The nonpartisan California Budget Project is
marking Labor Day with a sobering new report on the
state's job market. They predict job recovery will be
slow, and could even backslide if the state fails to
secure more federal aid. Reporter: Stephanie Martin
Photo: PG&E
Three years into a statewide drought,
Californians are ready for some rain. That includes
utilities, whose hydropower production depends on runoff
from the mountains. To keep the water flowing, Pacific
Gas & Electric is expanding an age-old technology
that some doubt even works: cloud-seeding. [Corrections:
In the original broadcast of this story, and in the
version available here in this online archive, we erred
in identifying the location of the seeding. PG&E,
the utility planning the project, brought to our
attention that the target area is in the Pit-McCloud
watershed "well east of Mount Shasta." We also
characterized cloud seeding as a tool the company is
reviving. PG&E says that it has used cloud seeding
steadily for 50 years now, but this is the first time
it's planned for this particular area.] Reporter: Christina Aanestad
Photo: Allison Doyle
As part of our occasional series on volunteers
around California, we meet Sue Boland of San Rafael. She
volunteers for Image for Success, a non-profit that
helps people put their best foot forward in donated
clothing. Reporter: Allison Doyle
