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California is facing what some scientists are calling the worst drought in 1,000 years, and it is impacting not only the West Coast but also America, simply because the state produces so much of the nation’s fruit and vegetables. While ...

The city of Visalia, California, has given resident Gingi Freeman an impossible choice: get rid of the miniature goats she relies upon for milk for her babies or pay a $1,000-a-day fine. Freeman must give up her two pet Nigerian ...

Government can now use smart water meters to monitor your water use and enforce regulations. The city of Long Beach, California, is using the meters to enforce Governor Jerry Brown’s statewide 25 percent restriction on water use, CBS in Los ...

It will be illegal to hunt with lead ammunition in California this year after the state Fish and Wildlife Commission chose to phase in a ban on lead bullets earlier than expected. With non-lead ammo expected to cost about three ...

California fracking companies will be allowed to use all the water they want, even during the worst drought in the Golden State’s history. When Governor Jerry Brown ordered average Californians to cut their water use by 25 percent on April ...

The mega-drought in the west extends far beyond California, as new government data is predicting massive water shortages in the Colorado River Basin that could impact at least seven states. The shortages could threaten the water supplies for 40 million ...

California could run out of fresh water in one year, a top NASA scientist is warning, and the impact on the rest of the country’s food supply could be devastating. The Golden State’s supply of fresh water might be completely ...

Fracking is causing earthquakes in Oklahoma and other states, scientists from the US Geological Survey (USGS), the University of Colorado, the Oklahoma Geological Laboratory and Lawrence Berkley Laboratory have determined. A new paper published in the journal Science states that ...

Two young homeschooled children were taken from their mother because of a social worker’s improper reading of a blood test – and then kept in state custody for weeks even though the state’s own doctors said the children were perfectly ...

America’s food supply is under threat because California is experiencing its worst drought in more than 1,000 years, scientists say. Scientists who study tree rings say California is facing its worst drought in 1,200 years, The San Jose Mercury News ...