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Ryan Sabalow is a reporter at the Sacramento Bee.
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SACRAMENTO BEE: Weather forecasters don’t have a strong sense of what the season will hold for the state. This is mainly due to neutral conditions – neither cool nor warm – in the Pacific Ocean.
SACRAMENTO BEE: Another legal dispute has erupted over the regulation of water through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as a group of water agencies has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
SACRAMENTO BEE: Results of the spring survey tracking the number of delta smelt in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta found very few of the fish, which already have critically low numbers.
SACRAMENTO BEE: For the first time in more than a century, California is trying to regulate groundwater pumping. Complicated legal challenges and lengthy debates are expected, starting with the issue of who gets to decide how much water can be pumped.
Potentially toxic particles spread for miles across a critical California estuary in an algae bloom possibly triggered by drought.
SACRAMENTO BEE: Leakage in Water Distribution Lines a Growing Concern Statewide; Legislative Fix Proposed.
Sacramento Bee: At least 12 million drought-weakened trees have died across California as forest officials conduct more aerial surveys.
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