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The agency running Hearst Castle must comply with Gov. Brown's executive order addressing the drought.
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More than 230 crops are grown in California's Central Valley, including half of the country's nuts, fruits, and veggies. (Ninety percent of the world's almond supply is also grown here.) So we need to do something about this drought.
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As if the bees didn't have it tough enough already, the drought is taking away their food. And with it, our honey.
Clouds over Los Angeles.
Spring, with its days of overcast, was always a cause for disappointment for me and my ideas of a perfectly sunny SoCal. The drought has changed all that.
Photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/">Kevin Dooley</a>/Flickr/<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">Creative Commons</a>
Even in the middle of drought, you can still be a responsible steward of the lawn.
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2014 is on track to be one of the worst years for rattlesnake bite in the last decade, according to figures provided by the California Poison Control System
A campground in Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
A state water board has restricted 11 national forests from certain water uses during the drought.
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To create coffee, you need a ton of water. In our current drought conditions, is it worth it?
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Glaciers and ice sheets in western Antarctica are melting, there's nothing we can do to stop it, and the result will be a 10-foot rise in sea level within the next century or two. That's according to new reports by NASA scientists scheduled for publica...
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A community in Mar Vista swaps out their green lawns for earth-friendly alternatives.
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The California agency that manages the state's massive State Water Project has released a drought management plan for the summer, and it includes bad -- but not particularly surprising -- news for the Central Valley's wetlands.
Drought-tolerant Autumn Sage flowers bloom in the parkway of an Elmer Avenue residence in Sun Valley, irrigated by stormwater runoff from the street.
On this particular street, the sound of mariachi, ranchera, Latin ballads, and techno music blast out of household stereos, a common soundtrack for the eastern SFV. But here, amidst sidewalk-less suburban streets, this block looks rather different.
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