The $180 Rain Bird ST8I-WiFi is an eight-zone system designed for internal mounting only. (The ST8O, which is clad in a weatherproof case for outdoor use, costs $229 but is otherwise the same product.

Anthony “Tony” LaFetra, president and CEO of Azusa-based Rain Bird Corporation and University of La Verne trustee, died Thursday, Jan. 28, from an undiagnosed cancer at the age of 80, his ...

Irrigation equipment maker Rain Bird Corp. added color stripes to plastic tubing to help identify different drip-watering zones. In an Azusa, Calif., plant, Rain Bird extrudes the half-inch ...