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‘It’s Like Groundhog Day’: Another Year of Drought

Ericka Cruz GuevarraEzra David RomeroMaria EsquincaAlan Montecillo
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California’s third year of drought is part of a 22-year megadrought gripping the American Southwest.  (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The rainy season is over. But it didn’t feel like much of a rainy season at all. And now, California is in another year of drought. In the Bay Area, the North and South Bay are getting hit the hardest.

Being asked to save water isn’t new to Californians. So what other solutions are on the table for how we can adapt to drier winters and shrinking dams?

Guest: Ezra David Romero, climate reporter for KQED

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