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...people are going out looking for houses." Some have more to celebrate than others. In San Jose home sales have jumped an astonishing 42% since heavy rains arrived two weeks ago. Already buoyed by the war's end, some Californians are apparently beginning to believe their destructive five-year drought may finally be nearing...
Harvard continued to pound the Big Green in the second half, jumping out to a 55-31 lead at the 15:00 mark. The Crimson expanded that lead to 30 points, 67-37, but then suffered a shooting drought in which it did not score a basket for nearly nine minutes...
...property taxes. In an effort to raise $1.7 billion, however, he has asked for higher vehicle-license fees, a 20% increase in state university and college tuition, and an extension of the 6% sales tax to previously exempt items like pretzels and magazines. "Between the budget and the drought, the situation is so bad in California, we may all become statesmen," says the Republican leader in the state senate, Ken Maddy...
Shortly after the Marine messengers appeared on Tom and Joyce Jenkins' front porch with the horrible news about their only son, the word blazed across these drought-stricken mountains like a runaway forest fire. The close-knit community of this historic gold-mining town, one of simple values and sturdy folk, circled its wagons around the family, including Thom's sister Jamie, 19, in a show of patriotism and support. But the Jenkins' selfless stoicism is even more telling. "Our boy came home, and we know exactly where he's at," says Joyce, 39, who drives a school...
BUSINESS: California's brutal drought...