World & Nation
Dozens of the children of Michigan’s lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint have turned their trauma into advocacy 10 years after it began.
California
Hundreds of volunteers searched thousands of acres around the waterway where the teens were last seen.
The outflow of untreated sewage into California’s coastal waters has created environmental, health and economic problems for residents living on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Climate & Environment
States that rely on the Colorado River are at an impasse in talks on rules to address water shortages. California, Arizona and Nevada are at odds with other states.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is promoting a $20-billion plan for a water tunnel. The Metropolitan Water District’s board voted to spend $141 million for initial costs.
A mother and her son, a UCLA freshman, fought to save their house in Pacific Palisades, using a hose to keep the flames at bay while hundreds of their neighbors’ homes burned.
Letters to the Editor
‘Peak water’ is here, and the Colorado River is over-allocated. A reader says it’s time to think big and build a massive water pipeline to the river.
Federal officials release a proposal outlining options for new, long-term rules for managing chronic water shortages from the overtapped Colorado River.
The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California censures member John Morris for making a racist remark about an Arab American employee.
The first snowpack survey of the season in the Sierra Nevada shows that L.A.’s water supply looks good right now. But there are warning signs that we are in for dry seasons in the coming months.