/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by Morgan Cook Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The top executive at Palomar Health District earned more than $841,200 in wages last year, making him the fourth-highest-paid special district employee in the state, according to 2105 data. The CEO, Robert A. Hemker, was one of three employees at special districts in San Diego County to be paid more than $500,000 last year, according to […]
Earlier this year, the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) completed work on a small bypass pipeline at San Vicente Dam, near Lakeside California, and a marina at the reservoir formed by the dam. Although relatively minor projects in their own right, their completion effectively brings to a close a massive effort spanning decades to […]
Environmental groups and scientists are gripped with anxiety about the prospect of President-elect Donald Trump, who has denied the existence of climate change, slashing government money for climate research, gutting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s staffing and authority, and pulling out from international agreements to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. On the other end, skeptics of climate change and those who believe the […]
A generation ago the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta tunnel project might have made a certain kind of sense. California’s lakes and rivers had been so thoroughly replumbed by dams, drains, pumps, canals and aqueducts that the state already contained the world’s most engineered water system — so why not add one more megaproject to the labyrinth? […]
Palomar Health Exec Ranks High In State Special District Pay
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by Morgan Cook Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe top executive at Palomar Health District earned more than $841,200 in wages last year, making him the fourth-highest-paid special district employee in the state, according to 2105 data. The CEO, Robert A. Hemker, was one of three employees at special districts in San Diego County to be paid more than $500,000 last year, according to […]
Vulnerable No More
/in San Diego County /by Mike Leeby Jay Landers Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityEarlier this year, the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) completed work on a small bypass pipeline at San Vicente Dam, near Lakeside California, and a marina at the reservoir formed by the dam. Although relatively minor projects in their own right, their completion effectively brings to a close a massive effort spanning decades to […]
Trump Has Climate Change Skeptics Eager, Scientists And Green Groups Anxious
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Joshua Emerson SmithEnvironmental groups and scientists are gripped with anxiety about the prospect of President-elect Donald Trump, who has denied the existence of climate change, slashing government money for climate research, gutting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s staffing and authority, and pulling out from international agreements to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. On the other end, skeptics of climate change and those who believe the […]
OPINION: The Delta Tunnels — A Project Only Engineers Can love
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Jacques LeslieA generation ago the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta tunnel project might have made a certain kind of sense. California’s lakes and rivers had been so thoroughly replumbed by dams, drains, pumps, canals and aqueducts that the state already contained the world’s most engineered water system — so why not add one more megaproject to the labyrinth? […]