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Agriculture, Food & Gardening Crime & Justice

Central California Is Battling a Unique, ‘Growing’ Crime Problem

02/13/2024
Beehives, tractors and more are getting stolen from farmers.

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Is California’s Workplace Safety Agency Protecting Farmworkers? Legislators Want to Know

02/07/2024
State lawmakers grill Cal/OSHA officials, with allegations that employers get tipped off to inspections. The chairperson of the Assembly Labor Committee is seeking an audit.

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Business, Economy & Jobs Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Will More Outdoor Drinking Give CA Economy a Buzz?

01/29/2024
State Sen. Scott Wiener wants to allow California cities and counties to designate “entertainment zones” where bars and restaurants could serve alcoholic drinks that people can consume on public streets and sidewalks.

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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.

From SF Gate...

Business, Economy & Jobs Animals Agriculture, Food & Gardening State of California

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.

From Daily Democrat...

Business, Economy & Jobs Agriculture, Food & Gardening Government

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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Agriculture, Food & Gardening Sustainability Government

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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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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Beware the Killer Dogs of Riverside County

01/04/2024
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Loose canines can cause major problems for livestock, public safety

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Health Animals Agriculture, Food & Gardening

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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Families & Children Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Ending ‘Food Apartheid’ in Los Angeles

01/03/2024
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Small stores that serve low-income food are selling more fresh fruit and produce

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Environment Water Agriculture, Food & Gardening

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.

From Los Angeles Times...

Water Agriculture, Food & Gardening Sustainability

Tulare Lake Farm Barons Defy Calls to Cut Groundwater Pumping

12/26/2023
Tulare Lake Basin farmers want to keep pumping groundwater at volumes collapsing the San Joaquin Valley. That puts the region at greater risk of damaging floods—and in greater need of taxpayer bailouts.

From San Joaquin Valley Sun...

Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Sierra Nevada Releases Its First Non-Alcoholic Beers

12/22/2023
The Chico-based brewer has taken a more traditional approach to creating its non-alcoholic beer.

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Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Twelve Gifts of Christmas

12/19/2023
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Find gourmet treats, raised, produced and made in California.

From Los Angeles Times...

Business, Economy & Jobs Environment Transportation Agriculture, Food & Gardening

Kern County Is Poised to Become Warehousing’s Next Frontier

12/19/2023
Farmland is being rezoned for industrial use, and massive warehouses are being built on spec near communities like Buttonwillow and Shafter, so goods coming through the Southern California ports can be shipped quickly throughout the western United States.

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Agriculture, Food & Gardening Sustainability

California Awards $116.8 Million to Conserve Agricultural Lands

12/19/2023
The California Strategic Growth Council approved over $116 million in Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program grants to permanently protect 50,500 acres of croplands and rangelands, as well as lands utilized by Indigenous tribes for the cultivation of traditional resources.

From CalMatters...

Business, Economy & Jobs Environment Water Animals Agriculture, Food & Gardening State of California

Ranchers, Tribes Clash Over Water, Salmon Ahead of Sweeping New Irrigation Regulations

12/17/2023
Salmon populations in the Scott and Shasta rivers have crashed, so state officials are about to restrict irrigation again. And the controversial rules may even become permanent.

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