San Diego County / Southern California
The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
Local Scientists Launch Weather Balloons to Study ‘Atmospheric River’
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Fox 5 by Merrilee MooreLocal scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography are closely watching a storm system as it moves into Southern California. Scientists are releasing weather balloons every three hours to study the storm system, classified as an atmospheric river. “An atmospheric river is just a large amount of moisture that’s associated with the system,” said program analyst […]
San Diego County Supervisors OK Urban Agriculture Program
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Patch (San Diego)by California News Wire ServicesCounty supervisors Wednesday unanimously approved an ordinance to establish urban agriculture incentive zones, under which a tax reduction is given to residents who set up a small farm on their property. In exchange for a tax reduction, eligible landowners would enter into a contract with the county to dedicate their land for agricultural use for […]
San Onofre Nuclear Plant Installs Radiation Monitoring System
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob NikolewskiThe San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has unveiled a monitoring system that collects readings of the radiation emitted by the used-up nuclear fuel that is housed in a newly constructed storage facility at the plant. Three monitors feed information directly to the California Department of Public Health’s Radiologic Health Branch, which will post a monthly […]
Opinion: A Week of Rain is Nice, but Does Virtually Nothing to Help L.A.’s Water Issues
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Times by The Times Editorial BoardSouthern California’s March rain is a welcome relief, coming as it does after a mostly dry January and an absolutely desiccated February. Los Angeles, like much of the rest of the state, had been in drought and was getting by without severe conservation measures only because of reservoirs still brimming from the soaking winter of […]