Damien Lopez, age 4, has symptoms that many people who live near Southern California’s Salton Sea also have. “His cough gets very wheezy. I try to control him,” his mother Michelle Lopez said. “Control” often means visiting pediatric nurse Christina Galindo at Pioneers Memorial Hospital.
The United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission held a citizens forum in Yuma about restoration efforts for the Colorado River Delta. Local leaders say it’s going to take a binational effort from Mexico and the U.S. to restore higher water levels in the Colorado River. The Colorado River is the lifeblood […]
Water customers in the city of Napa will likely pay higher rates starting in 2024. The city’s utilities department laid out the proposed increases – the first in three years – in a Tuesday presentation to the Napa City Council. Joy Eldredge, the city utilities director, made the case for rate hikes, stating that Napa’s water division […]
Even though California enacted sweeping legislation nearly a decade ago to curb excessive agricultural pumping of groundwater, new research predicts that thousands of drinking water wells could run dry in the Central Valley by the time the law’s restrictions take full effect in 2040.
Residents living along Colorado’s northern Front Range and Northeastern Plains experienced a pretty wet year — the wettest, in fact, in 128 years. And water experts expect this winter isn’t likely to be much different. Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist at the Colorado Climate Center, said those areas had the wettest year since the state started […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom has before him about a thousand bills approved by the California Legislature that now await his fate but some are far more explosive and politically consequential than others. These bills in Newsom’s pile could reveal how the governor is evolving as a leader, and now he has less than a month to […]
As California’s Toxic Salton Sea Shrinks, It’s Raising Health Alarms for the Surrounding Community
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /CBS Newsby Jonathan Vigliotti, Simon BouieDamien Lopez, age 4, has symptoms that many people who live near Southern California’s Salton Sea also have. “His cough gets very wheezy. I try to control him,” his mother Michelle Lopez said. “Control” often means visiting pediatric nurse Christina Galindo at Pioneers Memorial Hospital.
Leaders in Yuma Say They Need Binational Help for Colorado River Delta Restoration
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /KYMAby Alexandra RangelThe United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission held a citizens forum in Yuma about restoration efforts for the Colorado River Delta. Local leaders say it’s going to take a binational effort from Mexico and the U.S. to restore higher water levels in the Colorado River. The Colorado River is the lifeblood […]
Napa City Water Rates Will Likely Increase in 2024
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Napa Valley Register by Katie DeBenedettiWater customers in the city of Napa will likely pay higher rates starting in 2024. The city’s utilities department laid out the proposed increases – the first in three years – in a Tuesday presentation to the Napa City Council. Joy Eldredge, the city utilities director, made the case for rate hikes, stating that Napa’s water division […]
Thousands of California Wells Are at Risk of Drying Up Despite Landmark Water Law
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesEven though California enacted sweeping legislation nearly a decade ago to curb excessive agricultural pumping of groundwater, new research predicts that thousands of drinking water wells could run dry in the Central Valley by the time the law’s restrictions take full effect in 2040.
Colorado’s Water Watchers Celebrate Wettest Year in Some Areas in 128 Years
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Colorado Politics by Marianne GoodlandResidents living along Colorado’s northern Front Range and Northeastern Plains experienced a pretty wet year — the wettest, in fact, in 128 years. And water experts expect this winter isn’t likely to be much different. Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist at the Colorado Climate Center, said those areas had the wettest year since the state started […]
Opinion: Can California Gov. Gavin Newsom Show Some Guts on These 5 Controversial Bills?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento Bee by The Sacramento Bee Editorial BoardGov. Gavin Newsom has before him about a thousand bills approved by the California Legislature that now await his fate but some are far more explosive and politically consequential than others. These bills in Newsom’s pile could reveal how the governor is evolving as a leader, and now he has less than a month to […]