California drought: San Luis Reservoir at lowest level in 27 years

LOS BANOS, California: Robert Haskins walked across a vast expanse of cracked mud, littered with old beer bottles and millions of tiny clam shells that in most Augusts would be 50 feet underwater.

But the San Luis Reservoir, the vast inland sea along Highway 152 that is a key part of Silicon Valley’s water supply, is only 10 percent full, the lowest level in 27 years.