Tag Archives: Drought

Where water should be flowing, a dry irrigation ditch is filled instead with a row of shacks–yet another sign of the drought. "Because of the problem right now that the state is facing of water deliveries not coming in where the farms [could be] producing crops and could more or less put people to …

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Diana Marcum, an LA Times writer, has been awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Her piece on the California drought, beat out a Boston Globe article on a rare whale and a New Yorker recreation of a young man’s imprisonment. "Scene from California’s Dust Bowl" covered farming issues …

Fresno County leaders are headed on a five day trip to Washington D.C. that could have an impact on the Valley for decades. The Fresno Council of Governments organizes the trip and calls it One Voice. Two dozen public officials and business owners from Fresno County will meet with Congressmen …

Water experts say the very system that delivers water to our homes and businesses, is making the state’s drought even worse! They say some cities have pipes that are at least a century old, and everyday, hundreds of gallons of water are leaking out of these pipes. "There are many …

With rain on the way that means a new water conservation rule will be put to the test for the first time. It is now illegal to run your sprinklers for 48 hours after measurable rain. It’s just one of Governor Brown’s new statewide mandates to save water, but in …

Homeowners are deciding to build pools now before any potential bans are put in place on construction. Some communities across the state have already passed water restrictions for swimming pools. The Town of Coalinga established a ban on new pool construction at one point and there’s also a ban in Montecito near Santa Barbara. Family …

On Thursday, dozens of lawmakers gathered at Selma City Hall, disappointed over Governor Jerry Brown’s recent $ 1-billion emergency drought package. Part of the Governor’s billion dollar emergency drought package would give the Valley some food, and bottled water.   The local elected officials we spoke to on Thursday say …