all of the data collected were going into the usda inspection database. why wasn't anybody looking at the data? and i have a lot of questions for the regulatory agency and we have been asking them. but i want to be clear, boar's head had the ultimate responsibility of making sure that they were producing safe food for consumers and they failed. and we need to hold them accountable. host: if you want to ask her questions you can call the lines. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents, 202-748-8002. if you want to text us, 202-748-8003. the questions that you would ask questioningly, what would be the chief of them? guest: one of the questions that many of us have is typically, establishments are supposed to test for listeria or a contest for an indicator organism of the species. so where are the test results? why wasn't the plant testing, why wasn't the testing done by the regulatory agencies? and if they did test positive and i cannot imagine given the conditions of the plant that you would not test positive, why didn't they

and they have been proven to be the healthiest. usdaially proved our common sense rule to update standards and i appreciate the work that balances the interests of schools, food companies and families. i commend all of our food service directives and workers from michigan as well as across the country who are tirelessly working for our kids to provide healthy and delicious meals. this is not easy. especially for those that don't have kittens or are shortstaffed or lack kitchen equipment. you cannot make everything with a microwave oven. i am a strong supporter of programs educate students as well and get them excited about healthy eating from school gardens in which we have many in michigan. i know that we are growing more and more of them across the country to taste test, incorporate nutritious education into lesson plans so that codes -- kids know that food does not come from the grocery store shelf. does not take a vacation when school is out and that is why the senator and i established with everyone support the summer ebt or sun bo

i agree with the secretary. usda is unique. this bill is so important. this bill is the combination of two pieces of legislation that received unanimous recorded votes as a part of the financial services committee markup last fall. my legislation, the inclusion of the agricultural secretary as a cfius member and my colleague from missouri, the ump sda referral system enjoyed bipartisan support. in addition slightly modified versions were enacted in the f.y.2024 appropriations in march. and i was pleased to see the policies become the law of the land. h.r. 9456 would permanently authorize them rather than rely on the annual appropriations process. the bill focuses on limited resources of foreign adversaries, peoples republic of china, russia, iran and north korea. it's not about closing off the u.s. from the rest of the world. there is open investment climate. foreign investment in the united states creates millions of jobs while boosting u.s. exports and expanding r&d budgets. this legislation is consistent with our core american values and consistent wit

the usda is announcing some new funding to combat future fire risks. kron four's washington correspondent maddie beer-temple reports on the announcement and has reaction from california. lawmakers. >> as thousands of acres in southern california burn or announcing a commitment of 100 million dollars. the usda is investing in new projects to reduce wildfire risk across the country. that will fund 21 projects in 18 national forest. agriculture secretary tom vilsack announced the project's tuesday. they spanned 14 states with a focus on prescribed burns meant to reduce the fuels that make fires worse. >> california is getting the largest chunk of that money. 15 million in total for the eldorado tahoe and sequoia, national forests. >> we are less where the fire 1200 years until 2017. and since then, we've lost 20% of this point california congressman scott peters is trying to prevent forest fires with his own legislation. his bipartisan fix. our for us to act is set for a house vote later this month. >> he also has a bill to save sequoia trees. help can't c

all of the data collected were going into the usda inspection database. ooking at the data? and i have a lot of questions for the regulatory agency and we have been asking them. but i want to be clear, boar's head had the ultimate responsibility of making sure that they were producing safe food for consumers and they failed. and we need to hold them accountable. host: if you want to ask her questions you can call the lines. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents, 202-748-8002. if you want to text us, 202-748-8003. the questions that you would ask questioningly, what would be the chief of them? guest: one of the questions that many of us have is typically, establishments are supposed to test for listeria or a contest for an indicator organism of the species. so where are the test results? why wasn't the plant testing, why wasn't the testing done by the regulatory agencies? and if they did test positive and i cannot imagine given the conditions of the plant that you would not test positive, why didn't they take action sooner?

