Sacramento, California - Groundwater management and agricultural land trends will be the topics of discussion at the next California State Board of Food and Agriculture meeting on Tuesday, July 7th, 2015. The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 ‘N’ Street – Main Auditorium, Sacramento.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that he has signed the following bills.

Los Angeles, California - Every time you put on bug spray this summer, you’re launching a strike in the ongoing war between humans and mosquitoes - one that is rapidly driving the evolution of the pests.

Sacramento, California - Amid widespread criticism of large corporations such as Southern California Edison and Disney World’s decision to outsource jobs in California and throughout the country, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy, moved forward with an Assembly Joint Resolution 12 (AJR 12) seeking a federal investigation of the H-1B visa program. 

Los Angeles, California - Parents’ yelling is a turnoff for teens, but don’t mistake their emotional shutdown as a sign of ennui. It may be a sign of aggression.

Stanford, California - Nature loves crystals. Salt, snowflakes and quartz are three examples of crystals - materials characterized by the lattice-like arrangement of their atoms and molecules.