Click images to enlarge: The Pinot Noir canopy is growing rapidly and we need to do shoot thinning before flowering begins. Looking at the clusters they appear ready to burst and open up. Flowering is critical in ‘setting’. A good ‘set’ and the clusters will be full and ripen evenly, a bad set can reduce [...]

Diana Kennedy’s “Oaxaca al Gusto” was the best cookbook of the year according to the James Beard Foundation, at “Top Chef” was the best food television show. The awards were announced Friday night at Espace in New York. The restaurant...

The L.A. County Master Food Preserver class, led by chef Ernest Miller of the Hollywood Farmers Kitchen, focused on freezing food this week. What may seem like one of the most familiar tools in the kitchen has more to it...

News10.net

Surprise jump in income tax revenue poses dilemma for Calif. governor Bellingham Herald California Gov. Jerry Brown is growing concerned about the political consequences that his state's income tax revenue spike may have on his tax proposal. Brown's office issued a rare statement Friday from Finance Director Ana Matosantos that downplayed ... Higher tax revenue complicates Brown's tax pitchSan Jose Mercury News S&P: Passed 'Balanced' State Budgets May Not Always Equal Fiscal RealityCNBC.com California takes in more than budgetsCentral Valley Business Times Los Angeles Times all 44 news articles »

KVAL

Beaver Softball: No. 7 California hands OSU 10th lose in a row KVAL By OSU Media Services & KVAL Sports The Oregon State softball team dropped the opening game of the three-game "Strike Out Cancer" set against No.7 California Friday afternoon by a score of 9-0 in six innings. CORVALLIS – The Oregon State softball team ... Baseball Open Thread: California @ OSU (Game 1)Building the Dam all 7 news articles »

Modesto Bee

Irrigation districts seek closure of commercial salmon season off California ... Los Angeles Times A group of San Joaquin Valley irrigation districts is demanding that the federal government close the just-revived commercial salmon season off the Oregon and California coasts, a move bound to further inflame ... Farmers and fishermen unite to restore Delta, stop peripheral canalBay Area Indymedia all 73 news articles »

The April issue of "Entertainment Weekly" declared "He's Back!", but since then, the world has anxiously awaited word on what role, exactly, would constitute former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's comeback role.

Transportation officials are planning security upgrades along Los Angeles County’s network of rail lines over the next year, including a chemical attack detection system and scores of new video surveillance cameras. The improvements were planned before U.S. officials announced they...

A bee swarm overran a Fullerton neighborhood Friday afternoon and stung several people, police said.

The union representing Los Angeles teachers is pursuing a legal challenge to a key early step in creating a new teacher evaluation system that includes the use of student scores on standardized tests, union officials said Friday. United Teachers Los...

An Orange County school district that for years has been embroiled in scandal and controversy is under scrutiny again, this time by county prosecutors who contend school board members illegally discussed raising teacher salaries and restoring furlough days in a...

Some serious misinformation about the government’s April employment report is floating around the Internet. McDonald’s Corp. is erroneously getting credit for 62,000 of the 268,000 net new private-sector jobs created last month, or 23% of the total. Most of the...

This is Steve Kroner, subbing for Henry Schulman for the opener of the series against Colorado ... Bruce Bochy's lineup against Ubaldo Jimenez: Rowand, CF; F. Sanchez, 2B; Fontenot, SS, Posey, C; Huff, 1B; Burrell, LF; Schierholtz, RF; Tejada, 3B; Cain, P. Tonight's first pitch will be...

This postcard of downtown Los Angeles has been listed on EBay…. Does anyone notice anything unusual about it? Bidding starts at $12.69.

Most high: Lakers forward A.C. Green goes up for a dunk in a game against the Clippers on Nov. 15, 1985. Green is known as NBA’s iron man for playing in a record 1,192 straight games, a span of nearly...

On the same day that UEFA, European soccer's governing body, banned Real Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho for five Champions League games and fined him $73,000, the Galaxy announced Friday that it would play the Spanish club in a July 16...

UCLA students have spoken. But is anyone listening? In an advisory vote as part of undergraduate government elections this week, UCLA students overwhelmingly rejected the athletic department's plans to move all students behind one basket at the renovated Pauley Pavilion...