the usda money comes from the inflation reduction act and bipartisan infrastructure bill. but secretary vilsack says more will be needed. frankly, we need our friends in congress to continue to provide the resources. california congressman ro khanna wants to do that. wildfire issue isn't going away, especially with climate change as temperatures get hotter and the air is drier. kiahnna says people can feel the impacts even far from the flames. really devastating and into their times and silicon valley where we've gotten up and walked out and it covered small in washington. i'm maddie beer-temple. >> developing news tonight. francine is now a category one hurricane as it moves through louisiana and mississippi made la dfall a few hours ago as a category 2 hurricane. but has sinceelost a little oath. more than 80,000 customers have lost power already because of this. forecasters say the weather could bring deadly. storm surge is widespread flooding and destructive winds to the gulf coast that we're going to send things over to gayle ong to give us an update. yeah, you can be

all of the data collected were going into the usda inspection database. king at the data? and i have a lot of questions for the regulatory agency and we have been asking them. but i want to be clear, boar's head had the ultimate responsibility of making sure that they were producing safe food for consumers and they failed. and we need to hold them accountable. host: if you want to ask her questions you can call the lines. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents, 202-748-8002. if you want to text us, 202-748-8003. the questions that you would ask questioningly, what would be the chief of them? guest: one of the questions that many of us have is typically, establishments are supposed to test for listeria or a contest for an indicator organism of the species. so where are the test results? why wasn't the plant testing, why wasn't the testing done by the regulatory agencies? and if they did test positive and i cannot imagine given the conditions of the plant that you would not test positive, why didn't they take action sooner? it

the usda is trying to fix this problem. e tribes or without the food that they are expecting. our washington correspondent maddie beer-temple reports on what's causing this problem and what lawmakers are doing about it. >> food delivery truck. stop coming to the spirit. lake reservation in north dakota on time this summer towards the end of july. that's when we started running out of a supply of food tribal member mary green trottier represents reservations that receive food from the government. the usda program provides foods to thousands on reservations across the country off in rural areas, far from grocery stores. so they're counting on us to make sure those services are provided. but delayed deliveries started after the usda. switch from to distributors to one. felt this wasn't a situation where >> they didn't listen to us. so that's why, you know, we are we have stepped in now. north dakota senator john hoeven and other lawmakers sent letters to the secretary of agriculture demanding action. since then, the usda has in

the usda program provides foods to thousands on reservations across the country off in rural areas, far from grocery stores. so they're counting on us to make sure those services are provided. but delayed deliveries started after the usda. switch from to distributors to one. felt this wasn't a situation where >> they didn't listen to us. so that's why, you know, we are we have stepped in now in north dakota, senator john hoeven and other lawmakers sent letters to the secretary of agriculture demanding action. since then, the usda has increased access to food assistance programs and signed a temporary contract with a second distributor to surge delivery. the usda said in a statement it's deeply apologetic for disruptions and working around the clock to fix the problem. the agency blames supply chain disruptions at its contractors, warehouses. that contractor says it's addressing recent challenges. there are long-term fixes. senator hoeven wants to implement. he's working on a bipartisan bill that actually will. >> we'll give the tribes more control over the food distribution. i think tha

the usda is investing in new projects to reduce wildfire risk across the country. that will fund 21 projects in 18 national forest. agriculture secretary tom vilsack announced the project's tuesday. they spanned 14 states with a focus on prescribed burns meant to reduce the fuels that make fires worse. >> california is getting the largest chunk of that money. 15 million in total for the eldorado tahoe and sequoia, national forests. >> we are less where the fire 1200 years until 2017. and since then, we've lost 20% of this point california congressman scott peters is trying to prevent forest fires with his own legislation. his bipartisan fix. our for us to act is set for a house vote later this month. >> he also has a bill to save sequoia trees. help can't come soon enough. we have a tremendous challenge with wildfires. the usda money comes from the inflation reduction act and bipartisan infrastructure bill. but secretary vilsack says more will be needed. frankly, we need our friends in congress to continue to provide the resources. california congressman ro khanna

the usda money comes from the inflation reduction act and bipartisan infrastructure bill.ilsack says more will be needed. frankly, we need our friends in congress to continue to provide the resources. california congressman ro khanna wants to do that. wildfire issue isn't going away, especially with climate change temperatures get hotter and the air is drier. kiahnna says people can feel the impacts even far from the flames. really devastating and into their times and silicon valley where we've gotten up and walked out and it covered small in washington. i'm maddie beer-temple. and we're taking a live look here from our camera on top of mount tam us. we talk about the windy weather forecast. that's one of the concerns with that fire that's burning in. >> concord right now near highway 4. it is 30% contained. we're keeping our eye on that updates our website. kron 4 dot com kathy's here. now details on what's happening outside and the image you just showed. look so tranquil. didn't just like a picture. perfect postcard. but look what's happening on the embarcadero pier 17.

the usda is investing in new projects to reduce wildfire risk across the country. that will fund 21 projects in 18 national forest. agriculture secretary tom vilsack announced the project's tuesday. they spanned 14 states with a focus on prescribed burns meant to reduce the fuels that make fires worse. >> california is getting the largest chunk of that money. 15 million in total for the eldorado tahoe and sequoia, national forests. >> we are less where the fire 1200 years until 2017. and since then, we've lost 20% of this point california congressman scott peters is trying to prevent forest fires with his own legislation. his bipartisan fix. our for us to act is set for a house vote later this month. >> he also has a bill to save sequoia trees. help can't come soon enough. we have a tremendous challenge with wildfires. the usda money comes from the inflation reduction act and bipartisan infrastructure bill. but secretary vilsack says more will be needed. frankly, we need our friends in congress to continue to provide the resources. california congressman ro khanna

the usda program provides foods to thousands on reservations across the country off in rural areas, farm grocery stores. so they're counting on us to make sure those services are provided but delayed deliveries started after the usda. switch from to distributors to one. felt this was in situation where they didn't listen to us. so that's why, you know, we are we have stepped in now north dakota, senator john hoeven and other lawmakers sent letters to the secretary of agriculture demanding action. since then, the usda has increased access to food assistance programs and signed a temporary contract with a second distributor to surge delivery. the usda said in a statement it's deeply apologetic for disruptions and working around the clock to fix the problem. the agency blames supply chain disruptions at its contractors, warehouses. that contractor says it's addressing recent challenges. there are long-term fixes. senator hoeven wants to implement. he's working on a bipartisan bill that actually will. >>we'll give the tribes more control over the food distribution. i think that will prevent

and a key document is the usda nutrition guidelines. nu 20 advisors.ut and 19 out of those 20 taked in direct payments from the food industrydust or the pharmaceutil industry. 40% of the advisors,t m th president president biden has appointed have actually take money from the maker of ozempiec . >> you have to explain that one to me. it's very simple. every every viewer would would just assume those conflicts are already banned. they're no nned.t with one strokeomorro of a pen. and i would urge president biden to do this tomorrow. iw. he should. this is a bipartisan issue. but -- but a president with moral clarity can take that corruption out of our nutrition guidelines. >> all right. so he cancels that. wed now all of a sudden, you get to appoint whoever you want. are you going to be appointed? we should appoint you. isyou.houl should appoint some y people that understand how corrupt it is. an kind of blowback are we going to get from big food is big food is goinfoog to throw twinkies at us. >> what are what should wed we the pushback t

and a key document is the usda nutrition guidelines. 0 advisers, and 19 out of those 20 take direct payments from the food industry or the pharmaceutical industry. 40% of the advisers president biden has appointed actually take money from the makish of ozempic. you will have to explain that one to me. it's very simple. every viewer would just assume those conflicts are already banned. they're not. with one stroke of a pen, and i would urge president biden to do this tomorrow. he should. this is a bipartisan issue. but a president with moral clarity can take that corruption out of our nutrition guidelines. >> jesse: all right. so he cancels that, and now you get to a point whether or not you should be appointed. we should appoint you. we should appoint healthy people who understand how corrupt it is. and what kind of blow back are we gonna get from big food? will they just throw twirchgees at us? what should we expect the pushback to be? because it's going to beer r harsh. >> big food is the lifeblood of nutrition research. there is nothi

the usda is investing in new projects to reduce wildfire risk across the country. that will fund 21 projects in 18 national forest. agriculture secretary tom vilsack announced the project's tuesday. they spanned 14 states with a focus on prescribed burns meant to reduce the fuels that make fires worse. >>california is getting the largest chunk of that money. 15 million in total for the eldorado tahoe and sequoia, national forests. >>we are equate a fire 1200 years until 2017. and since then, we've lost 20% of this point california congressman scott peters is trying to prevent forest fires with his own legislation. his bipartisan fix, our forest act is set for a house vote later this month. he also has a bill to save sequoia trees and help can't come soon enough. we have a tremendous challenge with wildfires. the usda money comes from the inflation reduction act and bipartisan infrastructure bill. but secretary vilsack says more will be needed. frankly, we need our friends in congress to continue to provide the resources. california congressman ro khanna wants to do

