Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, is a celebration is to recognize Hispanics' contributions and vital presence in the United States. President Lyndon Johnson first approved Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968 and it was expanded to a full month by President Ronald Reagan.
Ray Lucas, senior producer and director of digital media, will retire Sept. 1 after 35 years of UC service, including the last 23 years with UC ANR. In 1984, Lucas joined UC Davis in Instructional Media, now called Academic Technology Service.
This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, UC Master Gardener Kris Bonner talks to Don Hodel, environmental horticulturist for the UCCE Los Angeles County. They will cover everything about growing palm trees selecting, feeding, and care.
The widespread evacuations and associated air quality have certainly added to already challenging times. I know many across the state have go bags' ready and are anxious about what every hour brings. Others have had to evacuate. And some of our UC ANR family have suffered significant losses.
Ever seen the California state insect, the dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice), or toured its celebrated habitat near Auburn on the Shutamul Bear River Preserve, owned by Placer Land Trust (PLT)?
If you like melons, you won't like these beetles. But if you're Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla, a UC Davis graduate student in entomology, you're seeking to control these agricultural pests through more effective integrated pest management (IPM) strategies.
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Citrus trees are a familiar sight in Napa County, and many of us grow them. In general, citrus is pretty easy to care for: it just needs consistent water and fertilizer and perhaps frost protection in the winter.
