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We begin with an issue thats been a real drain on our states resources, water or lack thereof. You see, california farmers had had to cut back, and the impact is huge. More than half of the countrys fruits vegetables, and nuts are grown right here. With fierce competition over a finite resource fingers are being pointed. Enter the one crop thats taken the brunt of the blame the california almond. Sam for california farmers, you can say that life has been well, kind of nuts these days. Plants in fields are thirsty without much water to go around. So it makes sense for critics to start searching for a scapegoat. But is americas numberone snack nut shown here in video provided by the almond board of california really as bad as its cracked up to be . Lets look at a recent report from the bay areabased Pacific Institute that draws on years of numbers from the department of water resources. It shows almonds and pistachios are actually tied for fourth in water intensity, the best gauge of wat
Finally donald trump theyre bringing drugs theyre bringing crime. Sam a tragic shooting in San Francisco and the arrest of an undocumented immigrant. A unique event, or really a link between immigration and crime . We uncover the truth in this edition of reality check. Sam and good evening, and welcome to reality check. Im sam brock. For the next 30 minutes, well take a closer look at topics making headlines, and claims coming from highprofile leaders, to separate the truth from the bunk. We begin with an issue thats been a real drain on our states resources, water or lack thereof. You see, california farmers had had to cut back, and the impact is huge. More than half of the countrys fruits vegetables, and nuts are grown right here. With fierce competition over a finite resource fingers are being pointed. Enter the one crop thats taken the brunt of the blame the california almond. Sam for california farmers, you can say that life has been well, kind of nuts these days. Plants in fields
Tell us about the chamber and what you do and how youre expanding your outreach. It was founded 41 years ago. And our mission is to help businesses to grow. Thats really our mission and main focus are minorities and we help them through education, advocacy goovrndment representation. We have several programs to serve them. One is Technical Assistance and we help them either with a marketing plan, with a financial plan, we help them to incorporate this business and to think through ideas. The Second Program we have is Networking Opportunities so basically we match company with opportunities and the third problem is being in the meetings in the western hemisphere and we look for opportunities to connect. How many members do you have. And no business is too small of a business to join the chamber . No and we have some individuals for people that want to open a business. It is really a chamber of commerce is a place for people to connect, to network and to look for opportunities and thats