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But the brothers didn't achieve mainstream success until 1977, with the release of Strawberry Letter #23.

At Jordan Kahn’s all-day cafe in the Hayden Tract neighborhood of Culver City, the strawberry French toast comes with a bowl of whipped crème fraîche surrounded by a perfect circle of sliced strawberries garnished with candied hibiscus.

Leal’s contribution to the menu is a strawberry twist on the French 75 inspired by Marie Laveau, a voodoo herbalist and healer from New Orleans.

The report comes as state regulators evaluate the use of chloropicrin, a lung-irritating soil fumigant, which was measured just shy of state limits in August 2023 in Oxnard — a city that touts itself as the strawberry capital of the world.

From the sprawling vineyards of the Bay Area to the strawberry fields of the Central Coast and orchards of the Central Valley, California remains an agricultural juggernaut, producing more fruits, vegetables and nuts than any other state in the nation.