San Diego County / Southern California

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Water Authority Elects Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary of Board

/in , /by /The Daily Transcript Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

The San Diego County Water Authority’s board of directors has elected Jim Madaffer as chair, Gary Croucher as vice chair and Christy Guerin as secretary. They began their two-year terms Oct. 1. Madaffer, who joined the Water Authority board in November 2012, is president of the public policy firm Madaffer Enterprises. A former city councilman, […]

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Cadiz Promises $5 Million to Mojave Water Systems

/in , /by /Los Angeles Business Journalby Howard Fine

Cadiz Inc., the downtown water company with a proposed project to pump and transport water from an aquifer beneath its Mojave Desert land holdings, announced Oct. 5 that it plans to donate up to $5 million from project revenue towards efforts to improve water quality at nearby water systems and throughout Southern California. The $5 […]

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4 Inches of Rain is all LA Got Last Year

/in , /by /LAist (Pasadena)by Emily Guerin

Last year, Downtown Los Angeles got exactly 4.72 inches of rain. That’s measly! It’s smaller than the screen on an iPhone. Less than the length of your sunglasses. Shorter than an average adult hand. And it’s 32 percent of what we normally get. That makes October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 the third driest […]

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Planting Materials: a Dizzying Array of Choices

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Nan Sterman

Gardening has a vocabulary all its own, especially when it comes to the materials we use for planting and growing plants: dirt, soil, potting mix, planter mix, mulch, compost and many more. It can be pretty confusing, even for experienced green thumbs. To help, here’s a breakdown of some of the most common terms you’ll […]

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