World Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ Associated Press Aug 15, 2025 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — After waking early to stand in line for an hour under the August heat, Rana Odeh returns to her tent with her…
Columnists Could ocean water slake state’s thirst? By Dan Walters Nov 18, 2022 “Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.”
Guest Perspectives State’s climate change agenda lacks specifics By Dan Walters Aug 19, 2022 With the Legislature close to adjourning its 2022 session, Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a series of decrees and demands that, he says, will se…
State California nixes plant, but says open to desalination By AMY TAXIN Associated Press May 13, 2022 HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California officials have nixed a proposal for a $1.4 billion desalination plant but say they're open to growi…
Local News Former Redwood City Council candidate seeks Assembly seat Corey Browning Daily Journal staff Mar 29, 2022 Tania Solé, an entrepreneur and past Redwood City Council Candidate, is running for Assembly District 21, the new district covering the easter…
Columnists Not a drop to drink By Greg Wilson Updated Aug 24, 2021 Stories about the drought — a word that, frankly, is just a euphemism for climate change — appear regularly in the news these days. Just last …
Columnists Bridging troubled waters By Greg Wilson Dec 19, 2020 I’d hoped to be hearing the gentle tapping of rain on my roof while writing this column, but no. While we did receive a nice little bit of rai…
