/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Coast News Group (Encinitas)by Steve Puterski Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
A five-year water rate increase was approved by the City Council Wednesday to fund Capital Improvement Projects and operational costs. According to a report from Director of Utilities Chris McKinney, the new water and wastewater rates will increase Water Fund revenue by 5.5 percent per year over the next five years. The adjusted rates will […]
Documentarian Marina Zenovich, whose most prominent films to date — Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired and Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out — have both revolved around the director of Chinatown, seemingly takes inspiration from Jake Gittes’ noir investigation in this left-turn from celeb-oriented docs to enviro-political ones. In Water & Power: A California Heist, Zenovich tackles a subject of enormous importance.
A document obtained by the Kansas City Star and the News Tribune could potentially bode well for two important, and unreasonably delayed, water projects in the Southland. One of those projects is the is the Huntington Beach desalination plant. The document, “purportedly leaked from the Trump administration indicates that the proposed desalination plant in Huntington […]
This week the City announced it would maintain current drought restrictions, including penalties for over use despite recent rains. January was a landmark month after five years of drought in California. It simply poured: last week alone parts of the Sierra Nevada received eight to twelve inches of rain, according to Drought Monitor. Parts of […]
Approved Water Rate Increases Rile Some Escondido Residents
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Coast News Group (Encinitas)by Steve Puterski Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityA five-year water rate increase was approved by the City Council Wednesday to fund Capital Improvement Projects and operational costs. According to a report from Director of Utilities Chris McKinney, the new water and wastewater rates will increase Water Fund revenue by 5.5 percent per year over the next five years. The adjusted rates will […]
‘Water & Power: A California Heist’ – Sundance 2017 Film Review
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Hollywood ReporterDocumentarian Marina Zenovich, whose most prominent films to date — Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired and Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out — have both revolved around the director of Chinatown, seemingly takes inspiration from Jake Gittes’ noir investigation in this left-turn from celeb-oriented docs to enviro-political ones. In Water & Power: A California Heist, Zenovich tackles a subject of enormous importance.
OPINION: Local Water Projects Should Be Priorities
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County RegisterA document obtained by the Kansas City Star and the News Tribune could potentially bode well for two important, and unreasonably delayed, water projects in the Southland. One of those projects is the is the Huntington Beach desalination plant. The document, “purportedly leaked from the Trump administration indicates that the proposed desalination plant in Huntington […]
Drought Conditions Stubbornly Persist In Santa Monica Despite Rainfall
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Santa Monica Daily Pressby Kate CagleThis week the City announced it would maintain current drought restrictions, including penalties for over use despite recent rains. January was a landmark month after five years of drought in California. It simply poured: last week alone parts of the Sierra Nevada received eight to twelve inches of rain, according to Drought Monitor. Parts of […]