Tag: Drought

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a debate is emerging between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency over the potential disaster if the 89-year-old Mountain Tunnel, which supplies 2.6 million

Excessive groundwater withdrawal in California’s Central Valley spurred by the drought could start triggering earthquakes. A study published in May in Nature calculates that water pumped out of the ground in the Central Valley increases crustal deformation and seismicity, thus rendering greater chances

Grapes throughout much of California will be harvested early due to the dry, hot weather conditions resulting from the Golden State’s fourth year in a deep-cutting drought. The rough climate change has caused for an earlier than normal ripening of

On Saturday, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency due to the rampant wildfires that are scorching central and northern California. Meanwhile in the southern part of the state, the West Nile virus is making its presence known in

Sacramento’s annual Gold Rush Days festival, which usually takes place over Labor Day Weekend, has been canceled, according to local NBC News affiliate KCRA. The event is Old Sacramento’s most popular event, and typically draws over 100,000 visitors.  It usually takes 100,000

Sacramento’s CBS 13 is reporting that the severe drought affecting California is triggering a movement of rattlesnakes toward homes. Interviewed by CBS 13, rattlesnake wrangler Len Ramirez commented, “We’ve made four calls today and tonight; I don’t know how many

A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that 54 percent of Californians say the water supply is a big problem where they live, and 75 percent support regulations on water usage. When asked an open-ended question

On Tuesday, a Northern California Water District will vote on whether to spend $500,000 to hire “water Cops” to police Silicon Valley property owners for violating water usage restrictions. The San Jose Mercury News reported that California’s worsening draught conditions

A new report that compared May 2014 to May 2013 reveals that despite warnings from the state to conserve water, overall consumption by Californians increased 1% during the drought.  The report, which corrected an earlier estimate that said consumption had

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California water regulators voted Tuesday to approve fines up to $500 a day for residents who waste water on lawns, landscaping and car washing, as a report showed that consumption throughout the state has actually risen

A man allegedly delivering soil additives to an illegal marijuana grow site was arrested on Friday night on suspicion of starting a wildfire in Shasta County, California. The fire started around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, according to the San Francisco

The third consecutive year of drought plaguing California has encouraged unprecedented legislative and regulatory efforts to conserve what limited water the state has in its supply. Come Tuesday, state officials from the State Water Resources Control Board will meet to

The jingle “hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us” may need to include hold the hamburgers too, as drought-related costs have spiked the prices of hamburgers at favorite fast-food restaurants like In-N-Out Burger. The San Bernadino

The Los Angeles Times reports that looters of ancient Maidu tribal sites are having a field day, as the California drought leaves water levels plunging to reveal hitherto hidden artifacts. As a result, monitoring areas that hold the artifacts has

The Los Angeles Times reports that the National Weather Service announced on Thursday that California’s drought is getting worse and worse. In June, almost four-fifths of the state was labeled as suffering “extreme” drought conditions–and in those areas, the most

Predicting a dry summer ahead, San Diego called her citizens to begin steps this week to curb usage and conserve water with the move to a “Level 1” drought alert. The suggestions that come with the “Level 1” alert include

KCRA news reported that by Wednesday night, 2 homes and 7 outbuildings had been destroyed by the Butts fire in Napa County fire near Middletown. The fire had consumed 3,800 acres and was 30% contained. Amy Head from Cal Fire

A new Field poll released Friday reveals that Californians are growing increasingly disgusted with the state Legislature; only 35% approved of the Legislature while 47% disapproved of them. It appears the plunge in approval was catalyzed by the arrest of

In response to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s rebuke last month that environmentalists “have never been helpful to me in producing good water policy,” the Natural Resources Defense Council (NDRC) and the Pacific Institute recently published a new report claiming that “drought-plagued California

Governor Jerry Brown claims that his $25 billion Sacramento Delta tunnel construction project will ship water to Los Angeles and bring 19,600 jobs per year over the next half century. However, critics claim that his plan is “based on a

California Senate President pro tem Darrell Steinberg no longer supports a water bond that will be on the ballot in November, which he negotiated with then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009, because it provides for water to be tunneled to

A small fire at Disneyland on Sunday that was visible throughout the Anaheim theme park and for “miles around” frightened many tourists, according to a report by CBS News’ Los Angeles affiliate. What u don’t want to see when you’re

California’s water problems continue to mount. On Tuesday, a report from the Water Resources Control Board showed that Californians are not cutting their water use to comply with statewide conservation efforts.  Governor Jerry Brown had requested a 20 percent decrease