according to the cdc, does affected nearly 101 million birds since january of 2022, the usda also found that the number of egg-laying birds dropped for the second month in a row. >> there might be a price increase on stamps in the near future. the postal service says it plans to change price is 5 times over the next couple of years. the first price increase is expected in july of 2025. and will apply to first class mail marketing mail and periodicals the next round of price adjustments could come in january of 26 and then july 2027, the postal service already increased first-class stamp prices. 2.73, sets last july. any price changes must be approved by the postal regulatory commission before they take effect. >> we do a lot, of course, because you've got, you know, who would just that? we can believe in. it's just mean is folder marked. so you-you might just will use it's come to try to kill you. i simply. >> sad news from hollywood today. iconic film and stage actress maggie smith has died. >> best known for her roles in harry potter. as you saw there and downton abbey. maggie smith a

plus, the usda has announced a new plan try to fight wildfires across the u.s.. the state expected to receive the most funding. and the bay area's frankie beverly soul singer and founder of the funk band maze. it's passed away. take a look back at his life and career. when we come

that is according to the usda. >> axe has reportedly shut down its san francisco headquarters officially today. that's according to a report by fortune. and the company sent a note to staff 2 weeks ago informing them of the closure coming today. the s of headquarters on market street has long served as the social media company's global headquarters employees who worked in the san francisco office are being relocated to offices san jose in palo alto in july. elon musk announced that he would be moving the company to austin, texas, coming up where you can go and have a good green time at the east bay's only tropical house that's now open to the public. >> and where you can go to get a new here. looking for one of those guys. the niner. sure love them. how about this dog adoption event that the forty-niners are helping out with him? make it cheaper for. >> flaming hot cheetos and twinkies there. some of the more popular snacks for kids. but now there's a bill seeking to forbid state public schools from serving them to students. and it has now made its way all the way to the governor's desk.

the usda forecast net farming would drop by 1/4 this year. g major investments, land and new pieces of equipment, the deal reported a 25% decline from last year specifically in production and precision egg division. 39% of farmers, the price for acre has increased 3% year over year. the price of cropland is increased 5% year-over-year. we spoke to kaylee who farm soybeans and corn and she says there are some solutions but not many. >> looking for opportunities around increasing those opportunities as well as domestic use, production of aviation fuel. or anything like that. where we would see that use domestically as well. >> reporter: don't get me wrong, this is important and they welcome the crop with an unusually productive output but this is a situation where she only breaks even if not a little bit worse than that. stuart: msnbc's host, joe scarborough has a warning to capitalists this november. what is he saying? ashley: you would think he would say donald trump is a capitalist who comes with a lot of problems, you would be completely wro

where you a debit card as income and it's interesting because poverty is based on an estimate from the usda about the cost of the nutrition diet. and yet the census bureau measured the poverty rate without counting food stamps. they didn't count medicare medicaid for the government pays part of your pays health total health care bill. they didn't count rent subsidies. and we found when we started working with john early, they didn't count 100 other programs that caused. $100 million a year. at a minimum. it was while we were working on the first wall street journal article that focused on the remarkable fact that it wasn't just that our numbers grossly income inequality and grossly overstated poverty. it was when you adjusted for trends for and taxes. the bottom 60% of americans had basically the income even though only 36% of able bodied people in the bottom 20% of income earners actually worked. it was during this period in putting first article for the wall street together that we discovered the work of john earley. it was a happy day in my life. i can assure you, john knew more about th

the usda says this was all sparked by one medfly in fremont. rms or homes that grow fruits or vegetables in the area are going to be sprayed with a pesticide. crops cannot be removed from the area until the quarantine is over. no word on when that might be. farm workers and their families spent the day crabbing in san francisco, part of an event put on by the latino nonprofit called alas and the partnership for the presidio. the idea was to honor the hard work of farm workers and their families by giving them a day to spend together. the families took busses from half moon bay to christie field right there, and from there they went crabbing. they went hiking and played beach games at torpedo wharf. a new back to school program kicked off in san francisco, spearheaded by the city's district attorney. it's called keeping it safe with dub nation. today's free launch outside the chase center featured food, games, activities, giveaways, raffles. d.a. brooke jenkins says the goal is to celebrate san francisco's youth as they return to school, while pr

