Seniors have poor access to public transportation, report finds

Press Enterprise: "Most Inland-area seniors have poor access to public transportation, and it’s not going to get any better soon, according to a recently released report from Rep. Mark Takano’s office.
The report from Takano, D-Riverside, also found that working families in Riverside and Moreno Valley spend almost 60 percent of their incomes on transportation and housing."

Western drought causes Earth's surface to rise as water levels drop

LA Times: "The loss of groundwater, as well as surface water such as reservoirs, has been so extreme that it lifted the West an average of one-sixth of an inch since 2013, according to researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the U.S. Geological Survey."

On Top Of Withering Drought, California Smashes Heat Records

ThinkProgress: "Caught in a withering drought, California is also shattering a 120-year-old record for heat.
For the first half of 2014, the state has been an average of 4.6 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal, and 1 degree warmer than the previous record set in 1934, according to the National Climatic Data Center."