Strawberry News

The San Francisco Starlight Orchestra will perform jazz tunes at "Starlight Dance" Aug.

The Tuolumne County Recreation Department has postponed its annual youth track meet because of poor air quality.

Erik Jertberg ran a hand across the top of an unusually leafy strawberry plant in a field along San Andreas Road.

Ron Cornelson of Reedley, California is a neighbor of Art Lang of Honey Crisp Farms .

While strawberries rose to Monterey County's number two crop last year, residents living next to the sweet-smelling berry fields reported a higher number of illnesses stemming from the crop's favored fumigants.

The second annual Red, White and Blue Berry Festival on June 28 will kick off summer and celebrate Northern California's bountiful berry season at the Saturday Farmers Market downtown.

A Florida woman remained hospitalized in critical condition Monday after she was struck by a sport utility vehicle driven by her 8-year-old grandson, whom she had instructed to back out of a Strawberry garage.

Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, June 7, 2008 Story appeared in SCENE section, Page K4 The formal section of the garden at Empire Mine extends from the cottage toward the reflecting pool.

Over objections by the city of Berkeley and a new group called Save Strawberry Canyon, a University of California regents committee approved two new UC Berkeley building projects valued at about $311 million.

Who will speak for the trees? Located at the southeastern end of Ben Lomond Mountain, the UC Santa Cruz campus is unlike its sister campuses in its ratio of open land to human structure.

Wet weather in the high country is causing some vehicle accidents along Highway 108.

Chikokohhh!! I just like saying the word " Chikoko ." I was walking around the office last Friday, just saying it to people, sorta half-whispered. Chikokohhh!! They probably think I'm all effed in the head.

Undercover agents arrest four Marin residents in drug bust Undercover agents Friday arrested four Marin residents, including two teenagers, and seized drugs valued at $50,000 after a three-month investigation ...

“She doesn't look stressed. I think she's going to do great”

Cook-off finalists cool down hot festival with tiramisu, gazpacho Slide show California Strawberry Festival>> Photos by Rob Varela / Star staff Nikki Lewis, California Strawberry Festival executive board ... via Ventura County Star

Rosy strawberry sorbet This juicy sorbet isn't merely rose-colored. It also contains rosewater, which combines so beautifully with strawberries that its flavor seems like an extension of the fruit. via Sunset Magazine

“I live close to the ocean, so I thought I'd do an ocean picture”

Photos by Jason Redmond / Star staff Evelyn Leon, 9, works on math problems with Bard Elementary School classmate Jocelyn Rosete. via Ventura County Star

“So, if there is anything left over after that, we donate to some of the nonprofits.”

What started 25 years ago as a tribute to Ventura County's budding berry industry now jumpstarts the area's pre-summer economy and gives a boost to nonprofit organizations. via Pacific Business Times

“The victim offered the suspect $500 but he said that would not be enough. The suspect told her he needed $20,000.”

A 17-year-old Livermore boy was arrested on suspicion of trying to steal $20,000 from an elderly Strawberry woman by claiming he had a sick infant in need of medical care, police said. via Marin Independent Journal

Dishing It Out: Driving up and down Pacific Coast Highway became my favorite weekend activity after I moved to Irvine to attend UC Irvine four years ago. via New University

“The more of these we can get hold of, the better.”

Solar-powered radar signs monitor the speed of passing motorists in the 300 block of East Strawberry Drive in Tiburon. via Marin Independent Journal