October 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Since the start of the 2010 school year, thirsty students at Turlock High School can visit a “hydration station,” a state-of-the-art drinking fountain that provides filtered and chilled water. The high-tech fountain, which has also filled nearly 9,000 water bottles at Turlock...
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September 27, 2012, 12:09 AM
California’s water wars have shaped the course of the state’s economy and demography for more than a century. For farmers on the west side of the Central Valley, long dependent on federal and state water projects, climate change is introducing another factor into the water equation: salt.
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August 31, 2012, 12:05 AM
A bill the state Legislature approved this week would allow mobile home park residents who have been charged excessive water rates by their landlords to seek restitution. The bill, which is headed to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk, stems from a 2009 complaint [PDF] filed by residents of the...
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June 1, 2012, 12:05 AM
In the world of glass houses, Albert Robles could be accused of throwing stones. Robles is president of the Water Replenishment District of Southern California, which provides water to 43 thirsty cities in Los Angeles County. He is outraged that five of his municipal clients are refusing to...
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April 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
Many residents in low-income, unincorporated neighborhoods across California are living in substandard conditions. Within this React & Act, you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions and more resources for the more than 1 million people living in California’s unincorporated communities.
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April 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
About 1.8 million Californians – primarily Latinos – live in low-income, unincorporated communities that lack sewers, clean drinking water, sidewalks, streetlights or gutters – infrastructure known to curb public health and safety risks. The U.S. Census Bureau only tracks some of them, and federal...
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April 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
California’s low-income unincorporated communities lack many public services, like sewer systems and clean water. Reporter Bernice Yeung spoke to residents about the challenges they face.
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April 6, 2012, 12:03 AM
About 1.8 million low-income and often Spanish-speaking Californians live in unincorporated communities that lack sewer systems, clean drinking water and other basic services.
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March 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
Nitrate contamination in groundwater from fertilizer and animal manure is severe and getting worse for hundreds of thousands of residents in California’s farming communities, according to a study released today by researchers at UC Davis. Nearly 10 percent of the 2.6 million people...
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March 12, 2012, 5:13 PM
Find out how some families and schools live with contaminated water, what possible treatments could be and more about how water becomes contaminated.
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December 16, 2011, 11:55 AM
It started in 2001 and mostly affected the very young and very old. Peoples’ hair would fall out, their skin would break out in rashes and their eyes would turn red after showers. “That was how people were hurt on the outside,” said Horacio Amezquita, manager of the San...
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November 29, 2011, 12:05 AM
A new report suggests that California agriculture already uses water efficiently and disputes the notion that conservation could free up large amounts of water for other uses. Increasing water efficiency would generate only 330,000 acre-feet per year of new water, according to the study [PDF...
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October 4, 2011, 12:05 AM
Calexico residents and community advocates will push for greater attention to the New River – considered the country’s most polluted waterway – at a public hearing tomorrow on Border 2020, a new bilateral plan to address the environmental and health problems at the U.S.-Mexico...
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May 3, 2011, 12:05 AM
Two years ago former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have made access to clean water a legislative mandate. Now community advocates and legislators are trying again. The Human Right to Water package – consisting of six bills – would expand efforts to improve...
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April 15, 2011, 12:06 AM
A dozen Southern California water districts have announced their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for setting aside acreage the districts say is unnecessary to support the survival of a threatened fish, the Santa Ana Sucker. “Water agencies are successfully conserving the...
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