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How Much Water Do Californians Use and What Does A 20 Percent Cut Look Like?
A parched Folsom Lake, at less than 20 percent of capacity (photo courtesy of National Weather Service). This is not a good time for California’s umbrella industry. 2013 was one of the driest years on...
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How the Drought is Shrinking California’s Reservoirs [Visualization]
Data source: California Department of Water Resources This created for The Lowdown by Bay Area web developer Victor Powell, shows fluctuations since 2010 in California’s 30-largest reservoirs. As of...
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Burned Out: Why Western Wildfires Have Gotten Bigger, Hotter and More Out of...
The 2014 fire season was predicted to be a doozy, and so far it hasn’t failed to disappoint. Prolonged drought conditions throughout the West, felt particularly hard across the Golden State, have...
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After Driest January on Record, How Low Are California’s Reservoirs?...
Lake Oroville, then and now July 2011 (Paul Hames/CA DWR) August 2014 (Justin Sullivan/Getty) Despite some stormy days in December and a wet weekend ahead, California is bracing for...
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