San Diego County / Southern California

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California Has ‘A Shot Out Of the Drought’ If El Niño Rain Persists

/in /by /The Los Angeles Timesby By Joseph Serna

With a couple of weeks of rain and snow behind them and more on the horizon for the Sierra Nevada in Northern California, state water officials expressed cautious hope that this El Niño season could lift California out of its historic drought.   “The recent rains have put us on a good trajectory to perhaps […]

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Many El Niño Storms Blocked Off West Coast

/in /by /Hi-Desert Star (Yucca Valley)by By Stacy Moore

A high-pressure system is chasing El Niño storms away from Southern California, shrinking the region’s chances for a winter wet enough to ease the drought. The same system has been blocking Pacific rainstorms from California for several years, National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Stachelski said.   “It moves around slightly, but overall it’s been there […]

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Don’t Worry: Rain From El Niño is Still Coming to SoCal

/in /by /NBC Los Angelesby By Anthony Yanez

Wonder when El Niño is really coming to SoCal? NBC4 Meteorologist Anthony Yanez has some answers:   It’s the number one question I get about our weather: “Where is the rain from El Niño?”   If you’ve been paying close attention, you know the NBCLA weather team has been saying for months that we should […]

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Researchers Test a Possible Drought Solution by Flooding an Almond Farm

/in /by /The Los Angeles Timesby By Geoffrey Mohan

The El Niño rainstorm had already turned Nick Blom’s almond orchard into a quagmire. Still, he wheeled open the lid of a massive irrigation pipe. Fifteen minutes later, a gurgling belch heralded a gush of water that surged over the lip of the pipe and spread across five acres of almond trees.   Blom is […]

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