In an effort to get more left-handed bats in the lineup against Cleveland right-hander Justin Masterson, Angels Manager Mike Scioscia will start 5-foot-7 middle infielder Alexi Amarista in left field against the Indians on Friday night. Amarista, 23, played all...

A redear sunfish pulled from Lake Havasu on Monday may break the standing International Game Fish Assn. all-tackle world record for the species. Robert Lawler of Lake Havasu City landed the huge redear, which weighed in at 5.55 pounds (digital),...

Bakersfield Now

One of Two CA Dream Act Bills Passes Assembly Bell Gardens Sun By EGP News Report A bill that would allow students brought to the US illegally by their parents to apply for private scholarships at California colleges and universities passed the State Assembly Thursday on a partisan 52 to 21 vote. ... 'Dream Act' approved by California AssemblyMiamiHerald.com California Dream Act Bill Passes State Assembly, Heads to SenateLAist California's undocumented students closer to financial aidPasadena Star-News 89.3 KPCC -Classes2Careers News -OC Weekly (blog) all 108 news articles »

New York Times

California takes in more than budgets Central Valley Business Times California's state government took in $397.6 million or 4.0 percent more than was budgets in April, says state Controller John Chiang. “While April's revenues were nominally higher than estimates, they did not provide much breathing room in the budget ... Capitol Alert: Try your hand at erasing California's (reduced) state deficitSacramento Bee Higher tax revenue complicates Brown's tax pitchSan Jose Mercury News S&P: Passed 'Balanced' State Budgets May Not Always Equal Fiscal RealityCNBC.com Los Angeles Times all 72 news articles »

Texas governor seeks to lure Vernon businesses San Jose Mercury News Rick Perry has sent a personal pitch to dozens of businesses in the tiny California city of Vernon, urging them to relocate if they feel slighted by pending legislation to dissolve the city. California Assembly Speaker John A. Perez has made ... Texas pursues Calif. businesses after jobs summitSan Francisco Chronicle all 59 news articles »

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Proposed shark fin ban makes waves in San Fran. The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California proposal to outlaw the title ingredient in shark fin soup, a traditional Chinese delicacy, has turned into a recipe for controversy in San Francisco, a city that is nearly one-third Asian and home to the nation's ... Reality (of Shark Finning) BitesCalifornia Progress Report Shark Fin Soup Ban Is More Popular Than You ThinkSF Weekly (blog) all 225 news articles »

Bike laws and bike safety regulations in California Yahoo! Sports The California Bicycle Coalition unites local cyclists with the vision of healthier, more livable communities with cleaner air and eco-friendly transportation. Together with local lawmakers, the Bicycle Coalition is trying to put more than a million ... and more »

New York Times

A case for pension reform Los Angeles Times A new report estimates that government workers' wages in California are about the same as in the private sector, but the retirement benefits are considerably greater. A controversial new report estimates that government workers' wages in California are ... Public beats private for pay and benefits, pension reform advocates' study saysSan Jose Mercury News In California, Study Says, Teachers' Pensions Fall Short of Other Public Workers'New York Times California's Public Pensions Under AttackKEYT Reuters -City Journal -Fox and Hounds Daily (blog) all 132 news articles »

Accused California serial killer to represent himself Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A photographer accused of killing four northern California women whose first and last names began with the same letter was given permission on Friday to act as his own attorney as the case proceeds. ... and more »

San Francisco Examiner

California Lays Out Smart Meter Privacy Rules GigaOm On Friday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) came out with a long-awaited proposed ruling (PDF) on the subject that would impose a lot more privacy rules on home devices that are “locked” into one company's platform or technology (think ... Calif. OKs PG&E rate hike to pay for old metersBusinessWeek California Regulators Approve Amended PG&E Rate IncreaseBloomberg CPUC Rules On How PG&E Must Treat Smart Meter CostsRenew Grid San Francisco Chronicle -KMPH Fox 26 -Wicked Local (blog) all 173 news articles »

Reporting from Sacramento -- Gov. Jerry Brown 's recent disclosure that he had been treated for a common, curable cancer raises anew the thorny issue of how much the public has a right to know about such matters.

A Los Angeles councilman introduced a motion Friday that could prohibit the sale and purchase of pets bred in puppy and kitten mills. Councilman Paul Koretz, who represents an area that includes West L.A., Hollywood and Encino, said he introduced...

