Water shut-offs have now begun in California, where government-ordered restrictions are starting to leave large communities high and dry. As CBS News is now reporting, the Mountain House community of 15,000 residents will run out of water in just a matter of days.

"The community's sole source of water, the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District, was one of 114 senior water rights holders cut off by a curtailment notice from the state on Friday," reports CBS.

And just like that, the property values of millions of dollars worth of homes belonging to 15,000 residents nosedives toward zero.

After all, what's the value of a home that has no running water? California isn't Africa... yet... so the idea of carrying your own buckets of water for bathing isn't widely accepted.

There are no major showers active in June. Weak Ophiuchids will peak on June 20 with the maximum rate of meteors expected to be visible from a dark location around 5 per hour (ZHR). The Moon will be 4 days old at the time, and as such will present minimal interference.

Full Strawberry Moon, also known as Full Rose Moon and the Full Honey Moon, is scheduled for June 2.  Venus will reach greatest eastern elongation of 45.4 degrees from the Sun and shine brightly at mag -5.0 on June 6.

The Moon will be located on the same side of the Earth as the Sun - New Moon - on June 16 making this day the best day of the month to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters.

June Solstice - at 16:38 UTC on June 21, Earth's North Pole will be tilted toward the Sun, which will reach its northernmost position in the sky and will be directly over the Tropic of Cancer at 23.44 degrees north latitude. This will be the first day of summer (summer solstice) in the northern hemisphere and the first day of winter (winter solstice) in the southern hemisphere.

The birth of a volcanic island is a potent and beautiful reminder of our dynamic planet’s ability to make new land. Given the destruction we’ve seen following natural events like earthquakes and tsunamis in the past few years, stunning images of two islands forming in the southern Red Sea are most welcome.

The images have been published as part of a study in Nature Communications. It describes how the two new islands formed during volcanic eruptions in 2011 and 2013 respectively, are now being steadily eroded back into the depths. And they erode quickly: one of the islands has lost 30% of its area in just two years.

A very strong earthquake/aftershock measured as M7.5 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) by China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) hit Nepal at 07:05 UTC on May 12, 2015. USGS is reporting it as M7.4 at a depth of 18.5 km (11.5 miles.). EMSC is reporting it as M7.3 at a depth of 10 km.

According to the USGS, epicenter was located 22 km (14 miles) SE of Zham, China; 66 km (41 miles) ENE of Banepa, 69 km (43 miles) ENE of Panaoti, 83 km (52 miles) E of Kathmandu and 84 km (52 miles) ENE of Patan, Nepal.

There are 5 007 722 people living within 100 km radius.

USGS issued yellow alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. Some casualties and damage are possible and the impact should be relatively localized. Past yellow alerts have required a local or regional level response.

If not for the nearly full moon spoiling the party, southern hemisphere observers would be in for a special treat when above average meteor shower - Eta Aquarids - peaks on the night of May 5 and the morning of May 6. This meteor shower is capable of producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. In northern hemisphere, the rate can reach about 30 meteors per hour.

Second meteor shower for the month of May - Alpha Scorpiid - is forecast to peak on May 13 and is expected to produce around 5 meteors per hour. The Moon will be 25 days old and will present minimal interference.

The best time of the month to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters - New Moon - is scheduled for May 18.

• May 3 - C/2015 F2 (Polonia) reaches its brightest. Comet C/2015 F2 (Polonia) is forecast to reach its brightest, at around mag 9.2. It will lie at a distance of 1.21 AU from the Sun, and at a distance of 0.73 AU from the Earth.