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The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA), the Employment Training Panel (ETP), and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office signed an agreement to provide job training to workers and employers in California locales hit hardest by the drought. LWDA … Continue reading →

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring September 9, 2014, as Admission Day in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below: PROCLAMATION Soon after the outbreak of war in 1846, United … Continue reading →

In observance of the September 11 attack of the World Trade Center in 2001, the 9/11 Memorial Plaza at the California State Fairgrounds at Cal Expo will open to the general public on September 11, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. – … Continue reading →

The latest segment of the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Water Wise.” This video content is no longer available.

By Mike Hornick Cherie Watte, executive director of the California Asparagus Commission, is the new board chairwoman of California Grown, succeeding Kasey Cronquist, chief executive officer of the California Cut Flower Commission. The Buy California Marketing Agreement manages the California … Continue reading →

By Brad Hooker While a severe drought continues to devastate California agriculture, one sheep rancher in Oroville has found a centuries-old solution at the bottom of his wood stove — and researchers at UC Davis are paying attention. After dumping … Continue reading →

Fourth-generation rice grower Josh Sheppard is accompanied by his dog, Tonka, on his farm in Biggs, Calif. (Carl Costas / For The Times)   By David Pierson Gregg Yielding was given a quixotic task: travel to China and determine if … Continue reading →

Miles Reiter is a member of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture and chairman and CEO of Driscoll’s, a leading supplier of fresh berries. By Miles Reiter Reliable groundwater supplies in California are essential to the health and well-being … Continue reading →

SACRAMENTO, August 25, 2014 – The California Department of Food and Agriculture, in accordance with CEQA guidelines, has released the draft Statewide Plant Pest Prevention and Management Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The draft Program EIR is a crucial step … Continue reading →