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and charged with engaging in sex acts with a teenage relative, a district attorney’s office spokeswoman said Friday. Orlando Denison, 34, was arrested Thursday by Long Beach police and pleaded not...

Some Glendale residents are complaining about construction noise and other issues related to the major project to widen the 5 Freeway. The residents, many of them homeowners near freeway at Western Avenue, said the California Department of Transportation did not...

Rapid transit: Diogo Bessam pans the camera to get this of-the-moment shot of the Metro Rapid 754 at Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue on March 10, 2010. Every day of 2011, we're featuring reader-submitted photos of Southern California Moments. Follow...

Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on charges including bankruptcy fraud and obstruction of justice, for allegedly sneaking away more than $400,000 in property that should have gone to his creditors, then lying...

A Los Angeles high school has racked up another Academic Decathlon win, coming just a week after Granada Hills Charter High School won the district’s 12th national decathlon title. Academic Decathlon organizers also held an online competition, which John Marshall...

The U.S. Department of Transportation fined five online ticket agents Friday for selling airline tickets without disclosing to customers the name of the airline operating the flights. The federal agency announced fines of $50,000 against Fareportal Inc., $45,000 against American...

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EASEUS Software, a leading provider of storage management, data backup and disaster recovery solutions for Windows, has released a new data recovery edition - EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard WinPE - which is the personal edition of EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard.

Most viewed and commented: Diagnosis as disease Are doctors overmedicating their patients, and subsequently raising healthcare costs? That's what H. Gilbert Welch contends. The practicing physician and professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice...

In Friday's pages, the editorial board supports President Obama's decision to keep Osama bin Laden's death photo under wraps, praising the decision as responsible. An excerpt from the editorial: The principal argument for releasing the photos is that their publication...

As part of our new Master Class series that we started last week, we offer you the chance to go to our Facebook page and ask questions directly to our featured chefs -- Thomas Keller, Nancy Silverton, Tom Colicchio and...

The tourism industry in Los Angeles continues to rebound from the recession, with a projected 2% increase in visitors expected in 2011, according to the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau. Bureau president Mark Liberman predicted Friday that Los Angeles...

The average American generates about five pounds of trash per day, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Now a San Francisco-based nonprofit is asking some of the manufacturers who produce it to accept more responsibility for recycling it. Last...

UCLA tight end Morrell Presley and cornerback Courtney Viney will transfer, according to a source in the program that was not authorized to speak on the subject. Presley was considered a coup when he committed to UCLA. Bruins’ Coach Rick...

Fight promoter Top Rank is expecting a visit from world lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez at its 3 p.m. weigh-in Friday for the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley fight. It's significant because it will be Marquez's first public step away from Top...

The 49ers have to hope that last year's and this year's draft can make up for the two prior ones. On Wednesday, we evaluated the team's seven picks in 2009. Only four remain and one, LSU safety Curtis Taylor , is likely to get cut in training camp. That leaves three players from that draft and,...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game began selling wolf-hunting tags Thursday, the same day that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published the rule that immediately removed wolves in Idaho, Montana and portions of Oregon, Utah and Washington state...

The next advanced hunting clinic offered by the California Department of Fish and Game will focus on wild pigs. Co-hosted by the Pacific Coast Hunter Education Assn., the class will take place Saturday, June 11 from 9 a.m. to 4...

The Colorado Wildlife Commission unanimously approved a regulation Thursday that bans the hunting or harassment of black bears in their dens. The regulation was drafted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife following an incident in November in which hunter Richard...

Reuters

What will Prince William and Kate do in California? CBS News (CBS/AP) Prince William and Kate Middleton are coming to California for their first official visit on July 8. What does the royal couple have planned for the big trip? Wherever they decide to go, one thing will remain certain: fans will follow. ... Confirmed! Prince William, Kate Visiting California!Us Magazine William And Kate To Visit CaliforniaRTT News Prince William and Kate Middleton to visit CaliforniaOCRegister Self-catering-breaks.com -PopStop TV -Vancouver Sun all 3,014 news articles »

WNYC

Two California Sea Lions Join Central Park Zoo Long Island Press Two young, female California sea lions have found a new home at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Central Park Zoo in New York City. Edith, who is nine-months-old, was born at WCS's New York Aquarium, and Katie, ... Blind sea lion looking for a good homeWBIR-TV all 39 news articles »