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 […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union~Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Quoted: Bob Yamada
Water conservation in San Diego County and across the state bounced back substantially in March after a weak showing during several previous months. On average, California’s urban water users saved a robust 24.3 percent in March as compared with just 12 percent the month before. The savings are measured against corresponding months in 2013, the […]
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 […]
State rallies on drought water conservation
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union~Tribuneby Joshua Emerson Smith Quoted: Bob YamadaWater conservation in San Diego County and across the state bounced back substantially in March after a weak showing during several previous months. On average, California’s urban water users saved a robust 24.3 percent in March as compared with just 12 percent the month before. The savings are measured against corresponding months in 2013, the […]