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The closure of the Spreckels Sugar factory will shutter a $243 million industry and hundreds of jobs in a county with the highest unemployment rate in the state. -
High Tech High Mesa graduate Kelly Semtner spent the summer studying how plants and fungi exchange nutrients. -
American wine industry stakeholders have different opinions about the potential fallout from tariffs on European wine, with California likely feeling the biggest impact. -
Some Imperial Beach residents said the new store means they won't have to travel outside of their city for nutritious food options. -
Consumption of avocados has boomed in the United States in the past two decades, and much of the demand has been met with rising imports from Mexico. California growers say these imports have wound up helping, not hurting, their crop. -
Fallbrook Gourd Farm honors the culturally significant fruit -
Local wineries generated $51.7 million in gross sales last year, a 5% decline from 2023. However, sales were still more than double what they were in 2016. -
Tariffs in President Trump's first term did some damage to the local farming community. -
The governor vowed to clear the way for more groundwater recharge. Has it worked? “We’re still tinkering around with small numbers,” one expert says. -
Since winning election, President-elect Donald Trump has been talking about immigration, border security and government efficiency. But in California farm country, his comments about water are also getting attention.
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