Imperial, California - With the Governor’s signing deadline ending yesterday, and in the midst of the baseball playoffs, local Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) went 16 for 16 this legislative season and had all of his bills and resolutions signed by Governor Brown.  Topping his bill list were measures that would not only bring environmental and economic relief to the areas of the Coachella and Imperial Valleys such as the Salton Sea and New River, but also workforce training and financial assistance to small businesses in the district.

Sacramento, California - California’s dairy farmers have joined together with the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory at UC Davis–a joint venture with CDFA–to fund research through the California Dairy Research Foundation that has brought a much more rapid detection system for foot-and-mouth disease.

Stanford, California - In today's American politics, it might seem impossible to craft effective political messages that reach across the aisle on hot-button issues like same-sex marriage, national health insurance and military spending. But, based on new research by Stanford sociologist Robb Willer, there's a way to craft messages that could lead to politicians finding common ground.

San Diego, California - The University of California, San Diego is named the 19th best university in the world in U.S. News and World Report’s second-annual global rankings. The campus is one of only five public universities in the U.S. to make the top 20 in the list of the world’s top 750 colleges.

Stanford, California - Over the past decade, it has become increasingly clear that many scientific claims are fraught with bias. As a result, scholars are exploring new practices to try to minimize bias.

Berkeley, California - New research out of the Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health at UC Berkeley shows that switching from conventional to organic fruits and vegetables, even for just a few days, significantly reduces pesticide levels in children’s bodies.