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Of all the ground Governor Gavin Newsom covered in his first week in office, he already appears to be showing a commitment to improving the state’s…

In June of this year, the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Communications published a research article linking over-pumping of the San Joaquin…

Drive through the pomegranate and pistachio orchards between Highways 41 and 99 and you may stumble upon Valley Teen Ranch, a cluster of residential homes…

This is the third installment in our series Contaminated, in which we explore the 300 California communities that lack access to clean drinking water.…

In late April, we launched a series called “Contaminated” where our team explores communities in the region affected by water unsafe to drink. In our…

The Kern County city of Arvin has received funding to drill a new drinking water well to serve its nearly 21,000 residents. The EPA has agreed to provide…

In 2012, California made history when it became the first U.S. state to declare that clean drinking water is a human right. But five years later, nearly…

The rural Kings County community of Kettleman City, long plagued by unsafe drinking water, now has a clear path toward a clean water supply.The State…

A report released today highlights how widespread unsafe drinking water is in California—particularly in schools. Between 2003 and 2014, over 900 schools…

The state estimates that over a million Californians lack access to safe drinking water. After 15 years with arsenic contamination, one small Kern County…