Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter ... my colleague Patt Morrison tells the charming story of how oranges came to California. It’s a tale featuring a Yankee ...

If not harvested at peak internal ripeness, mandarin oranges deteriorate in quality and their rinds become puffy. In the U.S., mandarins are mostly grown in California and can be found in the ...

The town of Davis helps our students thrive. UC Davis is centrally located in Northern California. We’re a day trip away from some of the most beautiful places in the world. UC Davis has all the ...

Workers at seven CVS pharmacies in Southern California have gone on strike for better pay and health care and to protest what they say is bad-faith contract bargaining by the company. The strike ...

That’s because you can apply for as many campuses as you like — with just one application. UC tuition is fully covered for more than half of California students. That’s no typo. For most in-state ...

Here’s the thing with California's oranges: The California gold rush, smack in the middle of the 19th century, was an enormous splash in the placer pan. Hundreds of thousands of men inundated the ...

THE BUZZ: SUPERSIZE ME — After enduring years of repeated repudiation in statewide fights, California’s fast food business owners are beefing up their political operations, pouring several ...

Detroit has cars. Chicago has slaughterhouses. New Orleans has jazz. We have orange groves. Had. For a hundred years, the ...

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