Water Theft Hits Record Levels During Drought | July 30

On the July 30 episode of “SoCal Update,” in the midst of a historic drought, the water in the Antelope Valley pipeline mysteriously disappeared. Julie Cart from CalMatters brings us the story of a new wave of water thieves and their connections with unlicensed marijuana farms.

Read more at CalMatters.org: "Thieves are Stealing California’s Scarce Water. Where’s It Going? Illegal Marijuana Farms."