Jim Carlton is a senior special writer for the Wall Street Journal in San Francisco. As an environmental writer for the past several years covering issues related to the West Coast, he has written extensively about the region's chronic droughts including the one now ravaging California. He is also a former computer industry writer for the Journal and author of the book "Apple: The Inside Story of Intrigue, Egomania and Business Blunders." He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two teenage sons.