Almond trees in Central California. Credit: Art Siegel / FlickrStarting Monday, China will hit more than 5200 types of goods made in the U.S. with tariffs of 5 and 10 percent. The California Farm Bureau Federation says this latest escalation again targets the state's ag industry.

Story by Randol White.

A voter casts a ballot at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, in San Jose , Calif. Credit: Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP PhotoGovernor Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have banned campaigns from paying initiative, referendum and recall petition circulators on a per-signature basis.

Story by Ben Adler.

Researcher Markus Berli from the Desert Research Institute examines the soils at a burned area in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest near Las Vegas about 18 months after the area burned in the Carpenter 1 fire of 2013. Credit: Teamrat Ghezzehei / UC MercedReturning fire to the landscape in a managed way has been touted as an approach to better prevent large wildfires in California. But some researchers are finding the practice of prescribed burns may not be so harmless.

Story by Ezra David Romero.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018