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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    With so much rain and snow lately, how is California capturing all the water?

    California got about 18 trillion gallons of rain in February, which is enough to fill 27 million Olympic-sized pools. California’s Sierra Nevada got 500 inches of snow -- about as tall as a three-story building.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 1, 2019 • 1 min read

    California got about 18 trillion gallons of rain in February, which is enough to fill 27 million Olympic-sized pools. California’s Sierra Nevada got 500 inches of snow -- about as tall as a three-story building. These wet winter storms have also led to severe flooding along the Russian River in Northern California. In Southern California, where is all this water going? What’s being done to capture this precious resource?

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    How everyday violence affects school kids in South LA
    1. 0:00With so much rain and snow lately, how is California capturing all the water?You’re reading this
    2. 8:11California is stuck with PG&E -- the utility responsible for wildfires
    3. 15:20YouTube steps in after sexual predators leave lascivious comments on innocent videos of girls
    4. 22:54The dangers South LA kids face just getting to and from school
    5. 34:16Does never-before-seen footage make ‘Apollo 11’ documentary worthwhile?
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