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Boat slips in Folsom Lake in a drought (1976). The reservoir was at 18 percent of capacity on Tuesday (Jan. 7, 2013).

If you have a passionflower vine (Passiflora), check to see what insects or stages of insects are making this plant their home.

You can quench your thirst. And then you can "quince" your thirst. That would be a honey bee on a flowering quince. Yes, the flowering quince are flowering. And none too soon in our drab landscape, nearly devoid of color. Today the honey bees seems to be in a feeding frenzy.

Good news for minor tree crop weed managers - Chateau SW (active ingredient: flumioxazin) recently received a Supplemental Label that allows use in bearing olive and pomegranate orchards. Flumioxazin is a cornerstone preemergence herbicide for many tree and vine crop weed managers.

One image from NASA shows just how severe the California drought is click here for more about this image Governor Jerry Brown officially declared a drought emergency in California, asking residents to voluntarily reduce their water use by 20 percent and committing to bolster the state's dwindling wa...

What's for lunch? If you're a lady beetle (aka ladybug), a good bet is you'll have one of those yummy, plant-sucking aphids. In fact, you'll eat your fill. Please do.

The creative folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, have done it again. Among the many activities at their recent "Snuggle Bugs" open house was a "mite/art station.

UC Berkeley's Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF) is offering 10 training workshops this semester that use a hands-on approach to help you get started using spatial analysis to enhance your research.

Bagrada bug adults on grass (Photos by Bryan Jones, San Francisco) Invasive Bagrada bug continues to spread to various counties in California. Compared to previous years, reports of Bagrada bug infestations came in quite late in 2013. They also seemed to survive cold winters.

Here's more on Mark Lundy... A new year and a new farm advisor in Colusa-Sutter-Yuba Hello, Im Mark Lundy, a new Agronomy Advisor in Colusa-Sutter-Yuba, based out of the Colusa office.