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Almonds are a nearly $ 3 billion industry here in the San Joaquin Valley—but without honeybees to pollinate the trees, there would be no harvest. By some estimates, as much as 90 percent of the country’s bees are trucked to California for the almond bloom. In 2014, however, beekeepers nationwide …
Read More »As salinity grows and toxic dust spreads, patience wears thin at Salton Sea
California Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia watched with ill-disguised frustration as a hearing aimed at expediting state projects to restore habitat and control dust storms at the shrinking Salton Sea instead dissolved … Click to Continue »
Read More »California proposes stringent cap on toxic chemical in drinking water
California regulators are proposing a strict limit on a toxic man-made chemical that has contaminated water supplies throughout the state, particularly in its vast agricultural heartland. California would be only … Click to Continue »
Read More »Toxic algae troubles many California lakes and waterways
Katie Stone didn’t know about the threat of toxic blue-green algae in Castro Valley’s Lake Chabot until after her beloved 5-year-old chocolate lab Josie lapped up some of the reservoir … Click to Continue »
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