Salinas Valley

Hundreds of millions of agricultural pesticides are sprayed on farm fields in California each year. Those pesticides affect the farm workers who labor in the fields and the communities nearby, where exposure is linked to increases in respiratory diseases, headaches, and even developmental disabilities. Most of the residents in those communities are people of color.

California’s stormy January comes with a pricey cleanup bill, estimated to cost around $1 billion. The central coast was among the hardest hit region in the state.

The Carmel River is usually no more than a shallow creek. But with this week’s rain, that gentle stream through the Carmel Valley became a rushing river.

With sheer precision, a farm worker harvests a row of strawberries. He tosses the bruised berries that won’t sell on the ground, the others into plastic…

Emergency relief for undocumented immigrants became available last week in California, but demand outweighs the supply of cash. For years, advocates have…

Many businesses across the Central Coast, especially in the tourism and hospitality industries, are slowing or have shut down. But that isn’t the case for…

Many communities in Monterey County receive their water supply from two dams. And those dams are in serious need of repair. Later this spring, its likely…

Romaine lettuce from the Salinas region is finally safe to eat after multiple E. coli outbreaks linked to it. But the investigation into what went wrong…

Inside Taylor Farms' massive, 120,000-square-foot warehouse in Salinas, millions of pounds of lettuce, cabbage and spinach are processed each day. It's…

The number of people sickened by the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce from the Salinas growing region has increased. As of Wednesday, at least…