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August 7, 2025
Bottles of raw milk at a store in Temecula, Calif., May 8, 2024.
Raw Milk Sickens 21 People in Florida Including 6 Children
August 6, 2025
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California Wine Industry Torn on Trump Tariffs
August 6, 2025
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Boston Beer Founder to Return as CEO
August 5, 2025
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Union organizers and other advocates say wage theft and exploitation is common in the industry.
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California Has $600M in Unclaimed Can, Bottle Deposits
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California Could Impose Nation's Strongest Rules on Recycling Labels
The measure aims to crack down against falsely labeling items as recyclable when they in fact are destined for landfills.
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In this May 13, 2004, file photo, a foreman watches workers pick fruit in an orchard in Arvin, Calif. On Monday, July 12, 2021 lawsuits were filed in four California counties seeking potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer containing Chlorpyrifos that has been linked to brain damage in children. Chlorpyrifos is approved for use on more than 80 food crops, including oranges, berries, grapes, soybeans almonds and walnuts, though California banned the sales of the pesticide last year and ended spraying this year.
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