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Gov. Jerry Brown favors high-speed rail over water-catching infrastructure in parched California, which may harm the Democrats' chances of holding retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer's seat. (Associated Press)

California water crisis could leave Democrats high and dry in 2016

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Synthetic grass looks much like the real thing, and saves a lot of water. (Synthetic grass Warehouse)

Gov. Jerry Brown gets a suggestion: Mandatory fake grass would cure the California drought

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

During a tour of the Capitol in July, rabbis and imams from abroad take time to look at a statue of Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish missionary. The Muslim and Jewish clerics were on an interfaith tour of the United States. "Here in the United States, there is much more cooperation between Jews and Muslims than in Europe," said Rabbi Izhak Dayan, the chief rabbi of Geneva. (The Washington Times)

San Diego bishop: Don’t remove Junipero Serra from U.S. Capitol

Catholic News Agency

Oases: Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown is instituting statewide mandatory water reductions on residents. Republicans are striking back, saying such draconian policies will not save the Golden State from its drought. (Associated Press)

Jerry Brown California drought water conservation rules spark Republican backlash

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

California Gov. Jerry Brown waits for reporters after a three-hour meeting on the drought with agricultural, environmental and urban water agency leaders from across California, Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at his Capitol office in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Brown proposes dropping major part of twin-tunnel project

Associated Press

Illustration on the California drought and its causes by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

TRAVIS ALLEN: Democrats to blame for California drought

By Travis Allen

Homes with swimming pools border the desert of this neighborhood Friday, April 3, 2015, in Cathedral City, Calif. California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered officials Wednesday to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack in 65 years of record-keeping. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

EDITORIAL: California drought

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Gov. Jerry Brown, center, talks Mark Cowin, left, director of the California Department of Water Resources, and Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the DWR, near Echo Summit, Calif., Wednesday, April 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Drought: California taking sweeping steps to conserve water

By Fenit Nirappil and Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

$California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks as protesters opposing fracking hold up signs during the general session at the California Democrats State Convention in Los Angeles on March 8, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**$

California Gov. Jerry Brown blasts GOP immigration lawsuit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question concerning the announcement by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, left, that the federal government is offering up to $50 million for drought relief in western states during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The additional funding includes about $20 million for California's Central Valley Water Project for efforts such as water transfers, drought monitoring for endangered species and diversifying water supplies.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Federal government to boost drought funding by $50 million

By Fenit Nirappil - Associated Press

Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, will retired in 2016. (Associated Press)

Barbara Boxer announces retirement for 2016

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

California Gov. Jerry Brown (center) is greeted by lawmakers on the floor of the Assembly Chambers before his inauguration at the state Capitol Monday. He laid out ambitious 2030 goals for combating global warming, led by a 50 percent drop in petroleum use by cars and trucks. (Associated Press)

Jerry Brown pushes climate change agenda in California

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures while delivering his inaugural address at the state Capitol Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif. When Brown takes the oath of office Monday, it will be the first time a California governor will be sworn in to a fourth term. The 76-year-old Democrat, who held office from 1975 to 1983 before term limits and returned for a third term in 2011, delivered a joint inauguration and state of the state address in the Assembly chamber at the state Capitol. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California governor toughens climate change goals

By Judy Lin - Associated Press

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Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his re-election while taking with reporters at his Capitol office in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

EDITORIAL: Tarnish on the Golden State

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this photo taken Nov. 12, 2014, Lydia Holland fills up at a gas station in Sacramento, Calif. The United States and China can look to California as an example of the costs and challenges of fighting global warming, since the state has imposed some of the world&#8217;s toughest air quality standards as it moves to lower emissions. The state has opted to impose extra costs on businesses that emit pollutants, with projections that a spike in fuel prices will hit consumers next year as fuels including gasoline are included under California&#8217;s cap-and-trade program.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California leads by example on climate change

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 2014, file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown poses in his Capitol office in Sacramento, Calif. Incumbent Brown faces Republican Neel Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official who has never held elective office, in the November election. Brown, 76, is on the verge of doing what no one else has ever done in California: get elected to a fourth term as governor. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Brown: California needs long-term vision on water

By JULIET WILLIAMS - Associated Press

Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during a gubernatorial debate with Republican challenger Neel Kashkari in Sacramento, Calif., in this Sept. 4, 2014, file photo. Brown announced Sunday, Sept. 28, that he has signed a bill that makes California the first in the nation to define when "yes means yes" and adopt requirements for colleges to follow when investigating sexual assault reports. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Governor signs bill for lawyers for immigrant kids

Associated Press

California Gov. Jerry Brown (left) shakes hands with Republican challenger Neel Kashkari before a gubernatorial debate in the state capital of Sacramento. (Associated Press)

Longshot Neel Kashkari challenges Jerry Brown for California governor

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Hollywood sign is seen from near the top of Beachwood Canyon, adjacent to Griffith Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Governor signs bill raising Hollywood tax credits

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press