LOS GATOS, Calif.—Companies that resist change don’t tend to last long in the caldron of innovation called Silicon Valley. Then there’s the Z.A. Macabee Gopher Trap Co.

Spring is here, and sprouting seeds are not the only living things stirring the warm, moist soil of California gardens. The gophers are stirring down there, too. It is now peak breeding season for the ...

This is a story about two little Los Gatos companies that were producing products in the United States, only to find their creations cloned by people in China who they say ultimately forced them into ...

Pocket gophers that invade yards are destructive pests. They damage and kill a variety of edible plants when they feed on roots, bulbs and other underground plant tissues. Gophers also gnaw on plastic ...