#Water shortage

#Water shortage

The trial of animal welfare activist Zoe Rosenberg begins this week in Sonoma County. Rosenberg is accused of criminal conspiracy in connection with a 2023 incursion into a processing facility owned by Petaluma Poultry led by the Berkeley group Direct Action Everywhere. [Bay Area News Group] Residents of Benicia have been told to reduce their water consumption by 40% immediately after a damaged pipeline caused a significant water shortage. Something similar happened in 2022. [NBC Bay Area]

Ruben Ramirez is no stranger to political battles. As a community leader in Santa Ursula Coapa, a district in southern Mexico City, he's become adept at taking on developers and bureaucrats to protect his neighbourhood over the past decade. His latest fight may be his most ambitious yet: challenging the expansion of Mexico City's national stadium ahead of the 2026 football World Cup, which he claims neglects the community's ancient rights.