Agriculture

Second-born sons of the British aristocracy, who often ran afoul of Victorian-era social standards, known as "remittance men," were among those recruited to settle Kern County's Rosedale Colony.

In the span of 50 years, Fresno went from a ramshackle frontier town to hosting a hi-rise designed to rival any other banking building on the West Coast.

The Trump administration will start sending more water to California farmers in the state's crop-rich Central Valley. The move comes out of an executive order Trump signed in January. California officials and environmentalists are pushing back on the plan.

M. Theo Kearney died a bachelor with no heirs, and left his estate to the University of California.

Kearney helped jumpstart Fresno's development with the agricultural colony system. He was a raisin industry pioneer and left his considerable estate, including mansion and private park to the University of California.

If Prop 50 passes, Republican Congressman David Valadao, who has long represented one of the richest agricultural belts in the country, would be one of five Republicans whose seat could flip to Democratic control.

Coupled with exertion, extreme heat exposes agricultural workers to more health risks, including miscarriages, stillbirths, preterm births and low birth weight in infants.

Although Fresno is considered an economically distressed place, the city is pushing forward on economic challenges.

The ruling comes after a long-standing dispute between Grimmway Farms and the California Civil Rights Department.

The state Water Resources Control Board voted last week to move the Kern subbasin out from under its enforcement purview and back under oversight of the Department of Water Resources.