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July 11, 2018
Harmony Specific Plan
San Bernardino Superior Court Judge Donald Alvarez has issued two rulings on the proposed Harmony master-planned community in east Highland.
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July 7, 2018
Critics of the Cadiz Water Project in San Bernardino County’s Mojave Desert have spared no bit of innuendo, propaganda, administrative interference, and plain old lies in a flailing effort to stop the project from providing clean, renewable water to 100,000 households in Southern California.
By Imran Ghori | [email protected] | The Press-Enterprise
Published: February 9, 2018 at 6:41 pm | Updated: February 9, 2018 at 6:43 pm
A Riverside County judge has sided with critics of the planned World Logistics Center in ruling that an environmental study for the project was flawed.
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
October 15, 2016 3:00 PM
Jerry Brown and his predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, this month jointly celebrated the 10th anniversary of California’s war against greenhouse gas emissions.
Public records show that Brown has financial ties to a company that could profit greatly from shipping coal through Oakland.
Mike Rosati
May 12, 2016
During a high-profile speech last July in Vatican City, Governor Jerry Brown told Pope Francis that “90 percent of the coal” reserves worldwide “can never be taken out of the ground” if the planet is to avoid a climate catastrophe. Brown’s remarks, which are posted on the governor’s official website, were hailed by climate change activists around the globe and further positioned Brown as a world leader in the fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
By Jim Steinberg, The Sun
Posted: 05/10/16 - 6:53 PM PDT |
Cadiz Inc. won a decisive courtroom victory Tuesday for its plans to transfer ancient groundwater in a remote part of San Bernardino County’s Mojave Desert to parts of Orange County and other locations.
Filed under: Business, Courts, Environment, In the News, Legal, State Court of Appeal, Water Resources
A worker walks past heavy snowfall on the deck of the lodge at Big Springs on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in Truckee, Calif. (Northstar California Resort)
Bettina Boxall, Frank Shyong and Joseph Serna
December 22, 2015
A series of powerful snowstorms in the Sierra Nevada has resulted in a small milestone in drought-stricken California: The snowpack is now higher than average for this time of year.
California water regulators suggest slight easing of conservation requirements
Bettina Boxall
December 21, 2015
As they look to next year, state regulators are suggesting a slight easing of the conservation requirements that slashed urban water use across California.
Wind turbines. (Getty Images)
By Neil Derry
Posted: 11/13/15 - 1:25 PM PST |
The state of California has embarked on a 25-year green power odyssey in an effort to reduce the amount of carbon we place into the atmosphere, all aimed at leading the world in an anti-climate change crusade for humanity.
By Jessica Calefati
[email protected]
Posted: 11/02/2015 - 09:06:08 PM PST
Updated: 11/03/2015 - 05:46:23 AM PST
SACRAMENTO — Next year’s election is still more than a year away, but the battle over California’s landmark ban of single-use plastic bags is already shaping up to be the most costly, high-profile fight over litter and recycling the state has seen in three decades.
Gov. Jerry Brown, center, surrounded by firefighters and first responders, speaks at a news conference at Cowboy Camp Trailhead during the Rocky fire in August. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
Paige St. John
October 18, 2015
The ash of the Rocky fire was still hot when Gov. Jerry Brown strode to a bank of television cameras beside a blackened ridge and, flanked by firefighters, delivered a battle cry against climate change.
Bettina Boxall
October 5, 2015
Cadiz Inc.’s plans to sell Mojave Desert groundwater to Southern California communities have hit a major federal roadblock.
The California Air Resources Board is expected to decide, on Friday, to restore rules requiring a 10 precent cut in carbon emissions on fuels sold in the state, by 2020, despite oil industry objections that it could drive up gas prices.
By Judy Lin, Associated Press
Sept. 25, 2015 | 12:38 a.m. EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators are poised to restore a first-in-the-nation climate change program that requires a 10 percent cut in carbon emissions on transportation fuels sold in the state by 2020, despite oil industry objections that it could drive up gas prices.
Years of mishandling dangerous radioactive materials and chemicals has also left a toxic legacy for generations of people living near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
By Joel Grover and Matthew Glasser
September 22, 2015
Tucked away in the hills above the San Fernando and Simi valleys was a 2,800-acre laboratory with a mission that was a mystery to the thousands of people who lived in its shadow. In a place called Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), there was a secret collaboration between the U.S. government and private companies to test the limits of nuclear power.
