San Diego County / Southern California

The latest news and analysis covering water issues in the San Diego County region and Southern California.

After 800,000-Gallon Spill, Chevron Site Is Still Leaking Oil

/in , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Piper McDaniel

On the same day Sen. Dianne Feinstein chastised Chevron Corp. for keeping an 800,000-gallon spill outside Bakersfield “under wraps,” California officials confirmed Thursday that the site was once again seeping a hazardous mix of oil and water. The new leakage occurred in a surface expression vent in the Cymric oil field, near the Kern County […]

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No Earthquake Damage To Dams

/in , , /by /Kern Valley Sun (Lake Isabella, Calif.)by Kathe Malouf

Shortly after two major earthquakes rocked buildings and rattled nerves in the Kern River Valley earlier this month, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer officials reported that it was “business as usual” at Isabella Dam, stating that the 6.4 magnitude earthquake on July 4 and 7.1 magnitude earthquake on July 5 did not cause any structural […]

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LA’s Kern County Sludge Farm To Stop Receiving Free Bakersfield Water

/in , , /by /Bakersfield.comby Sam Morgen

It was a match made in heaven, at least for the residents of Los Angeles, but it will soon be coming to an end. For around 20 years, Los Angeles has shipped a large portion of “biosolids” from its toilets to fertilize a farm it owns just west of Bakersfield. Bakersfield, in return, has been […]

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Sweetwater Authority Decides To Post Audio Of Committee Meetings Online

/in , /by /San Diego Union-Tribuneby David Hernandez

In a move intended to provide access to discussions that happen at the committee level, the Sweetwater Authority has decided to post audio it records of those meetings online. The decision, announced this week by the South Bay water agency’s general manager in an email to the governing board, came after a July 11 report and subsequent critical […]

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