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Dangerous Fires, Extreme Heat Causes Misery Across Southern California

/in /by /Los Angeles Times by Frank Shyong, Ruben Vives and Kate Mather

A monster heat wave descended on Southern California on Sunday, bringing triple-digit temperatures across a large swath of the region and fueling dangerous fires in Silver Lake and San Diego County.

The Border Fire east of San Diego had burned 1,500 acres, and officials were evacuating the town of Potrero. As of noon, numerous areas had exceeded 100 degrees, including Burbank, Beverly Hills, Woodland Hills, Fullerton, Glendale and Riverside. The 106-degree reading in Burbank set a new record for the day and Woodland Hills tied its record. One National Weather Service weather site showed a 112-degree reading in Beverly Hills.

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OPINION: Tunnel Vision a Mirage to Water Woes

/in /by /Stockton Recordby David Strecker

As a Delta farmer managing my family’s farming operation so it can be here for the next generation I am infuriated by what I see about the Delta water issues.An editorial by Jerry Meral of the Natural Heritage Institute has started appearing in local papers. This name may sound familiar if you follow Delta water issues. Meral was the leading tunnel advocate (T.A.) for Gov. Brown, also known as Gov. Tunnel Vision (T.V.), when he went to work for him in Sacramento.

 

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How Long Can Droughts Last? Trees May Have the Answer

/in /by /Daily Democrat (Woodland)by Steve Scauzillo

If trees could talk about the weather, Dave Meko would be out of a job.

Meko, a professor from the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, has made a career out of interpreting stories about rainfall, stream flows, climate patterns and most importantly, droughts silently hidden within California’s ancient pine trees.

 

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BLOG: New Regs Aim to Make Water Recycling Easier

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)

Only 10 years ago, the idea that Californians might one day drink treated wastewater from their kitchen taps seemed unfathomable. The notion of using recycled water to this degree was unpopular with the public, and seemed unnecessary.

The state’s ongoing drought has changed all that. Many water agencies over the past few years have rolled out small recycled water programs. These are mainly producing nonpotable water for outdoor irrigation, and have become popular with people who want to continue watering their gardens without impacting their water bills.

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“Rare, Dangerous” Heat Headed to Parts of the Western US

/in /by /Associated Press (As Published by NBC 4 - Columbus, Ohio)

It’s a dry heat, Phoenix residents like to say about Arizona’s hot weather. That bravado may vanish as the thermometer flirts with 120 degrees this weekend.

Phoenix won’t be alone in the oven. A strengthening ridge of high pressure lifting out of Mexico is on course to also scorch other parts of Arizona and southeast California, bringing potentially record-shattering temperatures. Though accustomed to triple digits, the upcoming heat spell is a rarity in Phoenix, a desert metropolis of 1.5 million people, raising concerns of heat stroke.

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Southland Survives Water ‘stress test’

/in /by /Inland News Today (Riverside)

Southern Californians are being praised for their water conservation during the ongoing drought. As a result, there are sufficient water supplies to get through the next three years.

The Metropolitan Water District’s ‘stress test’ means it will not be forced into mandatory conservation.

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Uncontrolled growth vs. a pleasant existence with H20

/in /by /Santa Maria Sunby KEN MCCALIP

After both my wife and I completed graduate studies in the late ’70s in the Los Angeles area, the question became, “Where should we make our permanent home?” We looked around us in the LA area at the hubbub of traffic and the mass of individuals in close proximity to us in the LA suburbs and it was not a pleasant picture or thought for our future. We both had grown up in the beauty and solitude of North Santa Barbara County in areas devoid of smog and the clamor of uncontrolled growth.

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Is Drought Causing a Health Crisis in California?

/in /by /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt Weiser

No place has been hit harder by the California drought than Tulare County in the San Joaquin Valley. By now, most Americans have read or heard stories about residential wells going dry in the county’s rural towns, such as East Porterville, Orosi and Cutler.

But it has remained unclear how water shortages are affecting people in these towns. How do they cope without running water in their kitchens and bathrooms? How has this affected their physical health and mental well-being?

 

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BLOG: Climate solutions: From a Promise to a Plan on the West Coast

/in /by /The Hill (Washington, D.C.)by Jay Inslee, Charlie Hales, and Mike Mielke

Earlier this month the eyes of the world turn to the Pacific Coast, where global energy ministers and business leaders met to begin transforming the Paris COP21 climate agreement from a promise to a plan — developing the specific policies and actions that will accelerate the transition to economies built on clean energy.

Meeting the ambitious carbon reduction goals laid out in Paris last December will require two things in abundance: innovation and collaboration.

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California Lawmakers OK Water for Pot Growers

/in /by /Associated Press (As Published by The Washington Times - Washington, D.C.)

Republican lawmakers are objecting to a California budget provision that gives water to medical marijuana growers.

Republicans say a budget bill approved Thursday in the state Assembly gives pot farmers preferential treatment over the rest of the agriculture industry. The bill allows licensed marijuana growers to use water from natural rivers, streams or lakes without state approval or environmental assessment. It cleared the Assembly in a 46-26 vote. It now goes to the Senate.

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