. >>> in places like east porterville, there is almost no water to conserve.ennifer london has more. >> reporter: for residents here in east porterville, california this sound is the promise of water. drilling 150 feet into the ground spending $14,000 for a basic necessity. >> people have got to have water. >> reporter: 75-year-old gary came out of retirement to drill private wells. >> either their drill a well or the city deliver water or something. you have children at home, and how hard is it to watch them go to bed dirty and thirsty. >> reporter: homes here have been without running water for months. some for more than a year. these homeowners are among the fortunate few. they can afford to drill a new deeper well, but there is no guarantee the water will last even then. and those who can't afford to drill a new well have found themselves helpless. >> that day my well went dry, as we can say, i thought it was the end of me because what are we going to do without water? and i still don't know what to do. >> reporter: and do you think you should be having to

in places like east porterville, there's almost none to conserve. it's a community and story we've been watching closely. >> reporter: for residents in east porterville california - this sound is the promise of water. drilling 150 feet into the ground spending $14,000 for a basic necessity. >> people have to have water. that's one thing we have to have. >> reporter: 75-year-old gary eaton came out of retirement to drill a welch. >> drill a well or the city delivers water. there's children at home how is that watching the kids go to bed dirty and thirsty. >> thousands of people in the town have watched children go to bed thirsty and dirty. homes have been without running water for months. some for more than a year. these home owners are among the fortunate few. they can afford to drill a deeper well. even then there's no guarantee the water will last your. those that can't afford to drill a well found themselves helpless. >> my god. my well went dry, as we can say. i thought it was the end of me. because what are we going to do without water. i still

students from porterville college in the san joaquin valley organized the water drive.hey delivered 40 cases of water to an elementary school across town where some students can't shower and have to show up to school with dirty clothes. the school's principal says at least a dozen students have been struggling at homes with no water at all. >> it's very hard to concentrate on learning what they need to learn when they are concerned about where the water is going to come from. >> porterville college is planning fore water drive in just a couple -- planning another water drive in just a couple of weeks. >>> alameda county supervisors are considering more permits for wind turbines on the altamont pass. altamont winds is seeking a three-year extension. environmentalists say during those three years, though, more than 1500 birds will get caught in the windmills and die. the county wants several companies now to put in more bird-friendly models, but altamont wind says it needs more time. >>> over the altamont in tracy, police are trying to track down a bear. the police depart

students from porterville college in the san joaquin valley organized a water drive. they delivered 40 cases of water to an elementary school across town where some students cannot shower, they show up with dirty clothes. the school's principal says at least a dozen students have been struggling in homes with no water at all. >> it's very hard to concentrate on learning what they need to learn when they are concerned about water. >> porterville college is planning another water drive in a couple of weeks. >> state is getting desperate. >>> we are not there yet in the bay area, but it's getting dire for sure. >> there was just a drive to get water into people's houses in the state of california. that's just -- we're kind of heading in that direction. we need to turn things around here get some rain, some snow in the mountains. i'd love to say that pattern change will occur over the next seven days. it won't. we'll get warmer and sunnier. today looked like rainfall. we didn't receive any. at least up toward ukiah you had a few showers, otherwise we were drive. cloudy sa