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 ...
Virginia Shanahan, left, Stephanie Gomez, right, and Francis Mankin, second from right, sort almonds along with other workers at Blue Diamond Almonds in Sacramento in 2011. On Friday, June 6, 2025, ...
It's a moment that Sacramento has sought to avoid for decades. Blue Diamond Growers, the 115-year-old almond cooperative that made Sacramento the world's almond capital and became an economic linchpin ...