Fencing has gone up at the massive Foster Farms chicken plant in the event of picketing related to labor negotiations. The company and the United Farm Workers have been discussing … Click to Continue »
Read More »Diggin’ In: Plant bulbs in the fall for breathtaking springtime blooms
Late October and November are bulb-planting months – the time to tuck daffodils, tulips, hyacinths and other spring-flowering bulbs into the soil where they can root and surprise you with … Click to Continue »
Read More »Another bomb threat at Atwater Dole plant
The Merced County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a bomb threat at the Dole Packaged Food plant for the second Monday in a row, Sheriff Vern Warnke confirmed. The investigation is … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dole plant in Atwater evacuated due to bomb threat
The Dole Packaged Foods plant on Bellevue Road in Atwater has been evacuated due to a potential bomb threat, law enforcement officials confirmed. Authorities were called to the plant at … Click to Continue »
Read More »Diggin’ In: Pawpaw plant is host to zebra swallowtails
My new yard in Virginia Beach, Va., is extra special – it features a large, large pawpaw tree. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Lead levels near California battery plant were far beyond health limits
LOS ANGELES – Homes, schools and a day care center near a closed battery recycler in nearby Vernon are contaminated with higher levels of brain-damaging lead than previously disclosed, with soil samples at one property as much as 100 times above California’s health standard, state and county records show. … …
Read More »Turlock, Ceres advance water treatment plant
Engineering firm will refine cost, other details for possible project Plant would treat Tuolumne River water to supplement city wells Water customers would likely pay higher rates … Click to Continue »
Read More »Turlock, Ceres could take next step on water treatment plant
Engineering firm could get $ 2 million contract to refine water demand, construction cost, other details Tuolumne River water from TID would reduce cities’ reliance on wells Long-discussed plant would likely boost water bills … Click to Continue »
Read More »California isn’t using blood data in Exide battery plant cleanup
The state of California has blood test results showing high levels of lead in children living near the closed Exide battery plant in Vernon, southeast of downtown Los Angeles, but is not using the information to direct its cleanup of lead-contaminated homes and yards. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Diggin’ In: Native plant border provides refuge, privacy
Lisa Ziegler eats, sleeps and breathes fresh farm air in the midst of city life in Newport News, Va. … Click to Continue »
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