When Nikiko Masumoto was 9-years-old, she remembers hail pouring down on her family’s organic peach and nectarine farm. It was at the end of June, the peak of harvest. “We lost 95 percent of our crop in a seven minute hail storm,” she said. Now as an adult, Masumoto is …
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Children and residents play at the Stephen Leonard Park splash pad while attempting to cool off during a record breaking heat wave in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. According to the National Weather Service in Hanford, the temperature reached triple digits on Wednesday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Record-breaking wet weather makes the Merced River very dangerous, officials say
With fast-melting snow in the mountains adding to the Merced River, authorities are asking recreational swimmers to stay out of it this summer. Northern California saw one of the wettest … Click to Continue »
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