By Chris Megerian and Melanie Mason
September 12, 2015
One of Gov. Jerry Brown’s most ambitious environmental goals was hanging in the balance when two powerful California lawmakers met for dinner near the Capitol.
Filed under: Democrats, Environment, In the News, Politics, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate
By Juliet Williams
Associated Press
Sep 12, 2015 - 1:32 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has grown accustomed to reveling in political victories since his return to the state capital in 2011, his national luster restored by shoring up the state’s finances and the spotlight on his agenda to cut carbon emissions.
Filed under: Democrats, Environment, Finance, In the News, Politics, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate, Taxation
Gov. Jerry Brown, center, listens Wednesday to Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, left, and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins as they announce they will abandon efforts this year to require a 50 percent reduction in petroleum use in motor vehicles by 2030.
Capitol Alert
By David Siders
[email protected]
September 10, 2015
- Governor says controversy gets more coverage for climate change
- Brown also credits loss with increasing his ‘zeal’
- Dropping petroleum reduction mandate a major win for oil companies
Gov. Jerry Brown gets his way with the California Legislature so often that his defeat on major climate and transportation initiatives this week put him in an unusual defensive spot.
Filed under: Democrats, Energy, Environment, In the News, Politics, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate
Cars move slowly along the northbound 14 freeway in the Santa Clarita area Wednesday as storm clouds and rain pass over the area. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
By Rong-Gong Lin II
September 10, 2015
El Niño is on track to become one of the most powerful on record, strongly suggesting California could face heavy rainfall this winter, climate scientists say.
By Jim Steinberg, The Sun
Posted: 09/02/15 2:46 PM PDT |
Eleven local governmental bodies, trade groups, labor groups and others have filed amici “friend of the court” support for the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project in a remote Mojave Desert section of San Bernardino County.
Filed under: Business, Courts, Environment, In the News, Legal, State Court of Appeal, Water Resources
A comparison of the November 1997 and July 2015 El Niños in the Pacific Ocean west of Peru. Areas of warm water, shown in red, in 1997 contributed to relentless, damaging storms in California that winter. Note: This image has been edited to add a key and to express degrees in Fahrenheit. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Visualization Laboratory)
By Rong-Gong Lin II
August 12, 2015
For months, scientists have been saying that the El Niño weather pattern this winter could finally put a dent in California’s four-year drought.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 05:00 p.m.
The Lou Desmond and Company Show is broadcasting from the Toyota of San Bernardino Recording Studios!
Joining Lou on the show is Michael Bilheimer, President of the Fire Management Association in San Bernardino. San Bernardino will soon decide whether or not it will outsource its fire department. What do the fire fighters in the city have to say about this?
Filed under: Campaigns, Cities, Democrats, Environment, In the News, Local Government, Media, San Bernardino
An aerial photo from 2013 shows the region to be affected by the Delta water tunnels and intakes near Walnut Grove. | Randall Benton Sacramento Bee file
Water & Drought
By David Siders and Ryan Sabalow
[email protected]
July 11, 2015
- Wealthy Stockton-area farmer’s initiative expected to qualify for 2016 ballot
- Measure would force vote on some projects costing more than $2 billion
- Initiative backers have poured $2 million into effort, alarming tunnels proponents
Amid long-standing controversy surrounding Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to build two tunnels to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the south, one advantage the project appeared to hold was that Brown could forge ahead without a public vote.
Filed under: Agriculture, Campaigns, Elections, Environment, In the News, Politics, State of California, Water Resources
Christian Rodriguez, 19, of Santa Barbara skimboards at the Malibu Pier with low clouds in the background on Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Malibu, California. Forecasters say chance for strong El Nino increased to more than 90%. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
By Veronica Rocha
July 11, 2015
Californians should brace themselves for one of the strongest El Niño events to hit the Pacific Ocean in years.
By Paul Rogers
[email protected]
Posted: 07/10/2015 - 06:38:27 AM PDT
As Pacific Ocean temperatures continue to warm and trade winds shift, federal scientists now say that the El Niño weather event that’s emerging could be one of the strongest on record.
Tom Coleman, forest entomologist for the U.S. Forest Service, chips away at the bark on a Jeffrey Pine to look for Bark Beetles in the Barton Flats area of the San Bernardino National Forest in May. (Sarah Alvarado — Staff photographer)
By Jim Steinberg, The Sun
Posted: 06/13/15 - 9:51 PM PDT |
They are insects the size of rice grains, with miniscule mandibles that bring down forests.
