Riverside

UCANR leadership has opened an internal call for those interested in assuming the role of county director (CD) for UC Cooperative Extension in Riverside County beginning Jan. 2, 2021. This call is open to all UC ANR employees regardless of staff or academic status.

Proactive Management of the Avocado Seed Weevil, Heilipus lauri (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Mark S. Hoddle, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, CA 92521 mark.hoddle@ucr.

A virtual seminar to be hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, Oct. 21 should draw widespread interest, especially with the discovery last month of Aedes aegypti in Yolo County.

Subtropics Snapshot: The Mexican Date Industry No Ortiz-Uribe1, Ricardo Salomn-Torres1, Robert Krueger2 1Universidad Estatal de Sonora; 2USDA-ARS, Riverside, CA The crop practices used in commercial date production in Mexico are mostly the same as those used in the United States, since the main grow...

UCCE-UC IPM Biologics Educational Webinar Series Free Events Register here Nov 10 So many products, so much confusion Effective use of biostimulants in agriculture Patrick Brown, Plant Sciences, UC Davis 3 - 4:15, 1 CCA CEU Nov 18 Biological plant growth regulators: Experience, facts and future Mi...

In Riverside County, 65 cooks have been approved by the county Environmental Health Department to cook and sell meals to their neighbors from their home kitchens.

This year, due to COVID we had to cancel the in-person conference and opted for a webinar series. Scroll down to see the program for this year's webinar series! Registration will open soon. David Karp will be giving a talk on November 19th, 2020.

That's a wrap! The virtual 2020 UC Master Gardener Mini-Conference was a LIVE stream success. All nine sessions streamed directly to the statewide Facebook and YouTube channels, which made for lively comments and instant access to recordings.

UC President Michael Drake attended his first meeting with the President's Advisory Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources (PAC) on Sept. 30.

Claudia Diaz Carrasco is a 4-H youth development advisor with UC Cooperative Extension in Riverside and San Bernardino counties who has expertise in developing water programs for diverse youth communities.