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Pokeweed: A giant of a weed!

August 15, 2018
By Scott R Oneto
This is a follow up article to a blog that my colleague, Guy Kyser wrote back in 2011 titled Purple alert: Common Pokeweed. Since that time, I probably get a dozen or so calls this time of year asking, what is that huge weed growing in my yard with dark black berries and big green leaves.
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CA 4-H Juntos, una jornada intensa a un futuro prometedor

August 10, 2018
By Miguel Sanchez
Cesar Andrs Gonzlez, 15 aos de edad naci en los Estados Unidos, pero conoce ms Michoacn que su pas de nacimiento. El hijo de padres campesinos migrantes, deportados creci cuidado por unos tos en la sierra michoacana, donde sus padres desaparecieron, dejndolo con una huella profunda.
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¡Bienvenidos a 4-H California Focus!

August 2, 2018
By Miguel Sanchez
Un abuelo y su nieto llegaron juntos a Sacramento para participar en la conferencia Cal Focus que se llev a cabo, recientemente, en donde un grupo de 80 adolescentes del club 4-H aprendieron sobre la historia de California, cmo funcionan el gobierno y cmo crear leyes que beneficien a sus comunidades...
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July 2018 News Clips

August 1, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
California's Wildfires Are Spreading Faster and Burning More This Year. Experts Say It 'Can Only Get Worse' (TIME) Jennifer Calfas, July 31 Rising temperatures aren't the only reason fires have grown in size and aggression, though scientists are quick not to place blame entirely on climate change.
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Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis is hosting a plant sale and open house.
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Program Highlights June 22-29

July 2, 2018
Western tussock moth (Orgyiavetusta) caterpillars are beautiful and abundant around the state in late spring/early summer, but like some other caterpillars, they possess chemical defenses that can trigger allergic reactions, commonly in the form of a rash.
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Automated lettuce thinners and next generation mechanization

July 1, 2018
The recent California Agriculture magazine (April-June 2018 issue) has a couple of interesting articles: by Elizabeth Mosqueda, California State University; Richard Smith, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties; Dave Goorahoo, California State University; and Anil Shrestha, California State Un...
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