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• Experts: Citrus disease could hit backyards before commercial groves

  Experts: Citrus disease could hit backyards before commercial groves

  With the recent discovery of a deadly citrus disease in Southern California, the level of concern among Valley citrus growers is high. The disease, known as huanglongbing, has state and federal officials and the citrus industry working around the clock to try to keep the Asian citrus psyllid and the disease it can carry from invading the Valley's citrus belt. And while much of the work in California has been focused on protecting the state's $2 billion citrus industry, officials are equally concerned about a place closer to home: your backyard.

• Fruit, vegetable farmers work to keep what they've sown

  Fruit, vegetable farmers work to keep what they've sown

  Eat your broccoli. After all, you might be helping to pay for it.

• Farm Bill fight could affect Central Valley growers

  Farm Bill fight could affect Central Valley growers

  WASHINGTON -- Eat your broccoli. After all, you might be helping to pay for it.

• Thunderstorms hit Visalia the hardest

  Thunderstorms hit Visalia the hardest

  A thunderstorm fed by subtropical moisture dropped nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain in Visalia, causing spot flooding on city streets and minor property damage. The storm lit the skies with lightning as it tore through the San Joaquin Valley late Wednesday and early Thursday and was followed by a Northern California cold front that caused scattered showers, the National Weather Service said.

• Storm drops wild weather

  Storm drops wild weather

  Gusty winds, a funnel cloud and quarter-sized hail descended on the Valley Wednesday as the first of two storms made is way through the region.