With more people spending time at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the city of San Diego launched a website Tuesday that provides information and assistance on how to become a successful “urban farmer.” Urban farming can come in many forms and sizes. It can be vegetables grown in containers on a home patio, a […]
A Cooper’s hawk chick and its nest received special attention after being discovered recently near a San Diego County Water Authority construction project. Environmental surveyors spotted the nest on March 27 south of Gopher Canyon Road during the Pipeline 5 repair project in Moosa Canyon in North San Diego County.
Most people take it for granted. You turn the faucet on, and water comes out. But it isn’t that simple. In fact, it’s far more complicated to fill a glass with clean drinking water. That’s one of the reasons why the City of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department is mailing residents the annual Drinking Water […]
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego will host a major research initiative funded by the federal government. UC San Diego will host the Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth and Atmospheric systems, and it will get up to $220 million in funding for research over a five-year period. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
City Launches Website to Help Prospective Urban Farmers Get Started
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Times of San Diegoby Debbie SklarWith more people spending time at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the city of San Diego launched a website Tuesday that provides information and assistance on how to become a successful “urban farmer.” Urban farming can come in many forms and sizes. It can be vegetables grown in containers on a home patio, a […]
Cooper’s Hawk Chick Gets Special Handling near Pipeline 5 Project
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News Networkby Ed Joyce Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityA Cooper’s hawk chick and its nest received special attention after being discovered recently near a San Diego County Water Authority construction project. Environmental surveyors spotted the nest on March 27 south of Gopher Canyon Road during the Pipeline 5 repair project in Moosa Canyon in North San Diego County.
Water’s Long Journey to Your Faucet
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC 7 San Diegoby Joe LittleMost people take it for granted. You turn the faucet on, and water comes out. But it isn’t that simple. In fact, it’s far more complicated to fill a glass with clean drinking water. That’s one of the reasons why the City of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department is mailing residents the annual Drinking Water […]
Major Ocean Research Effort Centered in San Diego
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBS-FM/TVby Erik AndersonThe Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego will host a major research initiative funded by the federal government. UC San Diego will host the Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth and Atmospheric systems, and it will get up to $220 million in funding for research over a five-year period. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]