Caution advisories: Stay away from algae and scum in the water. Do NOT let pets go in the water, drink the water, or eat scum on the shore. Keep Children away from algae. Do not eat shellfish from this waterbody.

• Buckley Cove near Buckley Cove Boat Launch
• Delta Coves - entire cove near Bethel Island
• San Joaquin River - Windmill Cove

Visual observations: Stay away from algae and scum in the water. Do NOT let pets go in the water, drink the water, or eat scum on the shore. Keep Children away from algae. Do not eat shellfish from this waterbody.

• Grant Line Canal - east of Temporary Barrier
• Grant Line Canal - near Old River
• Old River at Clifton Court intake
• Old River near Doughty Cut
• Old River downstream of the ORT barrier
• Old River at Head of Old River
• Old River at Mountain House
• Victoria Canal near Union Point
• West Canal at Clifton Court intake

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