5 Stories You May Have Missed This Weekend
From California Gov. Jerry Brown on state's drought to Easter celebrations.
— -- 1. California Gov. Jerry Brown Defends Farms' Water Use, Warns Changes May Come
Days after taking the unprecedented step of ordering mandatory water-use reductions throughout his state, California Gov. Jerry Brown defended his executive order's treatment of the state's agriculture industry and its use of water in an interview with ABC's "This Week."
Brown said California's farms are "providing most of the fruits and vegetables of America," as well as jobs for the state's most vulnerable residents. Though agriculture accounts for only 2 percent of California's economy, it consumes 80 percent of the state's water, according to the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonpartisan think tank.
The Democratic governor also emphasized how much agriculture has already been hurt by the state's drought.
2. 5 Things Pope Francis Asked People to Pray for on Easter
On a rainy afternoon in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis used his annual Easter address to urge the world to pray for peace and for Christians to be more humble.
Thousands flocked to the Vatican to hear the pope's traditional Urbi et Orbi Easter message, given to the city of Rome and to the world.
The pope preached that humility equals strength, adding that Christians "do not need to employ violence; they speak and act with the power of truth, beauty and love."
3. World's Most Dangerous Trail Reopens After 15 Years
One of the world's scariest hikes is reopening for travelers.
El Caminito del Rey is a 5-mile-long path in Spain that takes four to five hours to complete, according to the trail's website.
The walkway takes you through the incredibly steep El Chorro gorges on thin boardwalks.
It is almost 100 years old -- originally opened in 1921 by King Alfonso XIII, according to the website. The walkway just reopened last week, however, after being closed for 15 years and undergoing almost $2.5 million worth of renovations.
4. White House Easter Egg Roll: 7 Kids Killing It on the South Lawn
The White House's biggest public event began, improbably, with a couple of whiny kids.
In the spring of 1878, the story goes, a group of local schoolchildren, indignant that Easter egg hunting had been outlawed on the Capitol lawn, confronted President Rutherford B. Hayes while he was out for a stroll. The president promptly ordered the White House grounds flung open for the first annual Easter Egg Roll.
The event The Washington Post once called "the jolliest sort of gathering" ballooned into a 137-year tradition, with children from around the country converging on the South Lawn to decorate eggs and mingle with the leader of the free world.
5. Bud Selig on Pete Rose's Lifetime Ban: 'Facts Haven't Changed'
Former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said today his feelings haven't changed about the lifetime ban that was imposed on former player Pete Rose, even though new commissioner Rob Manfred says he is going to take another look the punishment.
Rose, who based on what he did on the field would be in the Hall of Fame, was banned from baseball in 1989 for betting on games when he was a manager. He formally requested last month that the ban be lifted.
"I still have the same strong feelings," Selig, who retired in January, told ABC's Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview for "This Week" at spring training in Mesa, Arizona. "That gambling rule has been on the books for forever, and the job of a commissioner is to always, under all circumstances, protect the integrity on the sport."
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