News Pix: Drought, More Drought, Harvest Season and a Touch of BART

Dominic Pitigliano walks through an almond orchard in Tulare County as the nut harvest gets underway. KQED's The California Report traveled to the Central Valley to hear how its farmers, ranchers and residents are faring during California's prolonged drought. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)

From the other end of the Central Valley (or in the foothills just above it), the Enterprise Bridge passes over a nearly dry section of Lake Oroville earlier this week. The lake is the largest reservoir in the State Water Project and the second-largest in California after Lake Shasta. Both Oroville and Shasta are less than one-third full now and have less than half the water they have on average at this time of year. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Jeff Blankfort photo of 1969 People’s Park unrest at Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. A collection of Blankfort's historic photos, many depicting the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War campaigns of the 1960s, went online recently.

The Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp Group  is holding three fundraising events, starting tonight, to mark the first anniversary of the Rim Fire, which effectively destroyed the much loved, city-run family summer camp. (Grace Rubenstein/KQED) 

A rendering of VTA's BART Silicon Valley Project. On Wednesday, BART’s extension to Silicon Valley received its final $39 million in state funding from the California Transportation Commission.  (Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)