An attorney for The San Diego Union-Tribune has been awarded more than $160,000 in legal fees for a case in which she successfully argued that information about recipients of turf removal grants should be a matter of public record. The grants, totaling $340 million, were given out by the Metropolitan Water District and its members […]
As he drove east of Fresno to the next Wildfire Awareness Week event in Kern County on Wednesday, Cal Fire Chief Ken Pimlott turned his gaze toward the browning landscape. “I’m looking at grass that’s 2 feet tall easily, and it’s already dead,” Pimlott said. Meanwhile, far away in the southern and central Sierra Nevada, foliage […]
Southern California’s section of the San Andreas fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” a leading earthquake scientist said Wednesday at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach. The San Andreas fault is one of California’s most dangerous, and is the state’s longest fault. Yet for Southern California, the last big earthquake to strike […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /MarketWatch (San Francisco)by By Jim Carlton Quoted: Bob Yamada and Maureen Stapleton
A quarter-century ago, San Diego and its suburbs imported 95% of their water supplies. Thanks to investments in desalination and other efforts to boost supplies, that figure has already dropped to 57% and is projected to fall to just 18% sometime in the next two decades. San Diego has gone from being one of the […]
U-T Attorney Wins $160,000 in Turf Grant Case
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribune by By Ricky YoungAn attorney for The San Diego Union-Tribune has been awarded more than $160,000 in legal fees for a case in which she successfully argued that information about recipients of turf removal grants should be a matter of public record. The grants, totaling $340 million, were given out by the Metropolitan Water District and its members […]
El Niño Rains Added Fuel to California’s Upcoming Fire Season, Experts Say
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Times by By Joseph SernaAs he drove east of Fresno to the next Wildfire Awareness Week event in Kern County on Wednesday, Cal Fire Chief Ken Pimlott turned his gaze toward the browning landscape. “I’m looking at grass that’s 2 feet tall easily, and it’s already dead,” Pimlott said. Meanwhile, far away in the southern and central Sierra Nevada, foliage […]
San Andreas fault ‘locked, loaded and ready to roll’ with big earthquake, expert says
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Los Angeles Timesby Rong-Gong Lin IISouthern California’s section of the San Andreas fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” a leading earthquake scientist said Wednesday at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach. The San Andreas fault is one of California’s most dangerous, and is the state’s longest fault. Yet for Southern California, the last big earthquake to strike […]
Cities Look for New Ways to Meet Demand for Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /MarketWatch (San Francisco)by By Jim Carlton Quoted: Bob Yamada and Maureen StapletonA quarter-century ago, San Diego and its suburbs imported 95% of their water supplies. Thanks to investments in desalination and other efforts to boost supplies, that figure has already dropped to 57% and is projected to fall to just 18% sometime in the next two decades. San Diego has gone from being one of the […]