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The places that had the water has turned to dust. officials in los angeles decided to fight back with 96 million shade balls. that's what they are called. shade balls. the last 20,000 of which were released into the l.a. reservoir. the little black plastic shade balls will reduce water evaporation by shielding the reservoir from the sun and protect the water from u.v. light which would help keep the city's drinking water safe. joining me now, staff writer at the l.a. times who has been covering this. i love when sophisticated ideas sound like they were cooked up by a second grader. it seems so...

Officials in los angeles decided to fight back with 96 million shade balls. that's what they are called. shade balls. the last 20,000 of which were released into the l.a. reservoir. the little black plastic shade balls will reduce water evaporation by shielding the reservoir from the sun and protect the water from u.v. light which would help keep the city's drinking water safe. joining me now, staff writer at the l.a. times who has been covering this. i love when sophisticated ideas sound like they were cooked up by a second grader. it seems so improbable this is the solution. how did this com...

There. it seems to have exploded on social media, on the web. and i think it is that visual. all sorts of videos and pictures of the balls. and it does look very funny. it looks like a ball pit at chuck e. cheese. this seem to be what dwp needed to do to get people to pay attention to water conservation. >> i think it is possible people like to say the phrase, shade balls. still ahead, tinder swiping left. go get help, boy.

They've been doing this seven years. in that sense it was not totally new. these were the last 20,000 balls of 96 million that went in there. it seems to have exploded on social media, on the web. and i think it is that visual. all sorts of videos and pictures of the balls. and it does look very funny. it looks like a ball pit at chuck e. cheese. this seem to be what dwp needed to do to get people to pay attention to water conservation. >> i think it is possible people like to say the phrase, shade balls. still ahead, tinder swiping left. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause...

The places that had the water has turned to dust. officials in los angeles decided to fight back with 96 million shade balls. that's what they are called. shade balls. the last 20,000 of which were released into the l.a. reservoir. the little black plastic shade balls will reduce water evaporation by shielding the reservoir from the sun and protect the water from u.v. light which would help keep the city's drinking water safe. joining me now, staff writer at the l.a. times who has been covering this. i love when sophisticated ideas sound like they were cooked up by a second grader. it seems so...