Over the last decade, water bills in Los Angeles County have risen nearly 60% on average, outpacing inflation and adding to financial strain for low-income households, according to a UCLA report. The ...

When the reservoirs that provide water to Corpus Christi, Texas, dropped to just a tenth of their full capacity, officials knew they needed to take drastic action. Forecasts projected the city, which ...

First the sun turned red. Then it vanished in the smoke from the fires on the coast. I was driving in rural California, heading toward my farm in the Central Valley—and from almost a hundred miles ...

Progress regarding inflation has stalled across most sectors of the economy, with a month-over-month increase of 0.4% and a year-over-year increase of 3.5%. Disinflation has stopped, with recent ...

Aerial view of farmlands near Maricopa, at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, where the California Aqueduct brings water from the north. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Over the last decade, ...