Key themes for the 2025 symposium, "California's Changing Landscapes," include: Climate and Weather: Understanding the changing climate, impacts on rangelands and potential solutions for adaptation.

Late in 2023, California almond growers – responsible for a crop valued at $3.88 billion in 2023 – started to hear about a potentially devastating new pest, the carpophilus beetle ( Carpophilus ...

Light rain is expected to dampen Southern California this weekend, easing fire conditions but also raising landslide risks in burn areas. It won't end local fire risk. The drizzle is “enough to tamp ...

Then, in the summer, we have many months of no rain, the aquifer under us drying out, and we must irrigate from the municipal water that we have to pay for; and there it is falling from the sky, clean ...

Water scarcity is a critical issue in many regions, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas such as Southern California. Efficient water management practices are essential to address the increasing ...

With wildfires burning in Southern California, we want to remind UC ANR staff employees of our Catastrophic Leave Program. Staff members may request leave time from this benefit. Understanding our ...

Are you looking for a short winter outing that offers natural, educational, and meditative opportunities, welcomes children, and is not too far away? The Master Gardeners' Demonstration Garden lies ...

This week on In the Garden with UCCE Master Gardeners, we will replay a show that is a perfectly timed, seasonal topic. If you want to be a total, “lifelong” (both you and the plants) gardener, you ...

I recently discovered a plant buried underneath a shrub on my hillside. It survived these last three years in a small clay pot that was only half-filled with soil! The plant was not in very good shape ...

With exceptionally dry conditions persisting in many parts of California, residents should double their efforts to prepare homes, families, businesses and communities for potential wildfire and smoke ...