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Scary critters with mandibles and lovable insects with antennae gathered at the Halloween party at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davi, hosted by the Friends of the Bohart. There was the bee family: the queen bee, the drone and the worker bee.

Last weekend, much of the Sierra foothills was impacted by another PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff (or PSPS, as the company calls it).

Please complete this short survey regarding irrigation water shutoffs due to the October Public Safety Power Shutoffs: http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.

Randhawa to oversee UCCE in Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare counties Karmjot Randhawa joined ANR on Sept. 6, 2019, as the UC Cooperative Extension director for Fresno, Madera, Kings and Tulare counties.

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Lindcove Research and Extension Center recently held a gala event to kick off its fundraising campaign Sweetening the Future of Lindcove.

The Manzanar Guayule project is well underway. Guayule is a type of USA native rubber plant which was grown at Manzanar during the war years.

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November 6, 2019 | 8:30 - 11:00 am Meridian, CA (click here for directions) 8:30 am Coffee and Registration 9:00 am Welcome & Project Overview 9:15 am Lightning Talks ~ Brief Presentation on soil health-related work in region 9:45 am Equipment Showcase and Cover Crop Management: What's worked.

Towards the end of National 4-H Week this year, from October 11 to 14, our California 4-H Horticulture team competed at the 2019 National Junior Horticulture Association Convention in Lincoln, Nebraska.