In 2021, Roger Himovitz bought a 214-acre piece of land on the Gaviota Coast, just north of Santa Barbara, California. The ...

Rancho Dos Pueblos in Santa Barbara was assembled by developer Roger Himovitz and features two houses, an abalone farm, and a ...

Deep Wind offshore successfully secures another public waters occupancy and use permit (PWOP) for the Abalone offshore wind project.

In total the ranch now spans 219 acres. At the time of purchase, the ranch was already host to what Himovitz calls “one of the very few remaining onshore abalone farms,” which, he says, is the ...

Genshoei Kitanihon Fishery Co. President Suehiro Furukawa is seen during an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun at an evacuation shelter in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 5, 2025. (Mainichi ...

A police search of a vehicle pulled over in California turned up drugs, illegally harvested abalone and a pond turtle, California police reported. A 46-year-old Santa Rosa man driving the vehicle ...

A late-night vehicle search in Windsor led police to a trove of illicit finds: nearly three dozen illegally harvested abalone — large marine snails prized as a delicacy and protected due to ...

A routine traffic stop in Sonoma County turned out to be anything but as police found methamphetamine, about three dozen illegally harvested abalone and a live pond turtle, authorities said.

A routine traffic stop in the Sonoma County community of Windsor took a bizarre turn when deputies uncovered methamphetamine, dozens of illegally harvested abalone and a live turtle in a vehicle ...