The sterile release program to combat Navel Orangeworm (NOW) has been moving along quicker than was initially expected. The process involves raising NOW in a rearing facility in Phoenix, Arizona and then transporting the sterilized moths to be released in California orchards to gauge the efficacy of the program.

http://agnetwest.com/now-sterile-release-program-moving-quicker/

In the fall of 1923, street vendors in Santa Barbara, California received an unexpected bit of attention regarding one of their more popular wares: The San Francisco Chronicle wrote about the sellers' “freakish little brown seeds” that “cavorted about to the edification and delight of children and grownups."

http://mentalfloss.com/article/543882/mexican-jumping-beans-history