Sacramento, California - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $5.5 million construction contract to TNT Industrial Contractors, Inc. from Sacramento, California.

Sacramento, California - The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting proposals for a 2016 special grant program for fertilizer research and education. This competitive grant program funds research that advances the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use of fertilizing materials.

Sacramento, California - Twenty California properties may be permanently set aside for agriculture thanks to a first-of-its kind state program that invests in farmland conservation in order to benefit the climate. The Strategic Growth Council launched the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC) in 2015. The program committed $4.6 million in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds to agricultural conservation easements and planning grants in its first year and is committing an additional $37.4 million this year.

Sacramento, California - The Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy (JEDE), chaired by Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), continues its review of programs administered by the Governor Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz).

Los Angeles, California - A new exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA will present colorful yarn paintings and ritual objects inspired by mythology and shamanic visions from the Wixárika people of Western Mexico.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: