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Oak Borer Could Wipe Out Trees From San Diego To Oregon

Workers once tore up a Phoenix parking lot and found nearly 200 ancient human burial sites under it, evidence of civilizations in centuries past. Commentator Craig Childs explores those worlds by trying to map the ancient world beneath the modern one.

The devastating wildfires threatening much of Southern California this week are being driven by a punishing combination of weather conditions: the worst drought in decades, and stronger than usual, hurricane-force Santa Ana winds. Even wildfire veterans are calling it a worst-case scenario.

Each year, Americans waste 33 million tons of food. Dana Gunders, a scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and author Jonathan Bloom discuss the economic and environmental impacts of food waste, and what can be done to fight the growing problem.

But Amount Lowest In Project History

There’s some positive news on the water front. State officials say they’ll be able to deliver about 50 percent of the water requested by California farmers and agencies this year. The initial allocation in December was only five-percent.

Gretchen Peters, author of Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda,, argues that going after the poppy problem in Afghanistan has to be a fundamental part of the war effort. And that for a strategy to succeed, she says, it has to be broad in scope.

Today, we'll learn more about the state's grim water supply outlook. The Department of Water Resources will do its monthly snow survey to measure how much water we can expect to get out of the snowpac

Years of drought and problems with the State Water Project may force cutbacks in California's water supply. We'll find out from the San Diego County Water Authority what it means for San Diego.

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue declared a state of emergency in 85 counties during the weekend, as a drought continued to plague much of the Southeast. Jackie Joseph, who lives on Lake Sidney Lanier, a dwindling reservoir that supplies the Atlanta area, and Gov. Perdue talk about Atlanta's water supply.