A lawsuit aimed at reducing noise from frost protection fans in Anderson Valley vineyards may proceed, but the fans are allowed to whir while the case is litigated. A Mendocino County lawsuit aimed at ...

If you’ve stayed in Napa Valley during a springtime cold snap, odds are you have heard a frost fan. Huge circular or stick-like structures placed strategically throughout vineyards, local vintners ...

An Anderson Valley newspaper editor has sued county officials and three neighboring vineyards over fans that he contends generate far more noise than allowed under county rules. The giant fans ...

GRANTS PASS -- In the wee hours of a cold morning in mid-March, residents in the Jerome Prairie and Wilderville areas west of Grants Pass got a rude awakening. Whomp, whomp, whomp. Thirty-foot tall ...

Springtime in Michigan is usually a rollercoaster of temperature swings, chances for snow and bitter cold overnight lows. While apples are one of the state's main crops, these challenging conditions ...