A Santa Maria berry grower has paid $30,000 in an unfair labor practices settlement to compensate employees who were allegedly retaliated against during a work stoppage last spring, according to an ...

Rancho Laguna Farms in Santa Maria has raised farmworker pay from $1.90 to $2 per box of strawberries, after workers pushed for higher wages to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic. Laura Place ...

Nearly 4,000 acres of agricultural land was saved from developers on Tuesday, when Judge Jed Beebe ruled that splitting the land into 13 housing parcels would carry the risk of an outcome adverse to ...