Table olive harvest ongoing in valley

IN the pictures, from the bottom this time: Elliott Patton releases bins of olives from a tractor; Patton and Felix Barbo pick leaves and other debris from harvested olives; and Barbo stacks bins to be moved and stored in the shade.

The pictures were taken yesterday at the La Conda Ranch in Corning.

The harvest of table olives is ongoing in the Central Valley. It's a decent sized crop -- much better than last year -- but the work to harvest it is slow because of the labor shortage that we and other news organizations have been reporting on this year.

For my story on the olive harvest, check CapitalPress.com later today.