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So proud to see the investiture of my friend and local Dos Palos girl, the Honorable Ana de Alba to District Court Judge in Fresno this week. US Eastern District of California.
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No, but there’s a song, Eight Miles High.
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There has got to be a college band named Spy Ballon
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My wife is ready to replace her Sierra 2500 on the farm with this! Let’s go!
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Cybertruck in the wild. Looks like CGI IRL. This will be my preferred Tesla. @elonmusk
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Trío Los Panchos. 🎸🎸🎸
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Because 3 is a magic number, who is a great trio in music?
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Throughout Northern California it seem our highways have many more potholes. Roads have not weathered the rains well.
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I’ve seen a lot of potholes in Sacramento area since the storms but this is by far the largest.
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There are 4 million acres of managed turf in California. Yet some people want to reduce growing crops for food to save water.
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Letters to the Editor: Save the Colorado River. Stop growing alfalfa in the desert (via @latimesopinion ) latimes.com/opinion/letter
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#DYK California Cantaloupe farmers release ladybugs as a form of natural pest management when growing their juicy melons?!
Learn more about how California Cantaloupe farmers such as of use organic farming methods: californiacantaloupes.com/meet-joe-del-b
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Increased ownership of U.S. farmland by foreign adversaries like China is an alarmingly growing trend that poses a risk to our national & economic security. I’m proud to work with my friend @RepNewhouse to protect U.S. farmland and ensure the stability of our food supply.
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The San Joaquin Valley is some of the most fertile, productive farmland in the world. It's also the home of one of the most significant fossil finds in North America. Let’s take a look at why fossils are often found in and around ag land.
Read more: californiagrown.org/blog/fossil-di
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#WorldWetlandsDay. We have some of the largest wetlands in the US right here in California’s Central Valley. I took this video at Merced National Wildlife Refuge in fall 2021. #wetlands #waterfowl #wildlife
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Hope you’re right Phil! #groundhogday2023 #winter #weneedmorerain
What Did the Groundhog See? Phil's Winter Prediction is In weather.com/news/news/2023
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Thank you, Steve Lyle, of California Department of Food and Agriculture, and Daniel Putnam, cooperative extension specialist at UC Davis, for shedding light on inaccuracies by the report.
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Environmentalists trying to impose regs on what farmers can grow in CA limits what foods consumers can eat.
Should California stop growing almonds and alfalfa? - Los Angeles Times
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He served time in prison and was on probation as part of California’s AB 109 law, commonly called prison realignment.
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The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office said the suspect was sentenced in March 2022 to serve five years, four months in prison, but was released by September 2022 and placed on Post Release Community Supervision.
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Fresno County CA police name man accused of killing officer | The Fresno Bee
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Interesting, but important nexus between snowpack, wildfires, forest growth, and water supply. #cawater #wildfires #forests #California
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A new study reported that snowy areas in California saw nearly 10 times more wildfires in 2020 and 2021, as compared to 2001 through 2019.
“It was worse than I would have expected,” said author Benjamin Hatchett. trib.al/N9yWPsX
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Good news for California’s favorite butterfly!
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Western monarch butterflies, thought to be on the brink of extinction only two years ago, have rallied, with a new survey showing relatively high numbers this winter in the Bay Area and Central Coast. trib.al/22bvFSa
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Over the course of two years, the only thing that significantly affected the production of marketable watermelons was the number of visits bees made to pollinate the plants.
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¿Sabía que California cultiva más de 400 productos, incluyendo más de 1/3 de las verduras y 2/3 de las frutas y nueces en los EE.UU.? Más del 90% de las granjas en CA son de familias: ¡al elegir #CAGROWN está apoyando a nuestras familias de agricultores trabajadores!
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Did you know that CA grows over 400 different commodities, including more than 1/3 of the vegetables and 2/3 of fruits and nuts in the U.S.? Over 90% of farms in the Golden State are family owned – by choosing #CAGROWN you're supporting our hardworking farming families!
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Pesticide safety training here. For handlers and fieldworkers.
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Time to train handlers & fieldworkers! T2 workshops in February via Zoom. Spread the word, get trained, & be in compliance.#workersafety #pesticideapplicators #pesticides #pesticidesafety #fieldworkers #seguridadconlospesticidas #trainer Register here: surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?sur
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Good summary of our water/drought situation by Roger Bales in an article by . #cawater #cadrought #centralvalley #California
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Though the state is in a much better situation than before, drought conditions remain. UC Merced Professor Roger Bales explains how much more rain it would take to sufficiently fill California's reservoirs and end the drought ucm.edu/5THyPU
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Tres Piedras (Three Rocks), California, above where California’s most famous bandit, Joaquin Murrieta, used to hide out in Cantua Creek. #CaliforniaHistory
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Impossible Foods Plans to Lay Off About 20% of Employees - Bloomberg
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Did you know that CA grows over 400 different commodities, including more than 1/3 of the vegetables and 2/3 of fruits and nuts in the U.S.? Over 90% of farms in the Golden State are family owned – by choosing #CAGROWN you're supporting our hardworking farming families!
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Special thanks to the , which has given more than $700,000 to the multicultural ambassador student program to encourage area Latinos & other underrepresented students to pursue college degrees. Read more at: bit.ly/FS23-multicult
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Great program introducing agriculture to students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Especially children of farmworkers who may find a future in agriculture at many levels they may have thought were inaccessible. Thanks and .
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Special thanks to the @farmcredit, which has given more than $700,000 to the @Fresno_State multicultural ambassador student program to encourage area Latinos & other underrepresented students to pursue college degrees. Read more at: bit.ly/FS23-multicult
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The signature color of Colorado River water- Havasu!
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The @MWDh2o Colorado River Aqueduct flows at 6-8 mph for 242 miles starting at Whitsett Pumping Plant and ending at Lake Mathews.
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Thinking of raising chickens?
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Thinking of raising chickens to cut egg costs?
"Backyard poultry can be a reservoir for many diseases, which can spread diseases to poultry and/or humans," says Maurice Pitesky, a cooperative extension specialist @ucanr @ucdavisvetmed
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The farming/farmworker community mourns the loss of these innocent, humble farmworkers. This is a tragic, senseless loss.
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Community gathers at mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay where gunman opened fire on farmworkers for a mass in honor of victims.
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Mis condolencias a los familiares, los amistades, y a todos los campesinos que lamentamos la trágica muerte de estas humildes personas. QEPD
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“Me hubiera gustado que se quedara más tiempo con nosotros pero una persona nos lo arrebató” —hermano de Marciano Martínez, una de las víctimas del tiroteo en Half Moon Bay, da emotivo discurso durante misa en honor a los fallecidos. @Telemundo48
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Residents make plea to Merced CA supervisors after floods | Merced Sun-Star #California #floods #CentralValley #disadvantagedcommunities
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Thanks to the for the op-ed opportunity. These recent storms have been a blessing, but only if we can maximize the water when it's available! sacbee.com/article2713796 #CaDrought
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The SR-71 is faster than a speeding (high powered) bullet! That would be like being able to see a 107 foot long bullet fly by! And it was built 61 years ago! Unbelievable! #SR71Blackbird twitter.com/ToddFitchette/
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Let’s roll! Thanks, Rec!
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Weekly CVP Update (as of Jan 22)
Jones (fed) pumping avg ~4,100 cfs; Banks (state) pumping avg ~9,500 cfs
Daily avg Delta outflow ~106,000 cfs
Sac R flow @ Freeport ~65,800; SJR flow @ Vernalis ~21,800
Friant & Folsom operating for flood/storage management
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