Courtesy of Jennifer Bantle
The region's avocado acreage has dropped from roughly 26,000 acres in 2008 to about 13,000 in 2024. A combination of increased water rates and labor costs is bringing the industry down.
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A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarmInside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community. -
Fans from all over moved earth and sky to attend Comic-Con and honor this milestone in the show's history. Nickelodeon welcomed guests at their 1,800-square-foot booth on the convention floor and even released a preview of what's to come in the show. -
Federal officials notified the California Department of Education this week that they are working to release the funds quickly. -
A June incident where El Cajon police repeatedly declined to help a civilian crisis response team emphasizes the challenges tied to the department’s decision to stop responding to some crisis calls. -
Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from public broadcasting. Even big stations are bracing for cuts. -
Federal cuts could cause 400,000 Medi-Cal and CalFresh recipients to lose benefits and blow a hole in county and state budgets. -
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Day 1 of Comic-Con has come and gone. Thousands were in downtown San Diego Thursday for the pop culture extravaganza.
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