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Release of Cal Am Desal Project Environmental Report Delayed

A long-awaited draft environmental review document for California American Water’s Monterey Peninsula desalination project will not be released Wednesday as originally scheduled, and the release of the critical report will be delayed until next month. According to a California Public Utilities Commission statement sent to The Herald on Tuesday, the draft desal project environmental impact report, as well as an environmental impact statement, is still in the works and is now expected to be published in January.

Drought and Fire In The Golden State

California entered a sixth year of drought with 102 million trees dying in its forest and a summer of wildfires that swept through communities from the San Diego border to far northern California, leaving a trail of death and destruction. But rains and snow in the Sierras gave the state hope that the drought’s grip was slowly loosening.