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.
A Drier Future Sets The Stage For More Wildfires
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Science Daily (Rockville, MD)November 8, 2018 was a dry day in Butte County, California. The state was in its sixth consecutive year of drought, and the county had not had a rainfall event producing more than a half inch of rain for seven months. The dry summer had parched the spring vegetation, and the strong northeasterly winds of […]
Scripps Study Finds Climate Change Will Cause Wet and Dry Extremes In California
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /Times of San Diegoby Chris JenneweinA study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that a new pattern of wet and dry extremes is emerging in California with extreme precipitation caused by streams of moisture in the sky known as atmospheric rivers.
Why This Bay Area Senator Was the Sole No Vote on Newsom’s Clean Water Plan
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /KQED Radio San Franciscoby Kevin StarkBob Wieckowski stands alone. He was the only state senator to vote against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to clean up dirty drinking water in the California’s poorest communities, which passed the Senate in a 38-1 vote on Monday.
You May Survive The Big One, But LA’s Water Supply May Not
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Gayle Falkenthal /KCRW Radio Los Angeles by Steve ChiotakisSeismologist Lucy Jones hikes through a dirt trail into a canyon, past a riverbed, and through some brush in Altadena. She kneels down and points at a thick layer of greenish-grey clay, snaking through the sloping terrain among rocks and dirt. “This is the fault! Isn’t it amazing?”