Rachel Becker

A judge slaps the state with an injunction, saying it overstepped its authority: “There has been no…analysis or ability to challenge their conduct.”

Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in CA rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years.

Ranchers who defied a CA water order were only fined $50 each. Some fines can increase 20-fold under legislation headed to the governor.

The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk.

The fire is moving into areas where salmon are waiting to spawn. Experts worry that the Park Fire could be the deathblow to these fish.

Suppliers serving a third of Californians won’t need to cut water use, while Central Valley and desert cities face the most cuts.

A Kings County judge granted a temporary restraining order against the stat. Growers will not have to meter their groundwater use for now.

The new rules are substantially weaker than a previous proposal after an onslaught of criticism. But they will still cost $4.7 billion.

Casi 400 sistemas de agua que abastecen a casi un millón de californianos no cumplen con los requisitos estatales

Almost 400 suppliers, two-thirds in communities of color, don’t meet safety and reliability standards. Fixing them would cost billions.