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Silicon Valley Billionaires vs. Bay Area’s Housing Crisis?

01/28/2024
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In NYT’s “The Farmers Had What the Billionaires Wanted,” we meet a man who wants to build a city in the middle of nowhere, and folks who are slowing him down. For now.

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Brewery Twenty-Five Celebrates 10 Years

01/28/2024
To mark the anniversary, Fran and Sean Fitzharris of Brewery Twenty-Five are mixing the old with the new, including a collaboration with 650 brewers on a beer to benefit the victims of the Lahaina wildfires.

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Invasive Flies Are Inching Closer Toward Ruining California’s Economy

01/24/2024
For months, the California Department of Food and Agriculture has been waging war on the oriental fruit fly, a voracious pest that can attack hundreds of types of fruits and vegetables.

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Water Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Groundwater Levels Are Falling in Parts of California and Food-Growing Regions Worldwide

01/24/2024
Groundwater depletion is worsening in many of the world’s farming regions. But a global study also found that some efforts are helping to boost aquifers.

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Water Agriculture, Food & Gardening

California Ranks High Worldwide for Rapidly Depleted Groundwater

01/24/2024
In a sign of the ongoing threats to its precious groundwater stores, half a dozen regions in California rank among the world’s most rapidly declining aquifers.

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Environment Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Winners and Wonder From a Wild Big Sur Fungus Face-Off

01/23/2024
Rain romped. Mushrooms rose. Delirium descended. So it went for the first in-person edition of the Fungus Face-Off in several years, as part of Big Sur Foragers Fest.

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Will $20 Minimum Wage Crush Fast Food in California?

01/22/2024
Fast food lives in a consumer sweet spot: demand, convenience and relative affordability. And this pay hike—equal to minimum wage increases during the past five years—will create grand economic unknowns.

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Harvest Time Roadhouse Celebrates First Anniversary

01/21/2024
Adam Jones has been adjusting to being the new owner of Hollister’s Harvest Time Roadhouse, since taking over the business from Grillin & Chillin Alehouse’s Chuck Frowein and opening on Jan. 4, 2023.

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Ian Brand Expands Into Dorcich Facility

01/18/2024
Ian Brand, who owns the I. Brand custom crush facility in Salinas, was looking for room to grow. So he has leased the Dorcich winery in a major expansion.

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SBC Supervisors Weigh General Plan Changes

01/17/2024
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors proposed changes to the county’s 2035 General Plan’s agriculture policy, as well as its land use element, housing element and circulation element.

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Agriculture, Food & Gardening Community Service & Support

Big Sur Food & Wine Announces Grant Recipients

01/16/2024
The Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation has awarded 17 grants worth a record $225,000 to local organizations with funds raised in 2023. Activities included the Big Sur Fashion Show, the Ferrari Event at the Barnyard, and more.

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Newsom Pitches Spending $22M to Fight Fruit Flies

01/10/2024
California farmers face challenges posed by multiple types of fruit flies. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed spending just over $22 million to combat the spread of these flies.

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Agriculture, Food & Gardening Resilience

Lessons of Resilience and Hope at McHenry Vineyard

01/10/2024
Like the redwoods that survived the devastating CZU fire of 2020, the McHenry family is resilient. That fateful August conflagration ruined a promising crop at Beauregard Vineyards.

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12 Monterey Bay Spots to Anticipate in 2024

01/09/2024
It’s nice to have a little something to look forward to. Or in this case, a dozen somethings, starting with three special cases.

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Agriculture, Food & Gardening

A Visit to Pasture Chick Ranch

01/07/2024
Lisa Knutson never envisioned herself running a ranch—until 15 years ago, when the San Juan Bautista native purchased another “slimy, yellow, Costco chicken.”

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California’s New Water-Saving Regs Lack 'Compelling Justifications'

01/05/2024
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Benefits of the state's new, strict water conservation rules may not outweigh the costs, analysts say.

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Avian Flu Outbreak Hammers California Poultry Industry

01/04/2024
An outbreak of the avian flu that began in California in October has killed 5.5 million birds throughout the Golden State. About 20% of the deaths have come in Sonoma County.

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Bright Blue Waves Return to Southern California

01/03/2024
Bright blue waves have been spotted in Long Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Seal Beach. The bioluminescence is caused by organisms known as dinoflagellates and can impact fish populations.

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Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Sells to Local Buyers

01/02/2024
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing has been acquired by Adair Paterno of Sante Adairius Rustic Ales and Brad Clark of Private Press Brewing, which focuses on malt-forward and barrel-aged craft beer.

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The Midway Comes to Midtown Santa Cruz

01/01/2024
The pandemic threw a wrench in Katherine Stern’s plans, but on Dec. 29, the chef’s long-awaited first restaurant opened on Soquel Avenue, two doors down from the Rio Theater.

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