project 2025 suggests that the government quote, move the usda food and nutrition programs to the department launched then abandoned an effort to move the food benefit programs like s.n.a.p. to hhs in 2018. analysis at the time found moving s.n.a.p. would slash its budget and make it easier to cut. just one page later it resurrects another trump administration zombie, implementing stricter work requirements for s.n.a.p. benefits. project 2025 explicitly references a 2019 trump policy that would have taken 688,000 americans off of food and nutrition benefits. but when a judge in dc blocked the rule this was abandoned. now it's a common theme in this 922 page tome. think of all the unlawful and unhelpful policies that donald trump failed to jam through during his first term in office. this is the conservative playbook for avoiding those failure as second time around. i'm not done. there's more. chapter 10 of project 2025 attacks on food benefits continue. on page 300, project 2025 also seeks to reform broad-based categorical eligibility for food benefits. which allows for folks whose income is

we're going to be asking why is the usda nutrition advisers funded by food companies. 75% of the fda is funded by the pharmaceutical industry. we're going to be asking why seed oils are the top source of american calling's. we're going to be asking whether gliocofate if is safe. we're going to be asking why a bill right now with wide support is pushing government-funded ozempic on kids but no discussion the of farming? we're going to bring these issues to the forefront uncensored, unscripted. and the good news is i think there are very simple solutions. rachel: yeah. i think there's a lot of big corporations that are actually shaking in their boots right now at the possibility that donald trump could be elected and somebody like yourself and rfk jr. might actually take the reins of america's health issues. and it's a big one. e hope also you guys talk about infertility. it's exploding. what about getting to the root of why there's so much infertility? also coming up, you guys are going to discuss this, there's a northwestern study that just came up. we mentioned it in

according to the usda, a major collision between a train and a semi-truck ended without any injuries. video shows the moment a freight train. >> plowed through this semi truck. this is a goose creek, south carolina. the truck was carrying a mobile artillery vehicle and it got stuck on the train tracks while attempting to cross goose creek. police say no one was injured. and the man who escaped from the truck refused medical treatment. >> one of our tiniest neighbors was rescue. thanks to a good samaritan. how that lucky kid doing this afternoon. >> news nation, might get the next ago back in its place. next ago back in its place. greatest of ok, 500 deluxe garden gnomes. wow. i only meant to order five. there's not enough money in my account for these. i'm gonna get charged. two things i just can't deal with. overdraft charges. and garden gnomes. but your bmo smart advantage checking account gives you an extra day to avoid an overdraft fee. nice to see a bank cutting people some slack. mistakes happen. and we give you time to correct them. so, you don't like gnomes huh? what about tha

. >> no cows and die from has a bill to direct the usda to prioritize research into bird flu and compensate dairy producers for loss of milk production because of infection. we want to make sure the farmers have the tools they need to survive protect food supply is a national security issue. and it's important to our communities. the cdc says there's no safety concerns with consuming pasteurized milk and dairy products in washington. i'm maddie beer-temple. >> coming up when it comes to space travel, we've gone beyond one small step for man. now it's a wall. if you have the money the means. >> news nation tonight, dog gone crazy arquette tester the springfield, ohio mayor, you've been dying to hear from addresses the eating rumors live with chris plus stephen, a smith takes your calls. cuomo tonight at 8, 7, central. >> check it out. 2 of the 4 polaris, dawn crew members completed the world's first commercial space walk. crew members also tested out newly designed. >> evie a space suits. >> billionaire entrepreneur jared isaacman and spacex engineer sarah gillis exeter, the capsule to perfo

the usda says this was all sparked by one medfly in fremont. omes that grow fruits or vegetables in the area will be sprayed with a pesticide. crops cannot be removed from the area until the quarantine is over. no word on when that might be. we're going to turn now to the forecast with cinthia pimentel. it's definitely cooler than it was this time yesterday. i agree with you, kira. good morning. good morning everyone. and we're also noticing a bit more of that fog that is starting to stretch into parts of our inland areas. we look at santa rosa and walnut creek for example. that fog a little bit closer to the ground than typical, and definitely what we've compared it to over the last couple of days. so just be careful with those changes in visibility. of course, people over the golden gate bridge might also notice some drizzle and some wet roadways to start our sunday. now speaking of sunday, of course we want to help you plan your day. see what's ahead. we have the oakland pride parade and the festival after the mid morning cloud cover. we shou

