A long-simmering Northern California case over water use restrictions tinged with racial overtones ended Tuesday with a settlement. Siskiyou County and Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue reached an agreement with the putative class over what the latter called discriminatory traffic stops and improper search and seizure methods. The class — which includes over 1,000 people, many of whom are Asian American and live in a rural part of the county called Shasta Vista — sued in 2022. They claimed the sheriff and county used water ordinances to deprive them in an area with no public water system. County officials said they needed the ordinances to fight illegal cannabis grows. On Tuesday, Chief U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley approved the settlement agreement between the two sides.