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Peach farmer Sarb Johl walks through a grove of 9-year old Ross peach trees on his farm in Yuba County on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, that were under a 20-year contract with Del Monte. Since Del Monte\u2019s closure, he said Pacific Coast Producers was not interested in the trees and they will have to be destroyed.<\/p>\n
REN\u00c9E C. BYER<\/p>\n
rbyer@sacbee.com<\/p>\n
Sacramento-area news Tuesday, April 28, spanned agriculture, public health, local government, wildlife and retail development. Here\u2019s a quick rundown of the day\u2019s top stories from across the region.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Peach growers get federal lifeline: California lawmakers announced the USDA approved up to $9 million<\/a> to help Central Valley farmers remove clingstone peach trees left without a buyer after Del Monte Foods\u2019 bankruptcy and Modesto cannery closure. The program will fund the removal of up to 420,000 trees before summer harvest. A USDA analysis found that pulling the estimated 50,000 tons of orphaned peaches could protect farmers from about $30 million in potential losses.<\/p>\n \u2022 Parvovirus outbreak shuts shelter: The Calaveras County Animal Services shelter will not accept dogs for the next 14 to 21 days after a canine parvovirus outbreak<\/a>. A number of dogs impounded Saturday from the Rail Road Flat area are ill with the highly contagious virus. The shelter will remain open for adoptions, and officials said many dogs already there are vaccinated.<\/p>\n \u2022 County opposes homeless funding bill: Sacramento County supervisors approved a letter opposing Senate Bill 802<\/a>, which would redirect state homelessness funds into a regional joint powers authority instead of distributing money separately to the city and county. County staff warned the change could reduce the county\u2019s share of funding. Sen. Angelique Ashby, the bill\u2019s author, disputed those concerns and said the measure would require jurisdictions to make spending decisions together.<\/p>\n \u2022 Bear encounters expected to rise: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife warned of increased black bear encounters<\/a> around Lake Tahoe this spring as bears emerge from dens. With Tahoe snowpack at just 24% of the April average, officials said warm temperatures and a shortened growing season could push bears toward human food sources. Residents were urged to secure trash, remove bird feeders and avoid feeding bears.<\/p>\n \u2022 Roseville mall plans major redevelopment: Westfield Galleria at Roseville will add new restaurants and home retailers as part of an outdoor redevelopment called The Trails<\/a>. Construction is expected to begin in May, with completion anticipated in spring 2027. New tenants will include Arhaus, Design Within Reach, Sweetgreen, Doppio Zero and King\u2019s Fish House.<\/p>\n This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peach farmer Sarb Johl walks through a grove of 9-year old Ross peach trees on his farm in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-290696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}