Maia Krache of member station KQED in San Francisco reports on efforts to get federal protection for the delta smelt, a tiny fish which lives only in California’s Sacramento/San Joaquin river delta. The fish is threatened by a reduced flow of fresh water into the delta. But many say releasing more water to save the […]
In the first of a four-part series, The World’s Jason Margolis looks at the impact of the economic downturn on immigrant life here. California has roughly a quarter of the nation’s 12 million undocumented immigrants. And many work out in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley. When hard times hit, they have little to […]