Chloe Lovejoy

Much of the central valley – but especially Kern, Tulare, Fresno and Merced – showed dense pockets of underserved or unserved areas based on Federal Communications Commission data.

California Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross says challenges the state faces – such as an influx of foreign pests and the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza across dairies – offer areas of unique technological opportunity.

During the annual California Economic Summit, public and private leaders in the energy industry emphasized the need for creative innovation across energy sectors.

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation found that 95% of samples taken across four monitoring stations in Oxnard, Shafter, Santa Maria and Watsonville showed no trace of pesticides.

In partnership with the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced two new dashboards tracking collaborative fire treatment data and treatment efficiency.

Roughly halfway through the four-year funding timeline, the initiative is now rolling out key programs across the Central Valley.

GOP Representative David Valadao previously defeated Democrat and former state Assemblymember Rudy Salas in 2022 by 887 votes. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation banning anyone in the state from participating in octopus aquaculture or sale of octopi harvested from aquaculture activities.

Critics are worried the bill is a legislative overstep circumventing the Food and Drug Administration.

For Anna Knight, a citrus farmer based in Redlands, farm to school (F2S) procurement has been an important part of her family’s operation for nearly two decades.