Sacramento, California - An 87-square mile quarantine in the San Gabriel area of Los Angeles County has been added to the existing huanglongbing (HLB) quarantine in the Hacienda Heights-area following the detection of the citrus disease huanglongbing, or citrus greening.

Sacramento, California - Acting Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement regarding the death of Hayward Police Department Sergeant Scott Lunger:

Sacramento, California - Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an emergency proclamation for Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.  

Fresno, California - Tracy McArthur Harris, aka Trey Harris, 42, a federal inmate, was sentenced today to one year in prison to be served consecutively to his current 11-year sentence for conspiring to smuggle half an ounce of synthetic cannabinoids into Taft Correctional Institution, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

Sacramento, California - A familiar refrain in agriculture these days is that we must achieve and sustain the capacity to feed a growing global population that is expected to reach nine billion people by 2050.  How will we do that? The answers are many and varied, as are the farmers and ranchers who must find them. Our world will need to grow about 100 percent more food - no small challenge. What if 70 percent of that growth could be realized not by seeds and soils, but through the use of technology?

Fresno, California - Anthony Pollino, 37, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.