Dec 10, 2020
Insufficient investment in water storage has brought about an almost yearly struggle in California, and another dry start to the rainy season is cause for concern.
A big part of the solution to inadequate water storage may come a project that has been debated for more than half a century – Sites Reservoir, which...
Nov 19, 2020
Their journey is long and exhausting. For those who follow their travels, it’s exhilarating.
Every fall and winter, the Sacramento Valley becomes a key rest and refuel stop for millions of birds, as part of their annual migration along the Pacific Flyway, a wildlife highway in the sky.
Immediately after harvest, a...
Oct 29, 2020
Like clockwork every fall and winter, Sacramento Valley rice country welcomes millions of visitors. They’re here for several months, to rest and refuel, before continuing on their epic annual journey.
The millions of visitors are ducks, geese, shorebirds and many other birds that make the annual trek along the Pacific...
Sep 27, 2020
Before your sushi roll or rice bowl, there’s a team effort to grow, harvest, mill and ship the fundamental ingredient – California rice.
Fall is a busy time in the Sacramento Valley, with GPS-guided harvesters bringing in more than four billion pounds of grain from a half-million acres of rice fields.
In Colusa...
Aug 30, 2020
California has long been a place with great scenery, diversity and creativity. Even with a challenging 2020, there are great places and interesting people hard at work.
John Bartell, a reporter for ABC 10-TV in Sacramento, has spent years chronicling the hidden gems of our state in Bartell’s Backroads, where he...