Jul. 29—An escalating legal battle among co-founders of a Bakersfield table-grape breeding company could have lasting implications for growers of Kern County's top crop. International Fruit ...

Jack V. Pandol, a leader of the California produce industry whose innovations included pioneering global partnerships that made fresh fruit available to North Americans year-round, has died. He ...

Delano grower Jack V. Pandol, a civic leader and internationally known figure in the produce industry, died Wednesday. He was 87.