FRESNO, Calif. -- Farmers last week were celebrating a reprieve from water pumping restrictions in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Five days later, it's over.

A federal judge Wednesday rejected an emergency request by water districts representing cities and San Joaquin Valley farmers to delay a new set of pumping restrictions in the delta.

U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger's ruling means... http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/photos/story/1009289.html