LA Times Today: After years of rapid growth, California’s almond industry struggles amid low prices

Almonds used to be one of California’s most lucrative cash crops. For much of the last decade, growers, investment firms and everyone in between wanted in on the almond action. But that has changed, and what was once an almond boom has started to fizzle.

Ian James covers water and the west for the L.A. Times and he joined Lisa McRee with the story of what is taking the joy out of the almond industry.