Merced Sun Star: Climate change isn't news to Californians.
Central Valley farmers, as it is, are drilling for groundwater and fallowing bone-dry fields. Snowpack in the Sierra is barely at 18 percent of the average. Reservoirs are half full.
Wildfire season, which used to start this month, has been ongoing since January, when Cal Fire alone responded to more than 400 fires, compared to zero for the January before that. From Foster City to Newport Beach, cities are shoring up against rising sea levels.
Still,...