Drilling Deeper For Water In The Central Valley

Most Californians are feeling the effects of the drought.. But in big areas of the state, where people rely on groundwater, the pain of this drought is especially severe. Wells are going dry and there’s intense competition to find more water that’s underground. Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report Federal and Los Angeles County health officials have confirmed the first death of a person with monkeypox in California. The L.A. County resident was severely immunocompromised and had been hospitalized with the virus. Unlike the rest of the country, gas prices in California have been on the rise. That's after they dropped from record highs earlier this summer. Reporter: Ted Goldberg, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices