Los Angeles, Bay Area voters will decide whether to hike already high sales taxes | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
This year California voters will choose a new governor, fill other statewide offices, elect 100 state legislators and…
California Agriculture Board Addresses Water Management and Climate Resilience Challenges
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture focused on water issues during its March 3 meeting in…
LA Mayor Karen Bass deflects blame, adds insult to injury for wildfire victims | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
The wildfires that swept through Los Angeles 13 months ago destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, with almost…
Increased snowpack levels provide reassurance for Central Valley farmers
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — Snow-packed mountains throughout Fresno and Tulare counties can be a sight of reassurance…
H5N1 bird flu found in California elephant seals for the first time
The H5N1 bird flu virus that devastated South America’s elephant seal populations has been confirmed in seals at…
California counties fight agricultural crime
Most farmers put a lot of effort into maintaining their fences. At the same time, law enforcement agencies…
Commentary: How SoCal became the nation’s dairy queen
Got milk? If you’d asked that question around Southern California even into the 1950s, the answer would have…
California can’t shed a history of persistent government corruption | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
Susan Shelley, a columnist at the Orange County Register, recently reminded her readers — and the whole state…
‘Ticking environmental time bomb.’ Illegal cannabis farms poison California’s forests.
Law enforcement raided the illegal cannabis operation in Shasta-Trinity National Forest months before, but rotting potatoes still sat…
California Produce Company Fined $6M for Farmworker Wage Violations
A California produce company was fined $6.7 million for wage violations affected more than 10,000 farmworkers. The California…
Sacramento Valley farmers say tariffs are cutting profits and wasting crops
Troubled by tariffs, some Sacramento Valley farmers and ranchers say their profits are plummeting due to new federal…
Latest data shows California winery surpluses draining. What that means for the industry reset
California’s wine industry has entered 2026 facing a convergence of pressures that few would have predicted a decade…