SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown declared an finish to California’s historic drought Friday,lifting emergency orders that had forced residents to halt running sprinklers as often and encouraged them to rip out thirsty lawns during the states driest four-year period on record. The drought strained native fish that migrate up rivers and forced farmers in the nation’s leading agricultural state to rely heavily on groundwater, with some tearing out orchards. It also dried up wells, and forcing hundreds of families […]
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