2016-09-09 Sequoia and Kings Canyon: A Land of Giants
This week on our national parks journey, we visit a land of giants, high up in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Here you will find the largest living things on Earth,…
2022-05-26 California Might Hold Social Media Responsible for Bad Effects on Children
The American state of California might soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products. Under a new bill that recently passed the…
2015-10-03 Drought Affecting California’s Sequoias
California continues to suffer under a historic drought. The state has received very little rainfall over the past four years. California is famous for its huge sequoia trees. They are…
2015-07-11 Israel Helps California Deal with Water Shortages
Israel knows how to deal with drought. The small Middle Eastern country has experienced dry weather conditions and water shortages for many years. The American state of California is in…
2015-04-09 California Limits Water Use Because of Dry Weather
The state of California is taking steps to deal with dry weather. Governor Jerry Brown announced last week that Californians must reduce their water use by 25 percent because of…
2015-03-07 Climate Change Blamed for Events in Syria and California
Before fighting broke out in Syria, the country experienced its driest weather on record. Rainfall and snow totals were at their lowest level in Syrian history. Now, a new study…
2014-12-21 Helping California’s Homeless
Earlier this month, California police cleared what was said to be the largest homeless encampment in the United States. About 200 homeless people were living at the camp in San…
2014-10-26 California Considers Changes to Water System
People in California are suffering the effects of the state’s third year of drought. This water shortage is causing many Californians to urge the state to change its water policy.…
2013-10-09 California Helps Lead Economic Recovery
Hello again, and welcome. I’m Jim Tedder in Washington. Today’s As It Is program is different. Usually we take you around the world to hear about interesting people, places, and…
2013-06-11 Obama, Xi Jinping Meet in California
Welcome to As It Is, the daily magazine show from VOA Learning English. I’m Mario Ritter. Today, we hear about some of the issues discussed in the recent talks between…
2013-05-22 Pollution Forces Residents from California Town
Hello. I’m Jim Tedder in Washington. Welcome to a special edition of “As It Is.” Seventeen years ago, an American energy company paid hundreds of millions of dollars to settle…