A parched farm town is sinking, and so are its residents’ hearts – LA Times

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Great Read: A parched farm town is sinking, and so are its residents’ hearts

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.