Here's What Trump Gets Wrong About California's Water Supply
No, the state does not really have plenty of water.
Central Valley
The Trump Administration Calls for More Water and Less Regulation in California's Central Valley
The announcement prompted the California State Water Resources Control Board to postpone its vote on a proposal restricting agricultural water use in the Delta.
Scorched
For Central American migrants, the promise of work in the fields of California has dried up.
Stranded in California, Waiting for the Rain
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Urbanization Can Heat a Place as Much as Climate Change
The urban heat island effect is indeed very strong.
Pesticide Drift and the Politics of Scale in California's Central Valley
Toxic chemicals are sweeping across our nation's most important agricultural region and officials are using time-tested tactics not to find solutions, but to make the problem seem small and localized.
Finding Nutrition in the Food Deserts of California
In a state with agricultural export revenue totaling more than $18 billion annually, the Central Valley’s approximately 700,000 farm workers don’t earn enough to feed themselves properly.
Bees, Inc.: Save the Honeybee, Sterilize the Earth
A decade ago, people started panicking about the collapse of the honeybee population and the crash of our food supply. But today there are more honeybees than there were then. We have engineered our way to a frenzied and precarious new normal.