San Diego County / Southern California

The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.

After Wet Week, Where’s El Niño?

El Niño, have you abandoned us? After a super stormy stretch last week, San Diego County has warmed up and dried out. And the forecast for the coming week calls for a few spritzes locally, but that’s about it.   Has El Niño, the periodic phenomenon that shifts the storm track and holds promise of […]

Getting More Water in the West: Key Legislation Failed in 2015; Will This Year Be Any Different?

This summer, as California was struggling through its most severe recent year of drought, two California members of Congress unveiled legislation meant to ease the pain.   Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Republican Rep. David Valadao introduced, separately and respectively, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015 and the Western Water and American Food […]

Two Feet of Snow Expected Across Northern Sierra Nevada This Week

A series of storms passing over Northern California are expected to drench residents in rain and dump up to 2 feet of snow on the northern Sierra Nevada, a precious water resource the state relies on in the spring, the National Weather Service said.   The storms are expected to bypass Southern California, according to […]

OPINION: El Niño: Why the Hype?

I will admit, I was out of town during last week’s storms, attending the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but from what I heard while in Sin City our poor, dear coastal North County was all but obliterated.   “El Niño is here!” my wife texted me, saying the whole family was holed up […]