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Today (Aug. 8) is International Cat Day, the feline kind. It was created in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare as a day to "raise awareness for cats an learn about ways to help and protect them.

The San Benito Wildfire Resilience Program (SBWRP) is hosting two community meetings in August to provide residents with information and gather input to update the countywide Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), last updated in 2010.

I have quite a few potted plants, and right now I wish they were all in the ground. The heat and the UV are stressing them and me. This summer's weather has tested my methods of trying to keep potted plants alive in ways that no other summer seems to have accomplished.

Local updates, articles, and musings related to forestry and wildfire will be posted here.

The Community Education Specialist position for San Joaquin County has been posted! Click here to see the job posting. If you know of someone who might be interested, please let them know. The position will remain open until filled. Full URL: https://ucanr.

Summer is in full swing and while it's been quite hot in many parts of California, it's been very cool in others.

The UCCE Farm advisors have created a podcast, "Thoughts on Rice" for the rice industry! Thoughts on Rice is a podcast for growers, PCAs, consultants, and other industry professionals in the California rice industry.

Carl Bell, a long-time member and leader of the California weed science community passed away on July 31, 2024.

California Senator Nancy Skinner and Assembly Member Mia Bonta honored the Nutrition Policy Institute with a joint California Legislature members resolution to honor our decade of positive impact.

Yesterday, I visited a farm with blast in Glenn County. In this case, the grower seeded M-210, and as an experiment, he planted some M-105 in a very small area at the time of clean up herbicide application. This is a location where blast is common.