Among the stories that appeared in the LA Times during Thanksgiving week, Diana Marcum reported on a family in East Orosi, Tulare County, who couldn’t use their tap water to wash their Thanksgiving turkey because they live in “one of the many Central Valley farm communities where the supply is tainted – by nitrates, arsenic...Read More

Travelers on Interstate 5 or Highway 99 through the San Joaquin Valley pass mile after mile of almond trees, California’s biggest permanent crop.  Almonds are harvested by mechanical shakers, sweepers, and pickup machines.  These generate a lot of particulate matter that contributes to air quality problems in the San Joaquin Valley, helping to account for...Read More

California has never suffered from a lack of people willing to dream big, even in defiance of common sense. For example, there was Ray Karlovich, who founded Pacific States Land Company in the 1950s.  The company, now run by his son Brett, is a leader in the development of subdivision properties throughout the Antelope Valley,...Read More