A standing-room-only crowd of 800-plus farmworkers, growers and environmentalists squeezed into an auditorium on the California State University-Fresno campus June 28 to hear how the Obama administration plans to address the state’s ongoing water woes. Led by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the delegation of federal officials unveiled plans for short-term and long-term efforts to resolve the California water problems.

Then, the latest chapter of California’s ongoing water drama unfolded in a rally July 1 at Fresno City Hall. The rally, headlined by actor-comedian Paul Rodriguez, who has some fruit acreage and is president of the Latino Water Coalition, attracted a crowd estimated at 2,000. It included farm workers, growers and government officials.

Read the full articles by Don Schrack: Town hall meeting pleases few, Water rally in Fresno