Drought Assails California’s Air as well as its Water
The drought now wracking California is obviously wreaking havoc with the state’s limited and shriveling water resources – withering crops and orchards... Read More
Cornucopia Fizzles in California
California has achieved a dubious distinction. According to Measure of America, a project of the Social Research Council, it is the most... Read More
Drought-Tolerant Landscaping is Part of the Solution to California’s Water Woes, and so is Population Stabilization
Xeriscaping is landscaping with drought-tolerant, preferably native plants. In recent decades, its popularity has grown in the American Southwest as acute water... Read More
California: The Drought Continues
People across the country haven’t heard much about California’s drought in recent months. But as Californians well know, that drought – the... Read More
Southwestern States Guzzling Groundwater till it’s Gone
UC Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) scientists have published a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters that for... Read More
The California Rains Didn’t End the Drought
The recent deluge of rain in California caused considerable inconvenience, including threats of flash floods and mudslides which made it necessary for... Read More
After a Lull, California’s Population Growth Rebounds
Just last year, a headline in the USC News proclaimed “a massive slowdown in California’s population growth.” Since then, however, the state... Read More
Freeeways or Parking Lots?: Los Angeles Has Nation's Worst Traffic Congestion
For most Californians, freedom of the road is nothing but a sad memory. And with the state’s population continuing to grow as... Read More
Los Angeles, Then and Now; Smaller was Better
One of my fondest memories of growing up in unspoiled Los Angeles during the 1950s is the Sunday drive my family took... Read More