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Blue Diamond Growers will close its Sacramento manufacturing plant as part of a broader operational shift announced last year ...

Divert’s new facility in Turlock, California will enable Blue Diamond to convert almond byproducts into renewable energy, bringing the state closer to its climate goals WEST CONCORD, Mass. & ...

Blue Diamond Growers’ almond processing plant in Sacramento is shutting its doors after nearly a century. News of the closure, which broke Friday, was met by community members with surprise, worry and ...

Cecilio Padilla is a digital producer for CBS Sacramento and a Sacramento-area native who has been covering Northern California for more than a decade. Part of Blue Diamond's Sacramento processing ...