Pear Fair is an old fashioned fair in the small farming community of Courtland on the Sacramento River 20 miles south of Sacramento on Highway 160. Sunday, July 28th begins with 5 & 10 mile fun runs; ...

Matt Hemly shows a Bartlett pear still on a tree after harvest season while walking through one of the family orchards in Courtland in October 2015. The Hemly family has been growing pears for six ...

On the last Sunday in July, as the Central Valley bakes in the middle of summer, a small community within the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta sees its population grow tenfold for one day as ...

For the small town of Courtland along the Delta, the pair has been at the heart of their annual Pear Fair event. However, there growing concerns surrounding the future of the community tradition and ...