Iddo Benzeevi, CEO of Highland Fairview, is proposing the World Logistics Center on Moreno Valley’s east side. (David Danelski / File Photo)
Published: June 12, 2015 - Updated: 11:14 p.m.
Evaluating the World Logistics Center mega-warehouse won’t be a quick process.
Moreno Valley planning commissioners say they may need a couple more meetings to fully vet the 40.6-million-square-foot project proposed for the city’s east end.
To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
Two county transportation officials say a study on the impact of a warehouse project falls short.
Published: June 10, 2015 - Updated: 10:53 p.m.
As the World Logistics Center faces its first public hearing in Moreno Valley on Thursday, June 11, two county transportation agencies became the latest to say the mega warehouse proposal’s environmental analysis is flawed.
To read story by Imran Ghori in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
Filed under: Business, Cities, County of Riverside, Environment, In the News, Logistics, Moreno Valley, Real Estate, Redevelopment
An environmental report on the proposed project — which would stretch 700 football field — could be vulnerable to court challenges, air board says. The developer, however, sticks by the report.
Published: June 9, 2015
Updated: June 10, 2015 - 8:02 a.m.
State air quality officials say that Moreno Valley’s environmental analysis of a proposed warehousing complex with enough indoor space for 700 football fields is “legally inadequate” and needs major revisions. The developer countered Tuesday that the report “meets all the requirements” of the state’s environmental quality law.
To read story by David Danelski in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
By Matt Pearce and Molly Hennessy-Fiske
May 24, 2015
Look east, California.
Five years of extreme drought have come to a dramatic end in Texas and Oklahoma as a month of heavy rains has replenished reservoirs, dampened parched soil across both states and unleashed floodwaters on vulnerable residents.
Lawmakers received an update Tuesday on the drought, which “is going to change California,” said the director of the Department of Water Resources. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
By Matt Stevens
May 12, 2015
With Californians increasing efforts to deal with the drought, lawmakers got an update Tuesday on exactly how bad things are and heard little to cheer them.
Gov. Jerry Brown speaks to water managers from throughout the state at the Association of California Water Agencies conference at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 in Sacramento, Calif.
Capitol Alert
The go-to source for news on California policy and politics
May 6, 2015
By David Siders and Dale Kasler
[email protected]
Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday that critics of his twin tunnels water diversion plan should “shut up” until they spend more time studying it, defending the project and strict water conservation rules as California grapples with a fourth year of drought.
By Jim Steinberg, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 05/01/15 - 7:03 PM PDT |
Three conservation groups have filed their opening briefs in an appeal to block Los Angeles-based Cadiz Inc. from pumping Mojave Desert water and shipping much of it out of San Bernardino County to meet the needs of South Orange County residents.
A key report on what would be the U.S.’s largest such complex is out; a public hearing will be in June.
Published: May 1, 2015 - Updated: 10:55 p.m.
A development battle in Moreno Valley that has been brewing for three years moved closer Friday, May 1, with release of a final environmental report on a warehouse center that would transform the city’s eastside and become the country’s largest logistics facility.
To read story by Imran Ghori and David Danelski in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
By Jim Steinberg, The Sun
Posted: 05/01/15 - 7:04 PM PDT |
Three conservation groups filed their opening briefs in an appeal to block Los Angeles-based Cadiz Inc. from pumping Mojave Desert water and shipping much of it out of San Bernardino County to meet the needs of South Orange County residents.
By David Siders and Phillip Reese
May 1, 2015
[email protected]
For years, Gov. Jerry Brown used the promise of habitat restoration to broaden the appeal of his plan to build two tunnels to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the south.
By Chris Megerian
April 16, 2015
With criticism of new conservation regulations pouring in from local officials, Gov. Jerry Brown and other state leaders defended Thursday his executive order requiring a 25% reduction in water use.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 09:30 a.m.
California Governor Jerry Brown says he’s forcing residents to cut water use in light of the drought-induced water shortage.
By Bettina Boxall
April 6, 2015
Southern California’s water wholesaler is planning to wield its powerful hammer to force more urban conservation this year by cutting water deliveries.
Gov. Jerry Brown, announcing an order to slash urban water usage last week, said California’s agricultural needs are best kept separate from its policies for cities and towns. But if the drought goes on, he said, state water allocations to farms could also be reduced.
By David Siders
[email protected]
04/05/2015 - 4:36 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown defended the agriculture industry’s heavy water use in an interview aired Sunday, but he said historic water rights are “probably going to be examined” if the drought persists.
