Byron Bethany Irrigation District
Shareholder at Somach, Simmons and Dunn, a natural resources law firm, and general counsel for the Byron Bethany Irrigation District, in Contra Costa County, a water district suing the State Water Resources Control Board over water rights
The Drought Means a Flood of Lawsuits in California Mario Arnaudo is manger of the Arnaudo Brothers farm near Tracy in California's central valley. He's a fifth-generation cattle farmer, who bought land in the 1960's — with water rights that were granted before 1914. But two weeks ago, the pumps were turned off and there's no water now in his irrigation canal.
What AMLO Means to Los Angeles Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador has forged a special connection to Angelenos and Mexican-Americans.
No end in sight More than 800,000 federal employees continue to go without pay in what could soon be the longest government shutdown yet.
Who are the political players in the LA teachers strike? Thousands of LA public school teachers are going to be back out on the picket lines for a second day. They walked off the job Monday after failing to reach a contract agreement with the LA Unified School District, despite months of negotiations.