reyes rodriguez holds his son aaron as his older son alexis left gets food from the refrigerator tuesday march 1 2005 at their home in mendota calif looking on are rear from left jocelyn preciado doras daughter lupe rodriguez dora vasquez reyes girlfriend and family friend maribel navarro on the west side of californias wide and thirsty central valley salt damage is inexorably taking tens of thousands of acres out of production some see this as an opportunity to free up the water for other uses instead the irrigation districts west of the san joaquin river are quietly ren 2peaht4.jpg from marina rodrÍguez View Photo