As a result of the 17 wildfires raging in the state of California, the governor of that state has declared a state of emergency this evening. Tens of thousands of acres are ablaze in northern California. The state of emergency will secure reimbursement for the cost of the fight by state and local agencies. Four towns […]
Before the colonial era, 100,000s of people lived on the land now called California, and many of their cultures manipulated fire to control the availability of plants they used for food, fuel, tools, and ritual. Contemporary tribes continue to use fire to maintain desired habitat and natural resources. Frank Lake, an ecologist with the U.S. […]
California berry growers and mathematicians team up for water conservation, and more The Pajaro Valley in California’s Monterey Bay area is ideally suited for agriculture. In fact, the Pajaro Valley and the nearby Salinas Valley produce nearly half of the strawberries grown in the United States yearly. But, the water source for the valley is […]
Three Sacramento, California individuals were sentenced in federal court this week in the large-scale drug trafficking and money-laundering conspiracy that operated between California and Alaska between the years 2007 to 2012. In court, United States District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess emphasized the seriousness of the offenses, saying that the defendants, through their distribution of a highly […]