With its tract homes, expansive lots and rural soul, Yorba Linda exemplifies the sort of sleepy suburb that would coin the motto “Land of Gracious Living.” Recently, though, this upscale Orange County city of 66,000 has been anything but. Longtime residents are engaged in a legal brawl with their water provider, punctuated by vitriol and name-calling that some say […]
Think the drought’s over? Don’t turn on that sprinkler just yet. On Monday, May 9, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order “making water conservation a California way of life.” In other words, drought regulations — from limits on outdoor irrigation to water use targets — will remain in effect in perpetuity throughout the State […]
Randy Garcia points a flashlight into a bush and shakes the leaves. Martin Serrano climbs a ladder to peer into rain gutters. Yessenia Avilez ducks under stairs and flips over a plastic tarp collecting water. In a Silver Lake backyard resembling a small jungle, the team — dressed in khaki shirts tucked into blue slacks — […]
Activists who are trying to block Nestle’s bottling of water from a national forest have questioned the company’s claim that it holds water rights dating to the 1800s. Now California regulators are conducting an investigation to get to the bottom of the dispute. Nestle Waters North America has long been piping water out of the […]
Yorba Linda Legal Fight Turns Nasty as Residents Seek to Overturn Water Rate Hike
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Times by Matt StevensWith its tract homes, expansive lots and rural soul, Yorba Linda exemplifies the sort of sleepy suburb that would coin the motto “Land of Gracious Living.” Recently, though, this upscale Orange County city of 66,000 has been anything but. Longtime residents are engaged in a legal brawl with their water provider, punctuated by vitriol and name-calling that some say […]
Gov. Brown Issues Executive Order as Drought Drags On
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Malibu Times by By Emily SawickiThink the drought’s over? Don’t turn on that sprinkler just yet. On Monday, May 9, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order “making water conservation a California way of life.” In other words, drought regulations — from limits on outdoor irrigation to water use targets — will remain in effect in perpetuity throughout the State […]
Fighting Zika Virus in a Silver Lake Backyard: The Hunt for the ‘Cockroach of Mosquitoes’
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Times by By Soumya KarlamanglaRandy Garcia points a flashlight into a bush and shakes the leaves. Martin Serrano climbs a ladder to peer into rain gutters. Yessenia Avilez ducks under stairs and flips over a plastic tarp collecting water. In a Silver Lake backyard resembling a small jungle, the team — dressed in khaki shirts tucked into blue slacks — […]
California Investigates Nestle Water Rights
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs) by By Ian JamesActivists who are trying to block Nestle’s bottling of water from a national forest have questioned the company’s claim that it holds water rights dating to the 1800s. Now California regulators are conducting an investigation to get to the bottom of the dispute. Nestle Waters North America has long been piping water out of the […]