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Four out of five agricultural operations in the state are small farms, but many rules, from labor law to water resource planning, were designed for industrial-size players. Can the state make room for small and diverse businesses to succeed?
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Turf rollback In the Riverside County city of Corona, California Conservation Corps volunteers removed lawns at an elementary school in 2014 to replace them wi

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As the megadrought presides over the aridification of the West, its consequences are felt everywhere, from a weakened power grid to unwatered lawns to unbuilt homes; a federal report recounts decades of abuse of

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A new lease on life? Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County, activated in 1985, was due to be shut down over longstanding fears of seismic vulnerabilities.