Sprinklers water the grass at Gleneagles Golf Course on April 2, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Significant cuts in use will be imposed on cemeteries, golf courses and facilities with large landscapes. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
By Jeff Guo
April 3, 2015
On Wednesday, California Gov. Jerry Brown took the unprecedented step of forcing urban water agencies to reduce their water use by 25 percent. Cities and towns are now prohibited from using more than three-quarters the amount of water they used in 2013. This will save an estimated 1.5 million acre-feet, or nearly 500 billion gallons of water, between now and February.
Filed under: Agriculture, Cities, Economy, Environment, Finance, In the News, Local Government, State of California, Water Resources
By Chris Megerian, Matt Stevens and Bettina Boxall
April 1, 2015
Standing in a brown field that would normally be smothered in several feet of snow, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday ordered cities and towns across California to cut water use by 25% as part of a sweeping set of mandatory drought restrictions, the first in state history.
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
03/22/2015 12:01 AM
California’s prolonged drought drew a bit of official attention last week.
The state Water Resources Control Board tightened, ever so slightly, water conservation rules on local water agencies and users.
By Sandra Emerson, Redlands Daily Facts
Posted: 03/04/15, 4:07 PM PST |
SAN BERNARDINO >> The final environmental document for the Redlands Passenger Rail Project has been certified by the San Bernardino Associated Governments Board of Directors.
A passenger waits for his ride at L.A./Ontario International Airport in Ontario. The Ontario International Airport Authority claims a proposed map will contract the noise levels around (L.A./Ontario International Airport/Staff file photo)
By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 03/02/15, 12:01 AM PST |
ONTARIO >> The Ontario International Airport Authority has opposed a proposed map it claims will contract the noise levels around L.A./Ontario International Airport and shut out 800 residents from being eligible for sound insulation funding.
By Paul Rogers
[email protected]
Posted: 02/25/2015 - 06:02:48 AM PST
SACRAMENTO — Setting up a grand environmental showdown, a referendum initiated by the plastic-bag industry to overturn California’s first-in-the-nation law that bans supermarkets and other businesses from handing out single-use plastic bags has qualified for next year’s ballot.
Filed under: Business, Campaigns, Elections, Environment, In the News, Politics, State of California
By Larry Altman, Daily Breeze and Nick Green, Daily Breeze
Posted: 02/19/15, 8:10 PM PST |
The day after a massive ExxonMobil refinery explosion rocked Torrance and ripped apart a 12-story pollution-control device at the plant, some members of the community are questioning the company’s response to the emergency.
By Joseph Serna
December 18, 2014
For the first time in five months, a majority of California is no longer considered to be in an exceptional drought, the most severe level possible under federal guidelines, the U.S. Drought Monitor announced Thursday.
By Richard Sierra, Business Manager
Laborers International Union of North America, Local 783
Posted on December 5, 2014
(December 2) Recently, Congressman Paul Cook sent a letter to the US Department of the Interior recommending against any further federal environmental review of the water project proposed by local renewable resources company Cadiz, Inc. This new position of support by Congressman Cook is a logical and positive change; one that promotes economic growth, jobs and safe water resource conservation. It is a welcome development for those of us fighting for sustainable economic development in the Inland Empire.
By Jeremy B. White
[email protected]
Published: Tuesday, Sep. 30, 2014 - 9:35 am
Time to invest in a reusable shopping bag.
By Veronica Rocha
September 24, 2014
Northern and Central California typically receive 30% to 40% of their precipitation over the next three months, but this year, forecasters say the upper two-thirds of the state can expect to miss out on much of that badly needed moisture.
By Karen Weise
September 04, 2014
The drought in California has already devastated the environment and upended the state’s economy. Imagine if it were to last for a decade. Or four decades. Or longer. So-called megadroughts are increasingly likely as the earth warms, according to a new scientific paper that paired historic drought patterns with climate change models.
Filed under: Agriculture, Business, Economy, Environment, Finance, In the News, State of California, Water Resources
The Enterprise Bridge passes over a section of Lake Oroville that is nearly dry on Aug. 19 in Oroville, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
By Nick Kirkpatrick
August 28, 2014
A new study says that California’s drought is so severe it’s causing the ground to rise. Angela Fritz of The Washington Post reported scientists estimate 63 trillion gallons of water have been lost in the past 18 months.
By David Siders
[email protected]
Published: Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 - 11:36 pm
Last Modified: Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 - 11:44 am
California lawmakers narrowly approved a sweeping plastic bag ban Friday, leaving Gov. Jerry Brown to decide the fate of the controversial bill in an election year.
