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Drought and Water Issues

California To Get $Millions in Federal Drought Relief

KVCR | By Katie Orr

Published February 9, 2015 at 11:07 AM PST

The Federal government is giving California's Central Valley millions of dollars for drought relief. Capital Public Radio's Katie Orr reports.

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