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A continued push in Northern California by multiple political representatives culminated this year with Berryessa Snow Mountain being established as a national monument.

The Elk Grove Unified School District served students hundreds of cases of canned peaches from China in recent months, the second district in the Sacramento region to do so despite a federal guideline that asks U.S. schools to serve domestically grown foods.

Congressman John Garamendi, D-Solano, a former offensive and defensive lineman for the Cal Bears and NFL prospect himself before deciding to pursue a career in public service, is helping lead the fight in Congress to raise awareness about the need for improved safety in high school sports by cosponsoring the High School Football Safety Study Act of 2015.

Rep. John Garamendi praised the end to a formal ban on women in combat, saying the change means "women in our armed forces have shattered a camouflaged glass ceiling."

California Republicans will continue trying to include language addressing the state's drought in a must-pass bill to fund the federal government, over objections from the state's Democratic delegation.