NewsMax - Online (August 12, 2014) - In the long term, California will probably move away from commodity crops produced in bulk elsewhere to high-value products that make more money for the water used, said Richard Howitt, a farm economist at the University of California at Davis.
San Francisco Chronicle (August 8, 2014) - As cities brace for rationing and many California farmers yank out trees and fallow land for crops, growers and dairy farmers on 240,000 acres along the San Joaquin River near Los Banos are comparatively awash in water.
The Huffington Post (August 9, 2014) - Some overindulged their zucchini patch. Others didn't bother with that dripping kitchen sink. But now every Monday night in this drought-stricken beach town, dozens of residents who violated their strict rations take a seat at Water School, hoping to get hundreds of thousands of dollars in distressing penalties waived. University of California, Davis, professor Jay Lund, who directs the Center for Watershed Sciences, laughed when he heard about Santa Cruz's approach, but he said it might catch on.
CBS, San Francisco (August, 19, 2014) - California’s drought may lead to the extinction of a tiny fish holding onto dwindling habitat in Tuolumne County. Researchers with the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences last week set out to find the Red Hills roach, a minnow-like fish that lives in creeks and spring-fed pools.
The Sacramento Bee (August 23, 2014) - On average, rain and snow storms drop about 200 million acre-feet of water on California each year – 65 trillion gallons of the life-giving liquid.
The Huffington Post (August 28, 2014) - Residents of a poor Central California community relying on bottled water after their wells ran dry paint a grim picture of what could happen across the state as the record-breaking drought continues to plague the West.
The Washington Post (August 29, 2014) - The Washington Post invited the Center's Richard Howitt and Jay Lund to bust some popular misperceptions about California's drought.
The Seattle Times (August 30, 2014) - California growers have adapted to the record-low rainfall by installing high-technology irrigation systems, watering with treated municipal wastewater and even recycling waste from the processing of pomegranates to feed dairy cows.
San Jose Mercury News (August 31, 2014) - How much money drought-stricken California should spend to build new dams was a big part of the debate over the bill that Gov. Jerry Brown signed last month to put a $7.5 billion water bond on the November ballot.
KQED (September 1, 2014) - If, like many Californians, you’ve been on El Niño Watch, you’re no-doubt confused by now. It’s happening. It’s not happening. But whether it is or isn’t might matter less than you think.
