One year ago Friday, Frank Gehrke hiked out to Phillips Station and stuck a tube onto a tuft of brownish-green grass. There was no snow, but Gehrke had quite an audience. A gaggle of reporters and even Gov. Jerry Brown had assembled at the outpost 90 miles from Sacramento to watch Gehrke work and bear […]
In a symbolic moment in California’s slow but steady drought recovery, a state surveyor on Wednesday found several feet of snow in the same Sierra Nevada meadow that was bare and brown just a year ago. The depth of the snowpack was declared to be just below average, a huge improvement from last year, but […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by The Orange County Register)by By Elliot Spagat and Aya Batrawy
Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it’s turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop — the drought-stricken American Southwest. Almarai Co. bought land in January that roughly doubled its holdings in California’s Palo Verde Valley, […]
Independent filmmaker, Franck Tabouring is trying to save the Salton Sea in his own way. Tabouring has created a short film filled with thought provoking images called, “The Useless Sea.” “You’ll be surprised but I’ve talked to many people who’ve growed up in California have lived there their entire lives, and when I mention, ‘Have you […]
State Snowpack has Changed a lot in the Last Year — as have Californians’ Attitude Toward Water
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Times by By Matt StevensOne year ago Friday, Frank Gehrke hiked out to Phillips Station and stuck a tube onto a tuft of brownish-green grass. There was no snow, but Gehrke had quite an audience. A gaggle of reporters and even Gov. Jerry Brown had assembled at the outpost 90 miles from Sacramento to watch Gehrke work and bear […]
The depth of the snowpack was declared to be just below average, a huge improvement from last year, but still far from enough to declare the drought over.
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby By Matt StevensIn a symbolic moment in California’s slow but steady drought recovery, a state surveyor on Wednesday found several feet of snow in the same Sierra Nevada meadow that was bare and brown just a year ago. The depth of the snowpack was declared to be just below average, a huge improvement from last year, but […]
Saudi Land Purchases in Drought-Stricken California Fuel Debate Over U.S. Water Rights
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by The Orange County Register)by By Elliot Spagat and Aya BatrawySaudi Arabia’s largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it’s turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop — the drought-stricken American Southwest. Almarai Co. bought land in January that roughly doubled its holdings in California’s Palo Verde Valley, […]
Short Film Highlights Decay, Beauty at the Salton Sea
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KESQ (Palm Springs)by Jeff StahlIndependent filmmaker, Franck Tabouring is trying to save the Salton Sea in his own way. Tabouring has created a short film filled with thought provoking images called, “The Useless Sea.” “You’ll be surprised but I’ve talked to many people who’ve growed up in California have lived there their entire lives, and when I mention, ‘Have you […]