300% hike or no water? This quiet California community must approve a stunning rate spike from $145 to $569 — or risk the taps running dry. Now fearful residents are calling for help

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It was supposed to be a golfer’s paradise.

Now, with a do-or-die deadline to approve a massive 300% water rate hike or face going completely dry, the Central California community of Diablo Grande is at a crossroads…

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