This story appears in the April 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a blistering day in the megalopolis that is southern California, Shivaji Deshmukh of the Orange County Water District ...

The California wildfires have exposed the flaws in our environmental ... hindered efforts to control the fires and protect ...

Heading several miles slightly southeast of North Fork in Madera County will lead you to a unique destination: the geographic center of California ... became part of the National Oceanic and ...