<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:18pt"><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; border-collapse: separate; "><div class="" style="border-top-color: rgb(199, 199, 199); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(199, 199, 199); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 385px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.3em; "><div class=""
style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 0.8125em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: none; width: 385px; line-height: 1.307692308em; font-style: italic; color: rgb(147, 0, 0); display: inline-block; "><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; font-style: normal; "><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196);
border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, Arial; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class="">There is a map showing how much of Trinity County went to "exceptional" drought. at the url for this article at:</h1><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px;
border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, Arial; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class=""><a href="http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80564520/" class="" style="">http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80564520/</a></h1><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px;
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Times, serif, Arial; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class="">There may be additional Shasta/Trinity reservoir water releases beyond planned ones to repel salt in the Delta, according to Brian Person of BOR. Additional releases are already occurring from Folsom Reservoir.</h1><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, Arial;
font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class=""><br></h1><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, Arial; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class="">-Tom Stokely </h1><div><br></div><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196,
196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, Arial; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class="">California's drought getting even worse, experts say</h1><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px;
border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, Arial; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(147, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; ">By Caitlin Owens</span></h1><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px;
margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, Arial; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(147, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; ">June 19, 2014, 5:30 p.m.</span></h1><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left:
0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, Arial; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px; "><br class="" style=""></span></h1><h1 style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.25em; font:
inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, Arial; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.125em; " class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px; ">California's drought conditions have worsened over the past week with the percentage of the state suffering from the highest category increasing, the National Weather Service said Thursday. </span></h1></span></div></div><div class="" style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top:
0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1rem; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375rem; "><div class="" style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1rem; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375rem; "><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color:
rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">"Exceptional" drought conditions have spread in Central California since a week ago, weather officials said. Areas in Northern California have also moved into this category since last week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.</div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196,
196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">Almost 33% of the state faces exceptional conditions. About 25% of the state faced those conditions last week.</div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid;
border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">Every part of California remains in what is considered severe drought. </div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">A year ago, no part of the state was in exceptional drought conditions, the weather service said.</div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font:
inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">The drought has prompted water conservation efforts as well as rationing in some parts of the state. L.A. saw record dry conditions this winter, and snowfall in the Sierras has also been significantly down.</div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;
-webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">But the political impact of the drought has been a subject of debate.</div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">A USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll in June
found most Californians surveyed say the statewide drought has had little or no impact on their daily lives, and a majority oppose the suspension of environmental protections or large-scale public spending to boost water supplies.</div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">Although 89%
characterize the drought as a major problem or crisis, only 16% say it has personally affected them to a major degree.</div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">Despite widespread news coverage of the drought the state's major population centers have largely escaped severe mandatory
rationing.</div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class="">Even agriculture, which as California's thirstiest sector is inevitably hit the hardest by drought, has partially compensated for reduced water delivery by pumping more groundwater. </div><div style="border-top-color: rgb(196,
196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.2em; " class=""><strong style="border-top-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-right-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-left-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid;
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