For the past several months, state water officials have placed a bull’s-eye on the California lawn, urging residents to use rebates to tear out their turf and plant less-thirsty foliage. And in what ...

The Metropolitan Water District’s massive $340-million turf rebate program — which helped thousands of Southern Californians rip out their lawns in favor of drought-tolerant landscaping — was plagued ...

A popular water-saving rebate program that subsidized the cost of replacing lawns with more drought-friendly plants has run out of funding, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California said ...

The Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening program and Alameda County water agencies launch an educational program, Lose Your Lawn the Bay-Friendly Way, to provide resources and incentives to help ...

There was a time when defiant Las Vegas residents and developers seemed determined to carpet over the entire desert with lush, green grass. In 1999, the Southern Nevada Water Authority set out to ...

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Due to an overwhelming response, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California shut down its turf removal rebate program Thursday because it ran out of money, the district announced. The ...