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 Water sprays from a sprinkler.
Effective Wednesday, outdoor watering is restricted to two days per week with watering permitted at odd-numbered street addresses on Mondays and Fridays, and at even-numbered addresses on Thursdays and Sundays. All watering will have to be done in the evening or early morning, with no watering permitted outdoors between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Farmer Joe Del Bosque, of Los Banos, watches as a tractor driven by his employee destroys a 70-acre organic asparagus field in Firebaugh, California.
The so-called “exchange contract” has created a surreal split-screen effect: One group of farmers has ample water. Another has almost none.
Golden trout on Cottonwood Creek in the High Sierra | Photo: Anthony Greco, some rights reserved
Three-quarters of California's salmon and trout species are in danger of extinction. What can we learn from the ones that aren't?
Signs warn of sewage contamination on beach at Border Field State Park | Photo: Brian Auer, some rights reserved
Neither the U.S. or Mexican federal government has responded to the 145 million-gallon spill that befouled rivers and beaches.
Below the Oroville Dam on February 18, 2017 | Photo: Florence Low / California Department of Water Resources
The repair bill should go to those who use the water.
A Chinook salmon in the "parr" or fry stage | Photo: Oregon State University, some rights reserved
Flooding along the banks of the Sacramento may be a boon to young salmon... if they survive long enough to get there.
Lemon orchard in the Cadiz valley | Photo: Cadiz, Inc.
The company behind a plan to ship water from a desert aquifer to thirsty California cities responds to its critics.
Dead trees in the Sierra Nevada
When fire can't thin forests, we get more trees than we'd have otherwise — and now there isn't enough water to keep them all alive.
California Aqueduct
A scaled-back alternative to the Delta Tunnels is completely new, and must go through thorough environmental review.
Dianne Feinstein Getty Images
It’s likely that Dianne Feinstein won’t be remembered for the desert lands she helped save, but for the damage she did to the Bay and Delta.
Sign at the Oceti Sakowin Camp, Standing Rock
Sunday’s action by the Army Corps was huge. But that “black snake” is still wriggling.
The Cadiz Dunes with the Old Woman Mountains in the background
The Mojave Desert's Old Woman Mountains are a real-life history book. Their wildlife and water deserve lasting protection.
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