Don Thompson

Associated Press

Unleashing Enterprise AI Value in Finance

Unleashing Enterprise AI Value in Finance

November 9, 2026

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Constellation, Brown-Forman See Stocks Rise Following Midterms

November 9, 2026

Meat spoilage detection timeline showing metabolite changes, color shifts, fluorescence under UV light, and visual appearance over 12 days

Packaging Film 'Lights Up' Under UV as Meat Loses Freshness

November 6, 2026

Herd of black and brown cattle with yellow ear tags gathered in a rodeo arena with blue fencing.

Hunters Can Be First Line of Defense as Flesh-Eating Screwworm Spreads, Threatens U.S. Livestock

November 6, 2026

Poultry Processor Saves $239,000+ Per Year

Poultry Processor Saves $239,000+ Per Year

With lines running 24/7/365, bearings failed every 2-4 weeks, driving up downtime and costs. Here’s how they fixed it.

November 4, 2026

Fast food workers and supporters march past the California state Capitol, Sacramento, Aug. 16, 2022.

Restaurants Move to Stop Fast Food Worker Law

A group of restaurant owners want voters to decide the law's fate.

September 8, 2022

Fast food workers drive though a McDonald's restaurant demanding a $15 hourly minimum wage, East Los Angeles, Calif., March 12, 2021.

Landmark California Fast Food Bill Signed into Law

The law establishes a panel to set standards for wages, hours and working conditions.

September 6, 2022

Bottles of Apocalypse Now Red Blend wine on a counter at the Francis Ford Coppola Winery, Geyserville, Calif., May 21, 2020.

California May Add Wine, Liquor Bottles to Recycling Program

The bill would give beverage dealers another option to collect empty bottles and cans.

September 1, 2022

In-N-Out Burger restaurant sign in San Francisco, Aug. 25, 2022.

California Weighs Rules Giving Fast Food Workers More Power

Union organizers and other advocates say wage theft and exploitation is common in the industry.

August 29, 2022

Cans and plastic bottles brought in for recycling fill containers at a recycling center in Sacramento, Calif., July 5, 2016. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration proposed Friday, April 1, 2022, to temporarily double California's typical nickel refunds for bottles and cans to boost recycling and help spend down a roughly $600 million surplus built up during the coronavirus pandemic.

California Has $600M in Unclaimed Can, Bottle Deposits

The state will double the refund for a 12-ounce bottle or can.

April 4, 2022

In this Feb. 18, 2021 photo, people walk inside a recycling location in Oakland, Calif.

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.

September 13, 2021

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.

Lawsuit: Pesticide Caused Kids' Brain Damage

Attorneys argue that its effects linger in the agricultural communities contaminated by chlorpyrifos during decades of use.

July 13, 2021

Fires

Wildfires Burn in Wine Country

The fire amid Sonoma County's vineyards and wineries has grown to 103 square miles.

October 28, 2019