The drought has meant a drilling boom in California for water.
There's been hardly any help from the sky or the Sierra snowpack this year, so farmers and ranchers are leaning heavily on pumping groundwater. New studies show that as groundwater is drained from the huge aquifer in the Central Valley, it's putting more stress on the San Andreas Fault, triggering earthquakes.
The California Report's Sasha Khokha has the story.
Drought drives groundwater drilling frenzy
Recently on Take Two®
About Take Two®
Airs Weekdays 9 to 10 a.m.Join Take Two each weekday at 9 AM where we’ll translate the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that people are talking about. Find us on 89.3 KPCC, hosted by A Martinez.

Listen to story
05:23
The best SoCal news in your inbox, daily.
Related links
Student loan relief, Ed O'Bannon vs NCAA, country music photos and more
- President Obama to sign student loan relief order
- Ed O'Bannon vs NCAA: Trial in antitrust suit begins today
- Do girls actually do better in preschool than boys?
- Edibles causing issues for Colorado's nascent legal pot industry
- How do you find the best burrito in America?
- On The Lot: Tearjerkers, Howard Hughes, Producers Guild and more
- World Cup 2014: Brazil's passion for soccer runs deep through its history
- Poll: Californians say drought is major crisis, see little effect on daily lives
- Drought drives groundwater drilling frenzy
- California officials push driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants
- What can law enforcement ask you at a traffic stop?
- Classic LA hot dog stand Tail o' the Pup to be resurrected
- Picture This: Rarely seen portraits of country music stars on display in LA