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A new permanent exhibit at the Fleet Science Center explores what may be the San Diego region’s most important system — it’s water supply. From the Colorado River to dams to desalination, the exhibit focuses on innovation and conservation in the 21st century. It replaces an earlier exhibit that debuted a decade ago. The new water exhibit is supported by the San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego and was funded by a grant from the Hans and Margaret Doe Charitable Trust.

 

An American International Group Inc. unit is not obligated to provide coverage in a dispute with a construction firm over a San Diego water project, based on exclusions in its policy, says a federal appeals court. Atlanta-based Archer Western Contractors Ltd. was the general contractor for the San Diego County Water Authority’s emergency water storage project, according to Thursday’s ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in Archer Western Contractors Ltd. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., a Pennsylvania Corporation.

This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report shows more improvement in California, where winter rainstorms and heavy snowfall have washed away drought in more of the state after a five-year dry spell. Just three months ago, more than 73 percent of California was in drought, but that number has dropped to 9 percent after this winter’s powerful storms, according to the weekly Drought Monitor report released Thursday.

 

Throughout the past couple weeks, I’ve felt almost as if I needed to build an ark to get to class. The greater Los Angeles area has been slammed with copious amounts of rain this season. During these monsoons, my trek from De Neve Holly all the way to Bunche Hall has been nothing short of a drenched, waterlogged nightmare. During this wet, wet winter quarter, you name it, we’ve seen it: soaked backpacks, umbrellas turned inside out, disgruntled and sopping wet students