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
Published: Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014 - 12:00 am
On average, rain and snow storms drop about 200 million acre-feet of water on California each year – 65 trillion gallons of the life-giving liquid.
By Veronica Rocha
August 21, 2014
The severe drought gripping nearly all of California eased ever so slightly this past week, but the state’s reservoirs remain “seriously low,” according to the latest figures released Thursday.
The latest U.S. Drought Map shows the level of drought in California remains unchanged. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
By Veronica Rocha
August 14, 2014
After months of worsening drought across California, conditions appear to have leveled off, at least for now.
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
Published: Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 - 12:00 am
When Capitol insiders talk about a “bag bill,” it refers to something for which an interest group is willing to spend big money – legally, it’s presumed – to see done.
Senate Bill 270, one might say, is a double bag bill.
A federal drought expert said on Friday that California’s drought, its worst in decades, is likely to hold steady through the summer months and may not ease in the fall even with an anticipated El Nino…
By Paul Rogers
[email protected]
Posted: 08/07/2014 06:00:00 AM PDT30 Comments
Updated: 08/07/2014 12:06:35 PM PDT
A powerful El Niño that had been emerging in the Pacific Ocean is fizzling out, evaporating hopes it will deliver a knockout punch to California’s three-year drought.
By Joseph Serna
August 8, 2014
A series of thunderstorms that have hit California in recent weeks may have delivered devastating torrents of rain in some areas, but on the whole they were “inconsequential” in terms of easing the state’s worsening drought, according to a report issued Thursday.
Lovingood, Ramos write letter to BLM
By STAFF REPORTS
Posted Jul. 24, 2014 @ 6:01 pm
Updated Jul 24, 2014 at 6:09 PM
SAN BERNARDINO — Supervisors James Ramos and Robert A. Lovingood submitted a joint letter to the Bureau of Land Management on Thursday strongly opposing the North Peak Wind Project planned for 16.4 square miles of mountain ridges overlooking much of the Victor Valley.
By Veronica Rocha
July 22, 2014
The groundwater level in the San Bernardino Basin area is at its lowest point in recorded history, officials say.
Filed under: Agriculture, Environment, In the News, Inland Empire, State of California, Water Resources
By Los Angeles Times staff
July 18, 2014
More than 80% of California is now in an extreme drought, according to new data by the National Weather Service.
By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Posted: 06/27/14, 12:49 PM PDT |
Not too long ago in this season of California’s massive and extended drought, climate experts saw a small glimmer of hope on the horizon: Predictions for a wet El Niño season coming in the winter that would bring badly needed rain and relief to a parched state.
Now that glimmer is fading fast and the drought has gotten even worse.
By Jeremy B. White
[email protected]
Published: Monday, Jun. 23, 2014 - 9:02 pm
Last Modified: Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2014 - 7:53 am
With the governor’s controversial Delta tunnel project a key part of the debate, lawmakers on Monday failed to advance a leading Senate proposal to put a revised water bond on the November ballot.
Filed under: Agriculture, Environment, Finance, In the News, Politics, State of California, State Senate, Unions
Caitlin Owens
June 19, 2014
California’s drought conditions have worsened over the past week with the percentage of the state suffering from the highest category increasing, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 11:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 12:30 a.m.
One has to wonder what’s coming down the road for the economy. There’s no debate that the Federal Reserve was responsible for the Internet and real estate bubbles, of the past.
The big question here is how big is the new Federal Reserve-driven stock and real estate bubble?
By Jim Miller and David Siders
[email protected]
Published: Thursday, Jun. 12, 2014 - 11:16 pm
Two years after Gov. Jerry Brown first proposed using carbon-reduction revenue to prop up California’s beleaguered high-speed rail project, Brown and legislative leaders reached budget agreements Thursday that include the controversial funding plan, as well as money to pay overtime for in-home supportive services and increase welfare-to-work grants.
Filed under: Budget, Democrats, Environment, Finance, In the News, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate, Transportation
By Paul Rogers
[email protected]
Posted: 05/08/2014 12:54:58 PM PDT
Updated: 05/09/2014 05:35:25 AM PDT
Drought-weary California, heading into a long, hot summer of water shortages and extreme fire risk, received some potentially good news Thursday: Federal scientists announced there is now a 4-in-5 chance of El Niño conditions developing by the end of the year.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
and Leslie Parrilla, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 05/02/14, 7:32 PM PDT
Orange County Superior Court Judge Gail Andler’s ruling Thursday dismissed each of six complaints filed against the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project, according to a news release and attached court order.
