Ten South Bay area high school students will be honored for their winning photos at today’s Sweetwater Authority Governing Board meeting. Nearly 100 students from Sweetwater’s service area entered its annual water photo contest, which challenges students to showcase the importance of water in everyday life through photography. Students submitted photos in two categories. The […]
Local 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 […]
County 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 […]
The 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 […]
Sweetwater Authority Displays Winning Photos at Board Reception
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water News NetworkTen South Bay area high school students will be honored for their winning photos at today’s Sweetwater Authority Governing Board meeting. Nearly 100 students from Sweetwater’s service area entered its annual water photo contest, which challenges students to showcase the importance of water in everyday life through photography. Students submitted photos in two categories. The […]
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 […]