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Nadia Olivos, who tends strawberry and raspberry plants at the farm she works at, is finishing up her AgTEC Workforce classes, which aim to give students a leg up in agriculture technology-focused careers.
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Reza Ehsani, mechanical engineering professor at the University of California, Merced, is one of the professors guiding students to research and develop agriculture tech that could be commercialized.
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As AI continues to grow, experts say that the wine industry is proof that businesses can integrate the technology efficiently to supplement labor without displacing a workforce.
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In the weeks since agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched a surprise raid on Kern County, anxious farmworkers say they’re facing an impossible choice.
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In texts, Bitwise Industries co-founders celebrated defrauding ‘old, white, conservative rich dudes’The text messages were presented in a federal courtroom just before Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin, Jr. were sentenced to a combined 20 years in prison. Former employees told KVPR the sentencing hearing left them feeling raw and emotionally conflicted.
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The strike impacted multiple city services, resulting in 311 FAX bus routes being cancelled.
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The co-founders of Bitwise Industries, a failed Fresno-based tech startup that went bankrupt and led to the forced layoff of 900 workers across the country, were sentenced Tuesday by a federal judge in Fresno.
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A plan to build California’s first carbon removal and storage facility in Kern County received a key vote of approval Monday.
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Proponents say the law will save Californians billions of dollars at the pump. But opponents say it could unintentionally raise overall gas prices and threaten the safety of workers by giving the state more oversight over refinery maintenance schedules.
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An undercover investigation found that California tenants who held Section 8 housing vouchers were refused rental contracts by more than 200 landlords, including major real estate firms.
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Misleading food labeling is the driving cause for more than 6 million tons of food waste in California. A new law bans food labels such as “sell by” or “best before.”
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The measure, known as SB 1047, was one of the nation’s most far-reaching regulations on the booming AI industry. It would have held AI companies legally liable for harms caused by AI and enabled a "kill switch" if systems went rogue.