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Droughts are threatening California's water supply. The state is racing to save what's left.
The US faces a $625 billion cost to repair its drinking- and clean-water infrastructure.
Leila Jordan
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An ex-California official quietly stole over $1.5 million of water in a heist that lasted decades, but mysteries remain
A former California official pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal over $1.5 million of water, but …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Purified toilet water could soon be flowing through Californians' taps as the state battles drought
Regulators in drought-stricken California will let water companies pump purified wastewater, treate…
Ayelet Sheffey
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California's sudden jump from withering drought to violent floods is a warning for the whole world
California isn't just drying out. Paradoxically, it's also getting wetter, as shown by the forceful…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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How a California farmer is helping build a Black-led sustainable agriculture revolution
People of color are widely underrepresented in the farming community. Dennis Hutson has a mind to c…
Rebecca Strong
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Take a look at some of the lakes in California that have been swallowed up by the 'megadrought,' hitting record low levels
California is experiencing one of its worst droughts in years. The dry weather has turned massive l…
Grace Kay
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Aerial photos capture the devastation of the California drought that's shriveling vegetation and drying up reservoirs
This is the landscape in parts of California, which is experiencing a historic mega-drought that is…
Avery Hartmans
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Storms in California have led to high snowpack and great skiing conditions — but the deluge still may not be enough to fill the state's empty reservoirs after years of drought
The storms could be a win-win for skiers and California water, a third of which typically comes fro…
Kelsey Vlamis
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California's drought dried up a lake so much that it revealed a crashed plane, possibly solving a decades-old mystery
A plane was lost in a 1965 mid-air crash over Folsom Lake, California. New sonar images - helped by…
Mia Jankowicz
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WATCH: More than 80 wildfires torch the Western US
More than 80 wildfires are currently burning across the Western US, damaging homes and businesses a…
Samara Abramson,Olivia Nemec
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California farms have more than half a million acres unplanted this year due to drought, as food prices continue to climb
California farms have seen unplanted acres rise 36% from a year earlier, due to extreme drought and…
Michael Goodman
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Kim and Kourtney Kardashian are among celebrities accused of going over their monthly water budget as California weathers 3rd year of drought
Kim and Kourtney Kardashian and Dwayne Wade are among the biggest water users in this southern Cali…
Lloyd Lee
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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom asks California residents to cut water use by 15% as drought ravages the state
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to "encourage" voluntary water conservation …
Natalie Musumeci
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Images from space show California's forests and lakes drying out in a record mega-drought
Satellite images show the climate crisis playing out across the western US. Drought and heat are tr…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Photos show the 'bathtub ring' along a parched Los Angeles reservoir as California's drought grows more dire
A drought emergency has been declared in 41 California counties. Dramatic images show one reservoir…
Ted Soqui
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Drought maps show the western US at its driest in 20 years - a ticking time bomb for even more fires and power failures
Key water reservoirs were already alarmingly dry when a heat wave blanketed the western US, straini…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Madison Hall
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The US could be facing its worst drought in 1,200 years, and summer hasn't even reached its peak yet.
The warning from experts came just as California's reservoirs and lakes hit record-low water levels…
Cheryl Teh
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California just avoided blackouts, but experts say the risk remains for the rest of the season
Experts say the high temperatures and drought conditions strain the power grid, increasing the risk…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Photos show historically low reservoirs across California as drought and a heat wave threaten power plants
A key Northern California power plant will likely have to shut down for the first time this summer,…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Middle class Americans are moving straight into fire and drought because they can't afford to live in the cities that are safer from climate change
Rather than leaving areas at high risk of natural disasters and other climate issues, more American…