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An Escondido avocado farm is testing a growing technique that may help the fruit thrive with less water in the middle of California’s drought.

Officials from the northern state of Durango are touring U.S. cities to encourage Mexican immigrant associations to raise money, send food donations, and are reaching out to local companies for corporate charity.

Airs Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, March 3 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2

California’s largest lake, the Imperial Valley’s Salton Sea, is poised to begin shrinking at an unprecedented speed this year. The retreat is raising concerns about the future of a place that is considered both an ecological treasure and a looming public health disaster.

Rising floodwaters sent at least 14,000 residents fleeing inundated homes in San Jose, California, and forced the shutdown of a major freeway Wednesday.

The governor signed legislation that speeds up $1 billion in water infrastructure spending amid the worst drought in a generation, although much of the plan was drawn with future dry years in mind.

Global warming looms large in the Southwest as rising temperatures threaten to diminish already scarce water supplies.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is weighing whether to cut water deliveries more than 10 percent this summer due to the continuing drought.

Oceanside may become the first North County city to pipe reclaimed water into the fountains and pool in front of city hall.

Hundreds of people have evacuated their homes because of fires in California, New Mexico and Arizona. A heat wave across the region is contributing to the problem — and in some cases, setting records.