In reality, the water was directed to a dry lake basin elsewhere in the Central Valley – more than 100 miles north of Los ...

a climate and hydrology expert. "There's no physical connection. There's no way to move the water from where it is to the Los Angeles basin." Gleick, who co-founded the Pacific Institute ...

As wildfires swept through Los Angeles County last month, the New York Times published a commentary by former insurance commissioner Dave Jones, who suggested that oil companies should pay for the ...