The stretch of Highway 65 through Porterville is officially Captain Ramon Figueroa and Firefighter Patrick Jones Memorial Highway

The unveiling of a freeway sign, and a procession of vehicles down Highway 65, were all part of Friday’s memorial service held to pay tribute and honor the lives of the two men, Captain Ray Figueroa and Firefighter Patrick Jones, who died on February 18, 2020 when a fire broke out at the Porterville Public Library.

Of the 920,000 Californians served by failing water systems, the majority are in the Central Valley. Nearly 240 water systems have been failing for three years or more, and more than 150 have been failing for five years.

Officials from several western states are looking into the future of their water supplies because of the historic drought hitting almost the entire region. California state senator Melissa Hurtado says it may sound like something from a spy movie, but officials need to upgrade their cyber-infrastructure to help protect the state’s shrinking water supply.

Kern County's economy depends on two main industries — agriculture and oil.

Mother Nature and climate change are knocking agriculture around. And Gov. Newsom and the Legislature are vowing to end Kern’s oil production.

State Senator Melissa Hurtado, the youngest woman ever to be elected to the California State Senate and a representative of a new generation of Latina political leaders, will be the opening keynote speaker for the Agri-Pulse Food and Agriculture Issues Summit.

CNN)Joe Del Bosque roamed the 2,000 acres of his California farm knowing he couldn't touch nearly half of the land he's owned for decades.

"I got the land, I got the people. I have everything but no water. I can't do it," said Del Bosque, a 73-year-old farmer in Firebaugh, California.

Graduation season is upon us and as we celebrate, it’s important to also remember that the traditional model of higher education is exclusionary for millions of Californians, particularly those of us who are from first-generation immigrant families, who grow up in rural settings, or other under-resourced communities.