News in Brief ¿Por Qué Llamamos a Los Inmigrantes Indocumentados ‘Aliens’ (Extranjeros)? Analizamos la historia de la palabra, ya que fue eliminada del léxico jurídico de California. Francie Diep
Economics The High Cost of California’s Drought A new analysis quantifies the impact of the drought in the world's eighth-largest economy. Francie Diep
Environment Six Terrible, Singularity University-Inspired Pitches for Disrupting California’s Drought An open application to the university’s Impact Challenge. Susie Cagle
News in Brief Why Did We Ever Call Undocumented Immigrants ‘Aliens’? We look at the history of the word as it's removed from California's legal lexicon. Francie Diep
Environment California Is Missing the Pineapple Express A new analysis of satellite data from 1979 onward offers details about the atmospheric conditions that have created California's current drought. Francie Diep
Environment Could Leasing Water Rights Provide a Way Out of the Drought for California? The state’s cities need water. Its farmers have it. Maybe leasing rights to it could solve the crisis responsibly. Abrahm Lustgarten
Economics Why Top Talent Must Flee Silicon Valley In order for tech workers to cash out on home equity, Proposition 13 forces them to move to another state. Jim Russell
Environment Californians Are Coping With Water Shortages in Some Wacky and Smart (and Desperate) Ways As summer heat compounds four years of drought, innovation has not yet run dry. Alisa Opar
News in Brief California’s Plan to Keep Guns From Criminals Is Overwhelmed by Rising Gun Sales California is the only state in the nation where agents can compare gun sales to court data to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, but a recent audit shows that the program is not living up to its potential. Kate Wheeling