Friday Top of the Scroll: As California drought worsens, Newsom urges residents to cut water use
As a heat wave exacerbates California’s drought, Gov. Gavin Newsom asked residents Thursday to voluntarily cut their water use by 15% and extended an emergency drought declaration to nearly every Bay Area county. Those measures were the latest in a series of modest steps Newsom has taken to encourage Californians to conserve and to make it easier for state regulators to curtail use for farmers and water agencies. Newsom said urgent action is needed because conditions in the state “continue to devolve,” with sparse rainfall and higher-than-normal temperatures — and a heat dome forecast to scorch the West Coast this weekend.
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