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In this season of drought, some communities will fare better than others will because some water providers have done more -- and for longer -- to cut per capita water use and expand water storage.
A dry California landscape.
Like California's depleted reservoirs, Republicans' water politics keep coming up empty.
It's hard to know whether the Central Basin Municipal Water District's fiscal chaos is worse than its organizational chaos. What's certain is that the district is in hot water up to its neck.
Lake San Antonio, which is near the Monterey/San Luis Obispo county border, was found to be nearly dry on January 15, 2014.
The hills are not green. In places, they are not even brown. They look almost alkaline. Gray. Sickly, like something's bled from the land.
California's drought is bad, really bad. So is drought politics.
Rep. David Valadao says current federal regulations divert water from farms to the Delta smelt, a small three-inch fish. He wants more of that water to go toward farmers. | Photo: Courtesy Peter Johnsen/USFWS
A bill by Central Valley lawmakers would halt the restoration of the San Joaquin River and send more water to farmers, but opponents say such legislation would make no difference in the drought.
Sprinklers water a golf course in Southern California.
The head of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California said the agency will double its efforts to encourage residential water conservation.
Photo: Courtesy Chryss Yost
A wine shortage? Higher prices? Weaker vines? KCET Food wine writer George Yatchisin talks to winemakers in Santa Barbara County about this year's water shortage.
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The Central Coast coho could be gone south of the Golden Gate.
Tomato plant in bloom. | Photo by Linda Ly
One has to wonder if it's safe to start tomatoes this month as opposed to early spring.
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Let your lawn die. That's right, cut it off. No more water.
A family of black bears in the Lake Tahoe area. | Photo courtesy NV Dept. of Wildlife.
Black bears eating garbage near Lake Tahoe when they should be hibernating is a result of the severe drought in California and Nevada.
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