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First In A Series Of Snow Surveys Scheduled

/in /by /Daily Democrat (Woodland)

State water officials are saying it’s too soon to know whether this winter will deliver enough rain. But on Jan. 3, they expect to have a better idea of whether the state is headed into another year of drought. The Department of Water Resources will conduct its first media-oriented manual snow survey of Water Year 2017 at 11 a.m. next Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Phillips Station, just off Highway 50 near Sierra-at-Tahoe Road approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento.

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OPINION: Trump, Water Policy And California: Big Changes Coming?

/in /by /The San Diego Union-Tribune

Pesident-elect Donald Trump has made job creation and retention a heavy priority. He doesn’t feel constrained either by establishment criticism or by what past presidents have done. Given this history, Gov. Jerry Brown’s push for his $16 billion twin tunnels project may not be the only big water headline next year; 2017 could see a host of historic — and risky — changes in how California divvies up its water.

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Electronic Readings Of Sierra Snowpack: 10.5 Inches, 72 Percent Of Dec. 27 Average

/in /by /The Sacramento Beeby Cathy Locke

The California Department of Water Resources announced that electronic readings of the Sierra Nevada snowpack Tuesday pegged its statewide water content at 10.5 inches, 72 percent of the Dec. 27 average. Manual readings, which supplement the department’s electronic data, will be taken on dozens of snow courses during a 10-day period around Jan. 1. The 2017 water year began with above-average rainfall in October in all three Sierra Nevada regions monitored continuously by the Department of Water Resources.

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Water Officials: California Drought Still Not Over

/in /by /The Associated Press (As published by KSBW 8 - Monterey)

It’s too soon to declare an end to California’s five-year drought despite the heaviest rain in three decades falling early in the wet season, officials said Tuesday. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly one-third of California’s water supply, measures at 72 percent of normal for water content, according to the state’s Department of Water Resources’ electronic monitors.

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An Old Rule May Save The Rose Parade From Getting Rained On

/in /by /Los Angeles Timesby Gale Holland

It could be a wet, wet New Year’s Day in Southern California. But Pasadena’s enviable record of dry Rose Parades should stand, thanks to a “Never on Sunday” rule dating back to the 19th century, officials said Tuesday. A cold front from the north should bring rain to Los Angeles on Saturday, stretching into Sunday, Jan. 1, the National Weather Service forecast. But for only the 15th time in its 128-year history, the Rose Parade will be moved to Monday, Jan. 2, sparing thousands of spectators a soggy vigil.

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Storms Cause Canyon Lake Dam To Overflow

/in /by /The Press-Enterprise (Riverside)by Michael J. Williams

For the first time in a half-dozen years, water flowed over Canyon Lake’s dam in the last few days, rushing downstream into Lake Elsinore. “Watching the water come over the dam on Christmas Day and flow into the lake was quite the Christmas miracle for us,” Mayor Bob Magee said. Observers hope the influx — coupled with more potential storms such as one forecast for later this week — will rescue Southern California’s largest natural freshwater body from a severe decline brought on by the region’s prolonged drought.

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Sierra Snowpack Below Normal, But It’s Still Early, Officials Say

/in /by /The Associated Press (As published by NBC Bay Area - San Jose)

It’s too soon to declare an end to California’s five-year drought despite the heaviest rain in three decades falling early in the wet season, officials said Tuesday. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides roughly one-third of California’s water supply, measures at 72 percent of normal for water content, according to the state’s Department of Water Resources’ electronic monitors.

 

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Colorado River Group Gets Update On Drought Conditions

/in /by /Havasu News (Lake Havasu City, Ariz.)by Brandon Messick

Lake Mead’s water levels this year fell to a near all-time low in the midst of a 16-year drought throughout the Southwestern U.S., prompting discussion at a national conference last week. The Colorado River Water Users Association met last week in Las Vegas for an annual conference, where guests — including Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Colorado Gov.

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Rainbow MWD Welcomes New Board Members

/in /by /The Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News

In the November 2016 general election, voters selected two new board members for Rainbow Municipal Water District. Hayden Hamilton was elected to serve the constituents of the district’s Division 2, which is in the western portion of the district. Michael Mack was elected to serve the constituents of the district’s Division 5, which serves the northern portion of the district in the Rainbow area.

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The Shadows Under The Sun: 2016’s Great San Diego Journalism

/in /by /Voice of San Diegoby Randy Dotinga

First, KPBS exposed the big weakness of the San Diego transit system’s Compass Card system: You can’t put money on the cards for single rides, even though other systems understand that “stored value as a way to make riding transit as convenient as possible.” The glitch makes the cards costly for those who don’t ride very often because they have to put money on the card that they may never use.

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