PG&E crews travel by airboat in June to decommission power poles in a flooded pistachio orchard in Corcoran, Calif., which lies in the Tulare Basin. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
PG&E crews travel by airboat in June to decommission power poles in a flooded pistachio orchard in Corcoran, Calif., which lies in the Tulare Basin. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Cities’ thirst nearly killed these California lakes. Not so fast, said our epic wet winter. Dr. Pincetl quoted in the LA Times.