Reducing water rates will be on the agenda at a special meeting of the Helix Water District board on March 8th at 6 p.m. Director Dan McMillan has asked the board to consider cutting rates; the special meeting workshop will include discussion of current finances, water rates and what adjustments can be made. The issue […]
More than 80 percent of California is no longer in drought after a series of winter storms, including last week’s hourslong soaker in Southern California. About 17 percent of the state remains in drought, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report, the first since last Friday’s powerful storm. That’s a dramatic turnaround from one […]
The cracks in the 50-year-old Oroville Dam, and the massive spillage and massive evacuations that followed, shed light on the true legacy of Jerry Brown. The governor, most recently in Newsweek, has cast himself as both the Subcomandante Zero of the anti-Trump resistance and savior of the planet. But when Brown finally departs Sacramento next […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Winter storms that have dented the drought across much of California have also boosted reservoir levels in several San Diego County lakes — especially those fed by storm runoff. At Lake Hodges south of Escondido, sparkling blue water is now visible from the Interstate 15 bridge, which for years has only spanned a sad-looking forest. Lake […]
Helix Water To Consider Lowering Rates At March 8 Meeting
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /East County MagazineReducing water rates will be on the agenda at a special meeting of the Helix Water District board on March 8th at 6 p.m. Director Dan McMillan has asked the board to consider cutting rates; the special meeting workshop will include discussion of current finances, water rates and what adjustments can be made. The issue […]
Super-Soaking Storms Cut Severe Drought to 4 Percent of California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Jonathan LloydMore than 80 percent of California is no longer in drought after a series of winter storms, including last week’s hourslong soaker in Southern California. About 17 percent of the state remains in drought, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report, the first since last Friday’s powerful storm. That’s a dramatic turnaround from one […]
The True Legacy Of Gov. Jerry Brown
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby Joel KotkinThe cracks in the 50-year-old Oroville Dam, and the massive spillage and massive evacuations that followed, shed light on the true legacy of Jerry Brown. The governor, most recently in Newsweek, has cast himself as both the Subcomandante Zero of the anti-Trump resistance and savior of the planet. But when Brown finally departs Sacramento next […]
Lake Levels Rise Across Region
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby J. Harry Jones Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityWinter storms that have dented the drought across much of California have also boosted reservoir levels in several San Diego County lakes — especially those fed by storm runoff. At Lake Hodges south of Escondido, sparkling blue water is now visible from the Interstate 15 bridge, which for years has only spanned a sad-looking forest. Lake […]