Mark Arax

Fresno-based journalist and author of “The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California”

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California is forcing thousands of Central Valley farmers and landowners to make major cuts to their water use because the drought here is so severe right now.

A dire warning about California’s future — from the man who fixes wells that irrigate agriculture here

California is forcing thousands of Central Valley farmers and landowners to make major cuts to their water use because the drought here is so severe right now.

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