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California’s second case of huanglongbing discovered
By TIM HEARDEN
Capital Press
SACRAMENTO — Cal-
ifornia’s second case of the
devastating citrus disease
huanglongbing has been dis-
covered in Los Angeles Coun-
ty, a state agency reports.
The disease was found in
plant material taken from a
kumquat tree in a residen-
tial neighborhood in the San
Gabriel area, about 15 miles
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curred in 2012, according to
the state Department of Food
and Agriculture.
A CDFA crew has re-
moved the tree and is treat-
ing other citrus trees with-
in about a half-mile for
infestations of the Asian
citrus psyllid, which carries
here in 2008.”
Huanglongbing isn’t harm-
ful to humans or animals but
causes discoloration of fruit
and leaves and eventually
kills the tree. The University
of Florida has estimated that
the disease has caused more
than 6,500 lost jobs, $1.3 bil-
lion in lost revenue to grow-
ers and $3.6 billion in lost
economic activity in Florida,
Courtesy of UC Regents
Georgia, Louisiana, South
Mottling and yellowing of foliage that crosses leaf veins is a symp-
Carolina and Texas, where the
tom of huanglongbing, the disease that causes citrus greening.
disease is present.
A second case of huanglongbing has been found in a residential
With the latest detection, an
neighborhood in Los Angeles County.
intensive survey of citrus trees
and psyllids is underway to de-
the disease, officials said.
“We have been planning and termine if HLB exists elsewhere
“Citrus is a cherished part of preparing for HLB detections in the San Gabriel area, accord-
our landscape and our shared with our growers and our col- ing to a state news release.
history, as well as a major agri- leagues at the federal and local
The area will likely be
cultural crop,” CDFA secretary levels since before the Asian added to a quarantine that
Karen Ross said in a statement. FLWUXVSV\OOLGZDV¿UVWGHWHFWHG now encompasses all or parts
of 17 California counties. Last
week, a 9-square-mile area in
the southern San Francisco
Bay area was placed under
quarantine after a psyllid was
found in San Jose, and in mid-
June, two additional portions
of Kern County were added
after two psyllids were found
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Under the quarantine, host
nursery stock is prohibited
from being shipped except for
nursery stock and budwood
grown in USDA-approved
structures designed to keep
the psyllid out. All untreated
citrus fruit has to be cleaned
of leaves and stems prior to
moving out of the area.
While the quarantines ha-
ven’t prevented growers from
getting their fruit harvested or
moved, treating orchards has
added costs for growers in a
season in which crop loads
and acreages have been di-
minished in many areas be-
cause of the drought.
In February, the USDA
announced in specialty-crop
funding for prevention and
research into huanglongbing,
including more than $4.5 mil-
lion to the University of Cal-
ifornia-Davis and nearly $1.7
million to UC-Riverside.
Meanwhile, the state’s Cit-
rus Pest and Disease Preven-
tion Program has been work-
ing with trade organizations
in distributing tips to nurs-
eries touting best practices
such as arranging citrus trees
to encourage the sale of older
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ed by an 8-cent-per-carton as-
sessment on growers.
Court blocks water cutbacks
for some California farmers
By FENIT NIRAPPIL
Associated Press
Courtesy of Calif. Department of Water Resources
Julie Saare-Edmonds, a landscape specialist for the state Department of Water Resources, offers
advice on how to water trees in a drought at a booth in the California State Fair’s farm. The fair in
Sacramento runs through July 26.
Water-saving tips offered
at California State Fair
By TIM HEARDEN
Capital Press
SACRAMENTO — Wa-
ter-saving tips to weather the
drought are key features at
this year’s California State
Fair, which runs through July
26.
The state Department of
Water Resources’ award-win-
ning “Californians Don’t
Waste — Save Water in Your
Home” exhibit in the Coun-
ties Building offers hands-on
demonstrations of ways to
conserve water in kitchens,
laundry rooms and bathrooms.
The agency also has an
outdoor booth at the fair’s
farm at which experts such
as landscape specialist Julie
Saare-Edmonds give tips on
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cy.
“We’re pleased by the
turnout at the State Fair and
the interest fairgoers show in
our exhibits,” DWR spokes-
woman Elizabeth Scott said
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ing that the drought seems to
be on everybody’s mind. Not
only are folks interested in
hearing from us about new
ways to conserve, but they
want to share with us what
they’ve been doing at home
to save water. That’s encour-
aging.”
The 162nd state exposition
opened on a cool morning
July 10 with the theme, “The
Best is Back.” The Golden
State’s abundance of crops
and farm animals always take
center stage at the fair, as its
32-year-old farm is one of the
most popular destinations for
attendees.
The farm’s attractions in-
clude a daily farmers’ market,
an outdoor kitchen grill, an
aquaculture exhibit, an insect
pavilion and talks by the Uni-
versity of California’s Master
Gardeners. A local super-
market chain also sponsors a
“passport” program in which
families can learn about crops
and healthy eating while they
visit the farm and eat a snack
at the end.
Nearby, the fair’s livestock
building and adjacent shaded
stalls feature some 4,500 en-
tries during the course of the
festival, as livestock exhibits
are shown in shifts. Entrants
compete in youth and open
divisions.
The DWR’s water-sav-
ing tips come as urban areas
are under a state mandate to
reduce their water use by at
least 25 percent from 2013
levels, with some areas facing
targets of up to 36 percent.
Farms statewide have had
their surface water allocations
drastically reduced or shut off
completely.
The department’s outdoor
exhibit includes a low-wa-
ter garden maintained with
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system. The exhibit offers
drought-tolerant plant ideas
and tips for conserving water
with compost and mulch, ac-
cording to a news release.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.
(AP) — A judge ruled July
10 that California regula-
tors violated some farmers’
rights by telling them to stop
diverting from rivers and
streams, but the state says it
can still punish those who il-
legally take water.
The ruling by Sacramento
Superior Court Shelleyanne
Chang blocks the state from
punishing farmers who ig-
nored a state notice issued
earlier this year to imme-
diately stop diverting wa-
ter. The ruling only applies
to dozens of farmers in the
Central Valley and the irri-
gation districts serving them.
Residents, farmers and
businesses across Califor-
nia have endured water cut-
backs because of the state’s
four-year dry spell. Those
cutbacks include notices by
the State Water Resources
Control Board that rivers
and streams are running too
dry to provide water entitled
to them under their water
rights.
Thousands have received
these so-called curtailment
notices in the last year, but
only about a third respond-
ed to confirm they stopped
taking water. The judge
ruled that the water board’s
notice improperly told dis-
tricts and land owners with
water rights to stop taking
water without holding a
hearing first.
The ruling bars the state
from fining people who
don’t fill out paperwork re-
sponding to notices, but reg-
ulators can still target them
for investigations of illegal
water diversions. Penalties
are as high as $1,000 a day
and $2,500 per acre-foot of
water illegally taken.
Attorneys for water
rights holders say the ruling
throws all the state’s cut-
backs into question.
“The practical impli-
cation is that the court has
reminded the state board
that water rights are a form
of property rights, and they
have to use a lot more care
when they are trying to reg-
ulate them,” said Jennifer
Spaletta, an attorney for the
Central Delta Water Agency
which represented dozens of
farmers with water rights.
The State Water Re-
sources Control Board says
the ruling may require it
to tweak its notice letters,
but still allows it to punish
those who illegally take wa-
ter.
“As it keeps getting drier
as summer goes on, the no-
tices have to go out to more
and more people, but the
judge only took umbrage
with some of the language,”
said David Rose, an attor-
ney with the water board.
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