the usda says this was all sparked by one dead fly in fremont. rms or homes that grow fruits or vegetables in the area will be sprayed with a pesticide. crops cannot be removed from the area until the quarantine is over, but no word on when that might be. history at the paralympics in paris. team usa men's wheelchair basketball team fulfilled their quest for a three peat. they are now the first men's wheelchair basketball team to win three consecutive gold medals at the paralympics. team usa beat great britain 73 to 69. the bay area's brian bell helped the team by scoring seven points. the college of alameda men's basketball team, turning to them now, they are getting some star power. espn is reporting former nba star gary payton senior is the team's new head coach. the school said payton is right for the job for a number of reasons, the athletic director calling him a longtime leader and winner, saying he talked about community and giving back during his interview. payton has been the head coach at lincoln university in oakland the past three sea

. >> we are also learning from the usda that they are estimating that net incomes for farmers will decrease? >> dana: kelly saberi, thank you so much. farmers and ranchers, neither of them were mentioned at the conventions. that has bothered me and we are going to do some more about that. >> bill: you take that personally for good reason. >> dana: i said i was going to draw up some plays a la taylor swift for the kansas city chiefs. i came up with something you said won't work. i don't know if anyone can zoom in and see. i at least had 11 players on the field. >> bill: okay, all right. >> dana: the best part is that this coach is happy in this one is sad, because this team got a point. i said it was seven-point but it's actually only six. bill says it is illegal because the defender can't -- >> bill: my question was is this the ball or is this the ball? and he said that's the ball and i said that's illegal. >> dana: have you never seen a boggle like that? >> bill: emmett till kicks off tomorrow night. big weekend for fox, too. on sunday tom brady makes his debut into the fox family with a d

so that's the usda is annual forecast of almond production coming from california growers the season.'s harvest and we've got a chance to talk with a local farmer in san joaquin county, which is right next door to the bay area. and she says this is great news, especially for small farms and family business. us. >> my family has been farming. that's for 5 generations. i'm happy to be a 5th generation. that car california produces nearly 100% of the 90% of online producers are family farms. >> and despite a successful production this year with the good weather arm, almond farmer say they still face a lot of other issues like keeping up with irrigation costs. more americans are choosing now to dine out at restaurants by themselves. this is according to a new survey by the reservation site open table. solo dining is up nearly 30% over the last 2 years. the company says remote work could be one of the factors because a lot of people who are working alone, the need to take a break from their home office. so they got it all by themselves. they also say it's easier for a solo diner to get a t

the usda is annual forecast of almond production is about 2.8 billion pounds of nuts from california growers this season, which is about 13% more than last year's harvest. we caught up with a local farmer in san joaquin county right next to the bay area. and she says this is great news for small farms and family businesses. >> my family has been farming nets for 5 generations. i'm happy to be a 5th generation car. california produces nearly 100% of the 90% of online producers are family farms. i am with. >> well, despite a successful production year with good weather, almond farmers say they still face other key issues like keeping up with irrigation costs, et price for water keeps going up and well, let's talk about the heat a little bit more because of the south bay. san jose broke a record. >> not yesterday, but for the whole summer, it was the hottest summer on record for san jose. when you look at the national weather service data and they average it out, that's how they do all summer long. they look at the average and the average was 72.8 degrees this past summer. where's 30 ye

with certain substances like fertilizers and pesticides for at least three years before harvest the usda considers it organic why is it important? >> while we do know that high pesticide levels and foods have been linked to increased cancer risks diabetes, cardiovascular disease so then the question is, is that organic label really worth it? and the answer is it might be while the organic labelled doesn't guarantee you're going to be pesticide free a consumer reports analysis did find most organic items were. now if you can't afford the organic price tag, you can still shop smart and healthy by looking for products grown in the united states instead of imported ones, what they found was it imported products accounted for 65 of the hundred highest pesticide risk items in steady. you can hear more about how to optimize your health and chase life wherever you get your podcasts sanjay gupta is brought if i sleep number, sleep better together with asleep number is smart back, it's the only day that lets you make each side firmer or softer after whenever you like, you're asleep numbers setting

