The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is the Pacific Coast's largest estuary and a critical habitat for wildlife, as well as the state's major source of water – but it's in crisis with deteriorating levees, threats from global warming and earthquakes, and court-ordered restrictions on pumping due to water quality problems.

Would Californians be buying a pig in a poke if they were to pass Proposition 1A, a $9.95 billion bond issue to partially finance a high-speed train system?

WPSU-FM and the Centre Daily Times are partnering to invite residents to share their values and beliefs in “This I Believe” essays, and here are three more locally written essays submitted to the station.