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Thursday night’s forecast shows rain coming into San Diego County. Up to an inch of rain is expected in some coastal areas, and more is predicted to fall in the mountains. An update from the newly relaunched KPBS Drought Tracker shows the storm coming in the midst of a wet season that has so far brought California increased rain — but paltry snow — compared to previous drought years. Since the state’s wet season officially began on Oct. 1, California has seen a bit more rain than in many previous drought years.

When enemies are in face-to-face combat, they’re often blind to an obvious path to potential compromise.That’s certainly true of water warriors, who have been battling over California’s most valuable and limited resource since statehood. Fights don’t get any more ferocious than over water in this state. Agriculture just won a major battle over environmentalists in Congress because of an alliance between House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). But still raging in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is a decades-long struggle that will affect 25 million Californians and 3 million acres of farmland.

No. 8 Maureen Stapleton, general manager, San Diego County Water Authority.

A low gargle echoes against granite cliffs and resounds in the wooded canyons. Each pull of a starter handle and squeeze of a throttle is punctuated by the crack of splintering wood as another dead tree falls in a forest that’s changing all too rapidly. Niles Kant stands at the base of a red fir. Its crown, a thatch of brown needles, rises nearly 175 feet above a collection of cabins in the national forest.

Today, Poseidon Water applauded Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on his recent action to protect California’s oceans by taking action to reduce ocean acidity.

“We applaud the Governor on his leadership in ensuring California’s oceans are protected for decades to come by launching the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification,” said Scott Maloni, Vice President of Poseidon Water. “Earlier this year the California State Water Resources Control Board approved an amendment to California’s Ocean Plan that supports the use of ocean water as a reliable supplement to traditional drinking water supplies while protecting marine life and water quality.