California farms fail as land values plunge amid groundwater crisis
With aquifers nationwide in dangerous decline, an estimated 500,000 acres of farmland may be taken out of cultivation by 2040 ...
Thousands of California residents ordered to evacuate in burn zones as heavy storm hits
Thousands of people have been told to evacuate areas of Los Angeles Friday as California's most powerful winter storm so far ...
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The Future of Conservation Easements as Mitigation under CEQA
The California Court of Appeal’s recent decision in V Lions Farming, LLC v. County of Kern provides important clarity on the use of ...
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California Decides What ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ Means. Sort of.
The approved document runs to a single page and begins with the following: ...
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California Weakly Defines Regenerative, Misses Chance for Meaningful Progress
California weakly defines regenerative, missing opportunity for meaningful progress and regenerative-organic solutions.
How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire
Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and ...
SLO County landowner wants to rezone farm site to build new housing — but the city is opposed
The county Board of Supervisors pushed the project application forward on Tuesday, but it will still go through a long review ...
Opinion: The Los Angeles Fires Began on Federal Lands, So Why Is GOP Blaming California?
Both of the big Los Angeles fires started on federally managed land. Instead of blaming California, the Trump administration ...
Cuts to USAID halt US farm research at universities, sources say
The Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development has halted work at a network of farm ...
A California Battery Plant Burned. Residents Have Gotten Sick, and Anxious.
Heavy metals detected in the soil have also created health implications for Monterey County’s agriculture industry, and the ...
California Senator says Trump hiring freeze affecting federal wildland firefighter jobs
Wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump's federal hiring freeze.