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The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn that lasted for a decade for some countries, including the U.S. We'll look at what life was like - especially for women - during the 1930s in San Diego.

After 15 years, a countywide program that has saved billions of gallons of water is ending. The San Diego County Water Authority's rebate voucher program ends this month. Joanne Faryon has the story.

Parts of Australia are getting drier than ever — so dry that some cities are scrambling to adapt by finding new water sources before it's too late. Perth has just opened the continent's first reverse-osmosis desalination plant — and it's run on wind power.

San Diego County's Otay Water District is close to becoming a major reclaimed water customer. KPBS Reporter Erik Anderson has details.

The deadly conflict in Darfur has deep roots in a vast, arid and long-neglected region in Sudan's west, where battles over water and grazing rights stretch back generations. Scarce resources exacerbate ethnic tensions between black African tribes and Arab-speaking pastoralists and fuel the fighting.

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After five years, James Morris is leaving his post as head of the U.N.'s World Food Program. He says he will remain haunted by the knowledge that 400 million children are living in hunger. He says it's a problem that the world should be able to resolve.

How will the City of San Diego be affected by the state budget cuts? Why did the City Council vote in favor of SDG&E's Emergency Power Shut-Off Plan? We speak to City Council President Ben Hueso about the budget cuts, SDG&E's controversial plan, and reducing local water consumption.

A United Nations panel released a highly anticipated report Friday about global warming. It concluded that the heavy use of fossil fuels is heating the planet, and could have dangerous consequences in the foreseeable future.

This week, the U.S. Forest Service lifted a moratorium on prescribed burns in Cleveland National Forest. A prescribed burn is when firefighters intentionally burn dry brush to reduce fire hazard. The