FRESNO, Ca. – A California appeals court on Wednesday **affirmed a 2016 ruling against Restore Hetch Hetchy, which objected to the way the city and county of San Francisco and Modesto Irrigation District manage water in the Hetch Hetchy power project, formed by damming a spectacular valley in Yosemite National Park.
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