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The California Department of Water Resources issued its lowest initial estimate on how much water will be delivered from the State Water Project next year.

San Diego residents are not conserving enough water and may soon face mandatory rationing, Mayor Jerry Sanders warned again today.

The San Diego County Water Authority says nearly 60 percent of our drinking water is used for lawns and other landscaping. Mandatory outdoor water restrictions means some lawns will go brown this summer. But, as KPBS Environment Reporter Ed Joyce tells us, some people are pulling up their grass. It's part of our week-long series: "H2NO: San Diego Going Dry."

San Diego is technically a desert. But you wouldn't know it from the lush lawns and landscaping. With record drought conditions upon us, does it make sense to continue living the way we do? We'll talk

Host Bob Edwards and Ken Hackett of Catholic Relief Services discuss the looming hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa and Southern Africa. Hackett says millions of Africans already are affected by drought and could be without food by March. Making the problem worse is the AIDS pandemic. He says relief agencies desperately need more help from international organizations and donor countries.

Although the economy has been growing since mid-2009, the pace has been too slow to absorb the nearly 14 million people without jobs. Today, 46 million Americans receive the federal government's help when buying food, which is roughly 15 percent of the population.

The California Department of Water Resources says it will increase the amount of water delivered from the state water project this year. KPBS Environment Reporter Ed Joyce says local water agencies wi

A rash of firefighter injuries has prompted California fire officials to order a safety review. That's because the drought has created some rough fire conditions. From Sacramento, Jenny O'Mara reports

The mandatory water restrictions that have been implemented throughout San Diego County could be just the beginning. As the first part of our series, "H2NO: San Diego Going Dry," we speak to KPBS Environment Reporter Ed Joyce about the three main factors that are affecting San Diego's water sources, and to discuss what could happen to our water supply in the future.

Wrenching images of the famine in Somalia, haunting memories of their own and a hope their efforts might lead to a more stable future keep the bright-eyed youth determined to help their motherland.