…Bill McLaren, Pacific, Mo.; Lynda Joyce Grande, Columbus, Mont.; Torri Ortiz Lienemann, Princeton, Neb.; Herbert B. Rhodes, Omaha, Neb.; Rich Brown, Port Byron, N.Y.; James M. Schmidt, Menoken, N.D.; Kathryn…
EPA to Reduce Diesel Emission
…Los Angeles: The City of Los Angeles Harbor Department was awarded a $800,000 grant to be combined with $2,214,000 in funds from APM Terminals and TraPac, LLC. to replace 16…
New Map Shows CA’s Dependency on Delta Water
…water for Santa Clara County including San Jose, Sunnyvale, Milpitas and more About 30% of Metropolitan Water District’s demands from residents in Los Angeles, San Diego, Anaheim, Long Beach, Compton,…
How CDFA Samples for Fruit Fly
CDFA announced a quarantine for a Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) infestation in Panorama City, Los Angeles County. The Medfly detections there have resulted in a series of responses from the…
Mediterranean Fruit Fly Quarantine Near Panorama City
…Agriculture (USDA), the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) are working collaboratively to address the issue. The quarantine area in Los Angeles…
New Test Genetically IDs Fungal Wheat Threat
…100-percent yield losses, making it a serious food-security threat given the grain’s status as a staple food for much of the world. Traditional methods of diagnosing wheat blast include examining…
The Western View: Escaping to Morro Bay
…that feeds the bay. The Spanish built a port there for the land grant colonies and ranchos that grew up in the area. After the Americans took over California, settlers…
Inconclusive Results Hint at More HLB
…The disease has only been found in two residential areas of Los Angeles County. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has found two PCR-positive trees in Hacienda Heights and…
Bird Quarantine Facility in California Closing
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the closure of the APHIS-operated bird import quarantine facility located at the port of Otay Mesa, California. These changes will…
Avocado Consumption
…of the versatile and creamy fruit. Los Angeles consumes the most avocados—some 300 million annually—but other big cities, like New York, Dallas, Phoenix, and Houston are catching up. The most…
West Coast Ports Improving Infrastructure, but More Needed
…DOT’s efforts support port cargo movement and whether they can be improved. GAO conducted case studies of the three major port regions on the West Coast; interviewed key stakeholders—such as…
HLB Positive Finds Rise to 30
…and Agriculture is reporting that two more citrus trees have tested positive for the deadly huanglongbing disease in the San Gabriel area of Los Angeles County. The Citrus Pest and…
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…in Los Angeles County. Since then, 28 residential trees in the Hacienda Heights and San Gabriel areas have been identified as infected, and removed. There have been no detections of…
Los Angeles Schools Reconsider Flavored Milk
The Los Angeles Unified School District last week voted to loosen restrictions on flavored milks in school. The 6-1 vote allows chocolate and strawberry milk back into the city’s public…