Diana Marcum

The man known as the godfather of California’s organic farming died of cancer at the farm where he loved to work.

In the dusty fields of the San Joaquin Valley, “El Profe” brings masks, music and help to farm laborers, some of whom are barely scraping by.

As medical providers plead with their communities to help them control the coronavirus, some workers and business owners say they can’t afford to listen.

Clara Margossian, 102, built a life in Fresno after her family fled the Armenian genocide. With the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, she has given $1 million to help Armenia, a homeland she’s never seen.

It’s no secret that Stan Yagi hires ex-convicts. He makes it his mission to teach them about life.

In a small town, it can be hard to be any kind of different. But sometimes a person can be so much a part of the fabric of life that he sets his own rules.

Opal Goode turned 112 in June, about a month before the big earthquakes that still have this town rumbling.

When Annie Williams heard that California’s plan for high-speed rail had been scaled back to 119 miles through the Central Valley, her head jerked back.

The editor-publisher of California’s oldest weekly newspaper has rules for his publication: No children on the front page (“I loathe children”).