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fined the very endeavor we call acting. That's what he wanted. He wanted to rock the world."
• As Broadway lamented, the criminal justice system quickly acted with arrests that came just days into the high-profile case, reflecting the attention and urgency it has attracted. At least one of those arrested during the probe into Hoffman's suspected fatal heroin overdose had the actor's cellphone number, two law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
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• WILLITS, Calif. (AP) -- In this small logging town in Northern California's redwood country, small blue signs urging water conservation are almost everywhere you look.
• Just south of Willits, in one of the state's most verdant corners, crows and other birds peck at dry ground that should be covered in water at the city's Centennial Reservoir, which is less than a third full. The creek that feeds it has slowed to a trickle.
• "It's common at this time of year for the water to be going over the cement wall right here. In fact, we'd be standing in water," said Bruce Burton, a Willits city councilman, gesturing toward the small cement dam in the creek. "In the 20 years I've been in local government, we've never experienced this kind of condition."
• While rain is predicted through the weekend in the north and central parts of the state, California remains in the midst of an historic drought. The state's Department of Public Health says 17 rural areas including Willits -- a town of about 5,000 that usually sees about 50 inches of rain a year -- are dangerously low on water, and officials expect that number to grow.
• In addition to declaring a drought emergency, California has canceled water deliveries from the state's water system to farms and thirsty cities and shut down fishing in dozens of streams to protect imperiled salmon and steelhead.
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• WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The story of a Salvadoran fisherman who says he survived more than a year adrift on the Pacific Ocean raises many medical

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