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U-T Attorney Wins $160,000 in Turf Grant Case

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Ricky Young

An attorney for The San Diego Union-Tribune has been awarded more than $160,000 in legal fees for a case in which she successfully argued that information about recipients of turf removal grants should be a matter of public record.

The grants, totaling $340 million, were given out by the Metropolitan Water District and its members agencies throughout Southern California to encourage people to replace lawns with drought-resistant landscape amid drought.

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El Niño Rains Added Fuel to California’s Upcoming Fire Season, Experts Say

/in /by /Los Angeles Times by By Joseph Serna

As he drove east of Fresno to the next Wildfire Awareness Week event in Kern County on Wednesday, Cal Fire Chief Ken Pimlott turned his gaze toward the browning landscape.

“I’m looking at grass that’s 2 feet tall easily, and it’s already dead,” Pimlott said. Meanwhile, far away in the southern and central Sierra Nevada, foliage on 29 million trees infested with bark beetles are turning orange and red and dying, with countless more stretching north toward Sacramento expected to meet a similar fate over the next year.

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