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Beneath this small farm town at the end of what’s left of the Kings River, the ground is sinking.
via Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-me-c1-stratford-20141024-story.html#page=2&lightbox=81762440&slide=1
Waves of heat rise above a dried-out irrigation canal running along a road southwest of Stratford. Businesses have fled, as have many residents. The town has no gas stations, restaurants, coffee shops or even a hardware store.