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  • California farmers flood fields to boost groundwater basin

    AMY TAXIN, Associated Press|Updated Mar 28, 2023

    A field that has long grown tomatoes, peppers, and onions now looks like a wind-whipped ocean as farmer Don Cameron seeks to capture the runoff from a freakishly wet year in California to replenish the groundwater basin that is his only source to water his crops. Taking some tomatoes out of production for a year is an easy choice if it means boosting future water supplies for his farm about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southwest of Fresno. He's pumping 300 acre-feet a day -...

  • Gunman in Southern California mass shooting knew his victims

    STEFANIE DAZIO and AMY TAXIN, Associated Press|Updated Apr 1, 2021

    Apr 01, 2021 6:56PM ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - The gunman who killed four people and critically wounded a fifth at a Southern California office building knew all the victims and apparently before opening fire chained shut the gates to two entrances, delaying police from getting inside, authorities said Thursday. Among the victims of the "horrific massacre" Wednesday afternoon was a 9-year-old boy who was found cradled in the arms of a woman believed to be his mother, Orange County...

  • Evacuation orders lifted for many Californians who fled fire

    CHRISTOPHER WEBER and AMY TAXIN, Associated Press|Updated Oct 31, 2020

    Oct 29, 2020 9:20 AM LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thousands of Californians were allowed to return to their homes Wednesday as calmer winds helped firefighters beat back two wind-driven wildfires that had spurred widespread evacuations. Roughly 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate Monday after the wildfires broke out in brushy hills above cities in Southern California's Orange County amid fierce winds and extremely dry weather conditions. On Wednesday, evacuation orders were lifted f...