What You Need to Know About San Diego’s Water Supply
Hear from Water Authority Senior Water Resources Specialist Efren Lopez about where San Diego’s water supply stands during this very dry start to the 2025 Water Year.
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Another Water Shutdown Coming in February
Maybe we ought to change the name Valley Center to “Shut-off City!”
Besides one holiday shut-down greeting from SDG&E three weeks ago and another post-New Year kick in the teeth this week, add a 10-day water shutdown by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) that began December 7—to be followed two months later by another shut-down.
Elevated Fire Risk Through Thursday for San Diego County Mountains and Valleys
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning through Thursday for San Diego County’s mountains and valleys.
“Our brush is dry, the (humidity) is down, and now we have this wind event,” said Brent Pascua, a battalion chief with Cal Fire. “That’s a prime recipe for a large wildfire.”
SDG&E Rapidly Turning Off Power to Customers as Santa Ana Winds Slam San Diego County
San Diego Gas & Electric said early Wednesday that it is rapidly turning off power to many of its customers to help minimize the chances of sparking a wildfire as strong Santa Ana winds continue to lash San Diego County.
Winds gusted more than 40 mph at Camp Pendleton before dawn Wednesday and 80 mph at Palomar Mountain as the first of two large windstorms hit the region. The winds could intensify through mid-morning, according to the National Weather Service. The second wave will arrive late Thursday, and it’s possible a third wave will occur on Sunday.
Red Flag Fire Weather Warning Issued for Critically Dry San Diego County
San Diego County — in the midst of one of the driest periods on record — will be lashed by unusually cold and expansive Santa Ana winds early Wednesday that could spark wildfires, snap trees and knock out power, the National Weather Service said.
The enormous wind storm will shoot into Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties on Tuesday morning, then expand into San Diego County, which hasn’t had significant rain since last spring.
Fire Weather Prompts Red Flag Warning for San Diego, Possible Power Outages for 65,000
Amid an already dry winter season, the first Santa Ana wind event of 2025 is elevating fire danger this week and threatening power shut-offs for thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric customers.
The electricity utility warned nearly 65,000 customers their power may be cut off anytime from 4 p.m. Tuesday to 4 p.m. Friday amid strong winds and low humidity that create the perfect weather conditions for wildfires to spark and spread rapidly, according to the National Weather Service.
San Diego County Slips Back Into Drought: What to Expect This Winter
After a few wet winters, Southern California is officially back in drought conditions, with San Diego County among the regions affected.
The latest data from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows much of Southern California slipping into moderate drought status. Julie Kalansky, Deputy Director at the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, says San Diegans should be prepared for increasingly extreme conditions.
State Reduces Water Usage to ‘Lowest Levels Since the 1940s’ — Here’s How It Happened
After two years of conservation efforts, Lake Mead is on the come-up.
Voluntary measures by Californians to save water in the Colorado River system are on their way to keeping well over the promised 1.6 million acre-feet of water in the reservoir by 2026, SFGATE reported. In a news release, the Colorado River Board of California announced a coalition over the last 23 months had conserved 1.2 million acre-feet of water.
How Worrisome Is a Winter Storm? Thanks to UCSD’s Atmospheric River Research, There’s a Scale for That
Marty Ralph loves Swedish pancakes. His dad made him scrumptious ones when he was a kid. He’s been ordering them when he’s out for breakfast ever since.
It’s a passion that led to an aha moment for the veteran UC San Diego meteorologist — and helped him find a way to explain to people whether the mysterious atmospheric rivers that fuel winter storms are likely to prove a blessing or a nightmare.
Biden Admin Completes Under-The-Wire Endangered Species Rules for California Water Projects
The Biden administration signed off on Friday on its plan for how to run the massive system of pumps, canals, reservoirs that moves water across California, just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with a very different vision.
The Bureau of Reclamation’s record of decision closes a four-year process to overturn Trump’s previous rules for the Central Valley Project, which both environmentalists and the state of California claimed did not adequately protect endangered fish like the Chinook salmon and Delta smelt and sued over.
