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Smaller Pistachio Crop This Year – Can Growers Expect Higher Prices?
American Pistachio Growers held their first ever Pistachio Industry Insights Day, expanding upon their annual Summer Luncheon from years past. During this well-attended event in Visalia, CA, Jim Zion from Meridian Growers met with Matthew Malcolm on California Ag Network to discuss the current state of the pistachio market. As pistachios are in their “off-year” and with weaker chill hours over the winter, growers are expecting a much smaller crop than last season. The big question that’s on everyone’s mind is whether this will translate to a higher pistachio price and where the market is heading. Watch this brief interview with Jim and read more about it in Pacific Nut Producer Magazine.
Flooring retailer announces store closure in Visalia
VISALIA – Amidst the backdrop of Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings, LL Flooring has announced the closure of 94 stores nationwide, including its Visalia location. LL Flooring is making an effort to be transparent in the process of restructuring by providing public access to the Chapter 11 court filings and the process of restructuring. Like many brick-and-mortar franchises, LL Flooring is experiencing sales declines that have made the closures unavoidable. The company bills itself as a supplier of luxury flooring and has more than 300 locations nationwide.
American Business Women’s Association Celebrates Annual Regional Conference
The American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) held its Annual Regional Recognition Conference at TPC Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco on July 20. The event, hosted by the Cities by the Bay and Enterprising Women Networking chapters, brought together members from ABWA chapters of California, Montana, Hawaii and Arizona.
California’s Small-Scale Cannabis Farmers Quitting Amid Wildfires and Falling Prices
Small-scale cannabis farmers in California are calling it quits, crushed by crop damage from devastating wildfires and sliding prices, and industry experts expect the exodus to continue near-term in the largest pot market in the United States. Unlike for traditional crops, pot cultivators cannot claim government monetary support for damage...
U-Haul will pay Americans $100 from $5 million data breach settlement – but you need to check the dates
AMERICANS can get up to $100 from a major settlement by moving and storage company U-Haul. The company will pay out $5,085,000 to customers in one state after claims it failed to adequately protect data. A pair of breaches in California led to a class action lawsuit by some customers.
'Love Island USA' reunion is almost here. Catch up on the California cast and when to watch
You’re running out of time to catch up on season six of “Love Island USA,” the season that many fans have praised as the spinoff’s best (or even the best in the franchise). The reality dating show born from “Love Island U.K.” has singles enter a villa in Fiji, who must couple up to stay on the show as new contestants, or “bombshells,” threaten to make people stray and contestants are voted out. ...
Newsom announces plan to stop ‘Big Oil profit spikes’
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced a plan that would require oil refiners to maintain minimum supply inventories to prevent price spikes that annually cost Californians hundreds of millions of dollars. The governor’s proposal — the fist of its kind in the U.S. — would authorize the California Energy Commission,...
Pirates cut down the Trailblazers
VISALIA – As Golden West volleyball opened the season this past Thursday night, the Trailblazers looked to get their fall off to a hot start. But instead, the Trailblazers started cold as they dropped the first two sets at home to the visiting Reedley Pirates. The Trailblazers did find...
Sen. Scott Wilk’s bill aimed at reducing animal shelter overcrowding
California Sen. Scott Wilk announced on Thursday his bill to help reduce overcrowding at animal shelters across the state. Wilk’s bill, which would expand access to low and no-cost spay/neuter services, will advance to the Assembly Floor after making it off of the Assembly Appropriations Committee’s Suspense File, he stated. ...
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