the usda is annual forecast of almond production is about 2.8 billion pounds of nuts from california this season. and that's a 13% increase from last year's harvest. so great numbers there. we actually caught up with a local farmer in san joaquin county, which is right next door. and she says this is good news, especially for small farms and family businesses. >> my family has been farming nets for 5 generations. i'm happy to be a 5th generation. that car california produces nearly 100% of the 90% of online producers are family farms. >> despite a successful production year with good weather. almond farmers say they still face other issues like keeping up with irrigation costs. >> in the south bay of talk about in san jose they look to the summer and they say was possibly the hottest summer on record for san jose. on average, the temperature was 72.8 degrees course. i mean, that's an average. so, yeah, was 100 whatever. but anyway, 72.8 and really 30 years ago, it was 72. that was the record. so 72.8 is the new record. the heat wave rolling through now too. summer is over but not 9.

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>>earlier this year, the usda estimated the almond production would see a 21% increase over the yearore in july, though they came back and the senate's going to be about a percent lower. so we're looking closer to a 14% increase over last year's. the old walk-in says it'll still be one of the largest harvest on record. although it was a solid production year with good weather. watkins says farmers still face other issues, the arab nation and the cost to air again with our utilities is is a bigger reason. why maybe we're not looking at 21% increase over last year as the allman season comes to an end. the work doesn't stop for the watkins family as they gear up to crack open walnut season in london, covering local news that matters can really kreis. fox 40 news. >>more news as hotel workers co to strike in the bay area and nationwide. some hotel guests in hawaii are saying it's not the dream vacation. they plans on. reporter darlene lee has the details. >>it's day 2 of hawaii's hotel worker strike and guests are seeing an impact. the sevice on that day, you could tell that there was so

the u.s. aid usda rather down to individual varieties. so the price of a pound of braeburn apples, that's about three apples, average by inspectors over 68 grocery stores nationwide is $1.66. that's up from $1.15 two years ago. but apples are no longer becoming more expensive. the bureau of labor statistics shows apple prices down about 13% year over year. back to you. thanks, scott. well, saving our climate. one piece of trash at a time. ahead for you this midday, the way you can get involved and clean up the coast. plus, working to preserve a piece of history. one family frustrated after a san francisco clock is broken and vandalized. the effort to get it back up and running. we'll be right back mayor breed made a five year plan set with numerical goals for shelters and housing. the models show that the city needed over 1000 new shelter beds by 2028. today the mayor says they have added so many beds so quickly, they are set to reach that goal by just next year. so the city will now double its shelter goal and add more permanent housing o

consumer so the price of sugar and sweet, raised by 8.9 percent in 2023 the usda expect prices to increase the five points this year. in cocoa production is also with april prices, 235 percent in less than six months. all of oil pigeon stable so prices of over 130 percent due to lester's mediterranean drought and international all of counsel expecting the last production this year, as the droughts persist. it's think about bottles of olive oil are now one of the most shoplifted items. climate change bodes ill for going as well in the recent review of more than 200 studies predicts", 70 percent of the current wine producing regions, faces substantial risk losing their suitability for wine growing in global temperatures increase more than 2 degrees celsius. that's a danger threshold and we are coming closer and closer to. in a new meaning to in vino — and when we wonder why grocery prices remain high, look at climate driven disruptions. climate inflation, not just to agriculture as i've been describing, but also do the supply chain those products around. ours informed the committee that inpu

according to the usda, net farm income this year is projected to decline 4.4% from 2023, decline. a disaster. the following -- this follows a shocking -- listen to this, a shocking 9.9 -- 9.5% decline in 2022. not one business in this country can survive with this kind of decline, and our farmers and our farms are no different. this means producers' income has plummeted 23% in just two years, 23%. these figures represent only 40 billion, over $40 billion in lost revenue for america's hardworking producers. this is the largest two-year decline ever in our farm income. ever, in the history of this countries. right now, our row croppers especially are facing considerable financial hardship. according to the american farm bureau federation, row croppers had a $27.7 billion decline in cash receipts since last year. in alabama, my state, our producers are yielding bumper crops of cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans, and yet they can't profit due to rising costs of production. our catfish producers are in the same boat. rising input costs and falling fish prices are threatening to put them ou

