Terence Chea, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Employees inspect almonds in the processing facility at Steward & Jasper Orchards in Newman, Calif. on July 20, 2021. California's deepening drought threatens its $6 billion almond industry, which produces about 80 percent of the world's almonds. As water becomes scarce and expensive, some growers have stopped irrigating their orchards and plan to tear them out years earlier than planned. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

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Drought takes toll on world’s top almond producer

by Terence Chea Associated PressAugust 17, 2021

FIREBAUGH, Calif. — As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California’s agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, where a deepening drought threatens one of the state’s most…

Two people hug outside the scene of a shooting in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday.

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Eight dead in shooting at rail yard serving Silicon Valley

by Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press, and Terence Chea Associated PressMay 26, 2021

Ron and Allison Abta hold hens in front of their backyard chicken run in Ross, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic is coming home to roost in America's backyards. Forced to hunker down at home, more people are setting up coops and raising their own chickens, which provide an earthy hobby, animal companionship and a steady supply of fresh eggs. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

COVID cluckers: Pandemic feeds demand for backyard chickens

by Terence Chea Associated PressDecember 31, 2020

Douglas Johnsrude talks on the phone at an emergency evacuation center in Gridley, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Johnsrude evacuated his home in Feather Falls on Tuesday. He thinks he lost his home in the fire but is not sure. He also lost his home in the Ponderosa Fire in 2017. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

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California fire that killed 3 threatens thousands of homes

by Terence Chea Associated Press, and Brian Melley Associated PressSeptember 10, 2020

A firefighter sprays water on a leveled home as the Hillside Fire burns in San Bernardino, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Whipped by strong wind, the blaze destroyed multiple residences. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Winds driving California fires die down

by Brian Melley Associated Press, and Terence Chea Associated PressOctober 31, 2019

A firefighter battles a wildfire called the Kincade Fire in Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. With ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered to leave their homes, California's governor declared a statewide emergency Sunday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Ferocious winds fuel blazes throughout N. Calif.

by Terence Chea Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressOctober 27, 2019

Carlos Lama of Bayside Cafe, which was among businesses to lose power due to PG&E's public safety power shutoff, uses an LED lamp and light from his phone at the counter of the restaurant in Sausalito, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Pacific Gas & Electric has cut power to more than half a million customers in Northern California hoping to prevent wildfires during dry, windy weather throughout the region. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal via AP)

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Calif. cuts power to prevent deadly fires

by Brian Melley Associated Press, and Terence Chea Associated PressOctober 9, 2019

In this photo taken Monday, July 22, 2019, chinook salmon is seen after being unloaded at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. California fishermen are reporting one of the best salmon fishing seasons in more than a decade, thanks to heavy rain and snow that ended the state's historic drought. It's a sharp reversal for chinook salmon, also known as king salmon, an iconic fish that helps sustain many Pacific Coast fishing communities. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Return of the king

by Terence Chea Associated PressAugust 22, 2019

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 file photo, a Sheriff's deputy looks for human remains at a home burned in the Camp fire in Magalia, Calif. Searchers are in a race against time with long-awaited rains expected in the Northern California fire zone where dozens of bodies have been recovered so far. While the rain is good for tamping down the still-burning fire, it will turn the fire zone into a muddy mess and make it more difficult for crews to search. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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Searchers in California fires step up efforts ahead of rain

by Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press, and Terence Chea Associated PressNovember 18, 2018

Steve DeAngelo, CEO , center, and brother Andrew DeAngelo, chief revenue officer, right, make the first sale of recreational marijuana to Henry Wykowski at Harborside marijuana dispensary, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Starting New Year's Day, recreational marijuana can be sold legally in California.

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California pot: Smoke ‘em (or eat ‘em) if you can get ‘em

by Brian Melley Associated Press, and Terence Chea Associated PressJanuary 2, 2018