UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music formally approved by UC Board of Regents
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- Written by Phil Hampton
- Category: California News
Los Angeles, California - The University of California Regents voted today to formally establish the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, and campus officials named an interim dean for the first music school in the UC system.
Asian citrus psyllid quarantine in Fresno County
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- Written by IVN
- Category: California News
Fresno, California - A new portion of Fresno County has been placed under quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) following the detection of one ACP within the City of Fresno. The quarantine zone measures 97 square miles, bordered on the north by W Alluvial Avenue; on the south by W North Avenue; on the west by N Chateau Avenue; and on the east by S Chestnut Avenue.
Ag seeks Silicon Valley’s help to satisfy world food demand
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- Written by Natasha Geiling via thinkprogress.org
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Though it’s just an hour south of California’s Silicon Valley, the Salinas Valley - better known for churning out lettuce and tomatoes than the world’s newest tech devices — might as well be a world away. In Silicon Valley, companies like Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and Google reign supreme. In Salinas, the biggest names are those of fruit and vegetable producers - Dole Foods, Chiquita, Driscoll Berries, Taylor Farms.
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Ed Roberts Day
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- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring January 23, 2016, as Ed Roberts Day in the State of California:
The state, the drought and El Niño: It’s complicated
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- Written by Anne Brice
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - Just last year, researchers were saying there was no end in sight for California’s recent drought. During the past four years, the driest the state has been in a half-century - reservoirs and lake levels plummeted, leaves on giant trees grew brittle, plants shriveled and groundwater was depleted through excessive pumping for agricultural use.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Settlement with Mondelēz International, Inc. for Lack of Prop 65 Warning of Excess Lead in Cookies
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Los Angeles, California - Today, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, in conjunction with eleven California District Attorneys and the nonprofit Center for Environmental Health, announced a landmark settlement with food industry giant Mondelēz International, Inc., formerly Kraft Foods, for selling ginger snap cookies containing lead in excess of California limits without the warning required by California’s Proposition 65. A consent judgment was filed Thursday in Orange County Superior Court and is awaiting approval by a judge.
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