>>no cows have died from has a bill to direct the usda to prioritize research into bird flu and compensatery producers for loss of milk production because of infection. and we want to make sure the farmers have the tools they need to survive protecting our food supply is a national security issue. and it's important to our communities. the cdc says there's no safety concerns with consuming pasteurized milk and dairy products in washington. i'm maddie beer-temple. >>dua lipa has announced plans for a world tour. plus, the biggest stars in music came out for wednesday night's vma ys, jeremy parsons has the details in the entertainment report. >>guys treating season is over. it is time to dance the night away because this artist is going on tour. that's right. this isn't an illusion. dua lipa has officially announced a world tour. the radical optimism tour starts next year in australia in march and ends in seattle in october. she is too nice here in los angeles, october 4th and 5th. you can sign up for presale tickets on our website. it's a duly but dot com general sale starts september 20th.

the cdc says the problem has affected nearly 100 million birds since january 2022, the usda also foundof hens dropped for the second month in a row. and a vision from the jetsons. one step closer to reality. demero explains in today's rich on tech. imagine taking and air taxi that soars above city streets. >> letting you skip traffic to downtown the airport or even a sports venue. a startup named joe b is working to make this vision a reality. and recently i got a look at their unique aircraft. >> los angeles synonymous with traffic could be on the verge of a breakthrough. all right. so what are we looking at here? so this is the job, electric air taxis, california startup joby, showing off its high tech solution to whisk passengers above traffic jams with a four-seater aircraft that takes off and lands vertically. >> so freeze you from the traffic in a way that you just can't right now with any other technology, the fully electric aircraft can cruise at 200 miles an hour with a range of about 100 miles. >> its propellers point up for takeoff. then switch forward for cruising. imagine

, you know, major soil science textbooks, even, you know, the soil science, society, america and the usda have started to refer to soils as living as alive. and, you know, geologist gregory retallack, one of the foremost experts on origin and evolution of soils. he has described the incredible analogies and of similarities between life and soil writing thathey both maintain a dynamic equilibrium that is self-sustaining. so it seems to me that there is this, you know, growing recognition of soil as a living network, a living entity and also as a microcosm of our living planet. and that also the way in which i sort of engage most directly and personally with a lot of this material that i was researching for the book. so a few years ago, my partner ryan and i bought a house here in portland, oregon, and the backyard looked like this when we moved in. it was really just, you know, crispy turf grass really wasn't much going on. and we knew that we wanted to kind of create a garden from scratch, which is something we wanted to do for a long time. but i soon discovered, you know, after we of tor

according to the usda, families spent more than 5% of their disposable income on groceries in 2023. nd prime members will get an additional 10% off. amazon also expanding prime savings to more than 3,000 grocery items. but, guys, remember that prime itself cost $139 a year. so you got to add up all the costs. >> lara: that's true. >> michael: got to think about the whole thing. the full thing. i'm thinking about some pop news. that's what i'm thinking about, lara. what you got for us? >> lara: thank you, becky and thank you, michael. we're going to begin with a little beyonce. the ground winning super star -- hold on. >> michael: what was that? >> lara: that was me riding a horse, i think? [ laughter ] >> michael: thought you hurt your wrists. >> lara: very revealing article in touch, she tells gq how proud she is about the popularity surrounding that song and her entire album. because she believes it helped reinvigorate the country's genre across fashion, art and culture. she really hopes the album inspires fans to dig deeper and learn more about the people especially the black musi

the kid might be using this stuff . but what nobody realizes is that they yeah, usda a are pot. it's actually quite a bit of f t, a one of the government agencies actually legitimize the things one is the bottom line of the food problem, process foods. is it bad habits? is it food deserts, or is it simply corporate profits? and is it even possible to turn this around? well, i'll tell you just 1st of all, if you go into the grocery store, there are a lot of fluids, which i certainly try to use of that are not process. you don't have to eat processed or alter process so okay. you have to make an effort and read labels. i think it can be turned around. i think the public health conscious people want to your food. i know when i see somebody that says um, you know, artificially reviews or a no html certainly i want to, i think for dennis or is, is an issue because if you really live in an area where your 4 digit a come from a 711. yeah, you're a travel so it is. um, the reason we've, we've got so much old truck processed food and process food. yes. corporate, great, pure and simple. i