- Associated Press: California hydrants become target of water thieves
- Los Angeles Times: Heat, drought worsen smog in California, stalling decades of progress
- High Country News: California’s sweeping new groundwater regulations
- Stockton Record: Stockton turf company working to create drought-resistant grasses
- Central Valley Business Times: The future of California’s drought
- Physics Today: Will the coming El Niño save California’s agriculture?
- Eureka Times Standard: Rising seas: ‘Living on borrowed time’
- Chico Enterprise-Record: Editorial: Watch next steps closely on state’s water bond
- Statesman Journal: Fukushima radiation identified off northern California
- San Luis Obispo Tribune: Cambria desalination plant to start operating soon
- Maven’s Notebook: Calendar notes: “Mono Lake at 20: The Past, Present, and Future”; PPIC Event: “Managing Drought”, plus some interesting regional events in San Francisco, Modesto
- Maven’s Notebook: Reservoir and water conditions for October 10