• Assistant VP Milton Fujii retires after 24 years at UC
• National group honors 4 UCCE farm advisors
• State budget sent to Gov. Davis

ANR welcomes

• Alejandro Castillo: dairy science farm advisor for Merced County.
• Jan Mickler: vegetable crops and limited resource farms advisor for Stanislaus County
• Franz J.A. Niederholzer: orchard systems farm advisor for Sutter/Yuba counties
• Lenna Ontai: child and family CE specialist, UC Davis human and community development department

Also in this issue:

• Bill Weitkamp named Agriculturalist of the Year by SLO Farm Bureau
• Names in the news: Miguel A. Marino, Sergio L. Garcia, Laurel Gershwin, USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center groundbreaking; Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center In memoriam: Chester Hemstreet Jr.
• 4-H Program receive $86,000 endowment from Leonard Trust
• Research notes: Controlling tomato viruses; saving salmon streams
• Tools you can use: UC has launched www.universityofcalifornia.edu
• Job opportunity: Assistant Specialist in AES, California Communities Program, UC Davis human and community development department