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Continue reading the main story Video Filling a Reservoir With ‘Shade Balls’ A municipal district in California has been filling its reservoirs with thousands of black balls in an effort to reduce evaporation and deter birds. By LAS VIRGENES MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT on Publish Date August 12, 2015. Watch in Times Video » Facing a…
I was asleep when I heard the door rattle against the frame. My eyes flashed open and I sprung upright in my under-desk sleep space. Was it all over? Had someone come to work early? I peered over my desk, afraid of what I might see. The morning sun burned through the chicken-scratch graffiti of…
In the midst of a historic drought, Californians have no way of knowing who’s guzzling the most water. That’s not an accident. It’s by design, thanks to an obscure 1997 measure that weakened one of the state’s chief open government laws, the California Public Records Act. For the source of this legislation, look no further…
Los Angeles spends more than $100 million a year coping with homelessness, including as much as $87 million that goes to arrests, skid row patrols and mental health interventions, according to a report released Thursday. City librarians, recreation and parks, sanitation and paramedics also devote significant resources to handling homeless people, without clear guidelines or…
Photo Houseboats are dwarfed by the steep banks of Lake Don Pedro in La Grange, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown ordered mandatory water restrictions on Wednesday to deal with the drought. Credit Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Video close media-action-overlay California’s Extreme Drought, Explained The state is experiencing the worst drought in its history. Find out just how…
Photo: St. Pauli Pinklet Zurück via SFGate No one wants to confront a public urinator. Aside from the sketchy stranger factor, any good samaritan-slash-neighborhood nag will have the laws of hydraulics working against them and should thus think twice, for the same reasons you don’t sneak up behind someone operating a garden hose. In effort…
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — An Orange County, Calif., attorney has filed a proposed ballot measure with the California Attorney General’s office asking voters to criminalize homosexuality in the state and impose a death penalty sentence. The filing, submitted along with the required fee of $200, will allow attorney Matthew G. McLaughlin to begin the process…