From left, Greg Jones and Sue Jones, members of the Rotary Club of Jamestown, and Marion Beckerink, past president of the club. Local Rotarians Sue and Greg Jones described their participation in the ...

WALNUT CREEK — As the Bay Area’s drinking water is increasingly clouded with particles from wildfires, atmospheric rivers, algae blooms and chemical contaminants, the East Bay’s largest water district ...

Lead contamination in municipal water sources is a consistent threat to public health. Ingesting even tiny amounts of lead can harm the human brain and nervous system -- especially in young children.

When I ask friends and family why they don’t drink tap water in LA, they give the same vague answer: It’s chlorinated, gross and probably unhealthy. For years, that explanation sufficed, so I did what ...