By Matt Weiser
[email protected]
Published: Thursday, May. 1, 2014 - 10:15 pm
Last Modified: Thursday, May. 1, 2014 - 11:10 pm
A new analysis of groundwater levels across California has found historically low water levels in thousands of wells in all areas of the state, another telltale of the drought’s intensity.
By Matt Weiser
[email protected]
Published: Friday, Apr. 25, 2014 - 2:32 pm
Last Modified: Friday, Apr. 25, 2014 - 3:25 pm
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed a sweeping new emergency drought proclamation, cutting red tape for a variety of government functions to help water agencies find new supplies, and to press the public to use water carefully.
By Jason Wells
April 25, 2014, 6:53 a.m.
A prolonged period of below-average rainfall has put the entire state of California under some level of drought, ranging in severity from moderate to exceptional, for the first time in 15 years.
Kurtis Alexander
Updated 6:40 am, Friday, February 28, 2014
Fresh snow is blanketing the Sierra this week, but not enough to put a big dent in the statewide drought.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
February 25, 2014
Saying Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal “includes little to address the effects of the current drought,” a new report by the Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal analyst suggests anti-drought and conservation steps that lawmakers could take.
By Rong-Gong Lin II
February 23, 2014, 5:10 p.m.
Get ready, L.A. — the winter storms headed to Los Angeles this week could be the wettest in two years.
By Paul Rogers
[email protected]
Posted: 02/22/2014 04:09:15 PM PST
Updated: 02/22/2014 07:20:33 PM PST
Here’s something you haven’t heard much around California during the past 14 months: Get out your umbrellas.
Dan Walters
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
Published: Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 - 12:00 am
It’s not that California politicians haven’t talked about the state’s uncertain water supply.
They have – constantly, for decades.
Kurtis Alexander
Published 11:33 am, Friday, February 21, 2014
(02-21) 11:31 PST SAN FRANCISCO — Federal officials announced Friday that many California farmers will receive no water this year from the federally-run system of reservoirs and canals fed by the drought-stricken Sierra Nevada, a crippling blow for the state’s agricultural industry.
Filed under: Agriculture, Business, Economy, Environment, Finance, In the News, State of California, U.S. Government, Water Resources
A Secret Service agent looks over a parched field as President Obama visited the region to discuss California’s drought. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times / February 14, 2014)
By Anthony York
February 19, 2014, 8:14 p.m.
SACRAMENTO — A proposed $687.4-million drought-relief package was unveiled Wednesday to free up water supplies and aid Californians facing financial ruin.
By JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press
Posted: 02/15/2014 07:40:12 AM PST
Updated: 02/15/2014 08:54:08 AM PST
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—As California struggles to cope with its historic drought, Gov. Jerry Brown is facing increasing pressure to tackle longstanding problems in the state’s water storage and delivery systems at a time when the politics of the issue have never been more tangled.
By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Posted: 02/15/14, 1:41 PM PST |
Late winter in year three of an extended drought and the local picture isn’t pretty.
Bob Kind and Catie Redel of Petaluma visit Phoenix Lake in San Anselmo, a reservoir that has seen its water level rise with the recent rainfall. ( Photo: Lacy Atkins, The Chronicle)
By Kurtis Alexander
Updated 5:01 pm, Monday, February 10, 2014
Last month, the small Mendocino County city of Willits faced a real possibility of running out of water. The city’s two reservoirs were approaching record low levels and the city manager estimated that just three months of drinking water remained.
By Paul Rogers
[email protected]
Posted: 02/07/2014 05:19:57 PM PST
Updated: 02/08/2014 06:36:50 AM PST
The storms expected to finally bring Northern California a desperately needed deepdrenching this weekend after the driest year in state history aren’t just random showers.
By Dana Bartholomew, Los Angeles Daily News
Posted: 02/07/14, 8:52 PM PST | Updated: 51 mins ago
The sprinkle of rain across dusty Southern California this week didn’t come close to the biblical deluge needed to play catch-up to a three-year drought — up to a yard of rain over the next month, some meteorologists said.
By Matt Weiser
[email protected]
Published: Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 - 12:00 am
California’s Senate leader is drafting legislation that would expedite help for communities facing what may become the worst drought in state history.
Filed under: Agriculture, Democrats, Environment, In the News, State of California, State Senate, Unions