This water year, which stretches from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, is on track to outpace the last two months of 2015. As of Sunday afternoon, the Saugus weather station measured 1.58 cumulative inches of precipitation for the water year, said Bonnie Bartling, specialist for the National Weather Service Oxnard office. Though the Santa Clarita […]
The twin 40-foot-diameter, 30-mile-long tunnels would harvest Sacramento River water before it flows through the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary. A vast majority of this water would be sent to Big Ag operations like The Wonderful Company in the Southern San Joaquin Valley. It will destroy the largest estuary on the West Coast of the Americas. But […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
Twenty-six million people in California, Nevada and Arizona rely on the Colorado River, but this magnificent source of water that carved a continent is drying up. Representatives of the three states have been huddling behind closed doors and, for the first time ever, California water officials are offering to give up some of the state’s […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The Associated Press as Published by The Orange County Register
Freeze watches and warnings are in place throughout much of California as cold, dry air moves through, toppling temperature records. In Orange County, it was cold but no records were broken over the weekend, though temperatures dipped into the mid-30s around the county. The National Weather Service reported a low of 33 degrees in Laguna […]
Update: La Niña: Slightly Warmer, Slightly Moister, So Far
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Signal (Santa Clarita)by Austin DaveThis water year, which stretches from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, is on track to outpace the last two months of 2015. As of Sunday afternoon, the Saugus weather station measured 1.58 cumulative inches of precipitation for the water year, said Bonnie Bartling, specialist for the National Weather Service Oxnard office. Though the Santa Clarita […]
OPINION: Single Tunnel Option Not A Quick Fix For The Delta
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KCET (Burbank)by Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaThe twin 40-foot-diameter, 30-mile-long tunnels would harvest Sacramento River water before it flows through the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary. A vast majority of this water would be sent to Big Ag operations like The Wonderful Company in the Southern San Joaquin Valley. It will destroy the largest estuary on the West Coast of the Americas. But […]
With Doomsday in Mind, California Officials Are Ceding Water to Arizona, Nevada
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Voice of San Diegoby Ry Rivard Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityTwenty-six million people in California, Nevada and Arizona rely on the Colorado River, but this magnificent source of water that carved a continent is drying up. Representatives of the three states have been huddling behind closed doors and, for the first time ever, California water officials are offering to give up some of the state’s […]
California Shivers Amid Record Freezing Temperatures
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press as Published by The Orange County RegisterFreeze watches and warnings are in place throughout much of California as cold, dry air moves through, toppling temperature records. In Orange County, it was cold but no records were broken over the weekend, though temperatures dipped into the mid-30s around the county. The National Weather Service reported a low of 33 degrees in Laguna […]