Los Angeles Times, 6/10/2024 - The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether the climate change lawsuits filed by California and two dozen other cities and states should be blocked.
At issue is whether greenhouse gas emissions are a matter controlled only by federal law, or if states can play a role.
Newsweek, 6/7/2024 - An abnormally wet winter has brought good news to a popular lake in Southern California. Big Bear Lake is at more than 68 feet for the first time since November 2012, according to June 3 data from the Big Bear Municipal Water District, which manages the lake.
CapRadio, 6/7/2024 - It's official, the heat is upon us. Officials with the National Weather Service in Sacramento are predicting valley high temperatures could reach 103 degrees on Friday, 98 on Saturday and 100 on Sunday. And that’s after multiple triple-digit days this week.
San Francisco Chronicle, 6/10/2024 - After a cooler weekend across Northern and Central California, temperatures will again reach the triple digits in the Central Valley and the hottest parts of the Bay Area in the coming days.
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning and heat advisories throughout Northern and Central California in anticipation of the hottest conditions Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Mercury News, 6/10/2024 - Southern California is a disaster. Oh, you’ve heard? Sure, but in this case “disaster” isn’t code for “too expensive” or “not as cool as when I was a kid” or “politically bananas.”
No, this time, disaster means disaster. In fact, according to a new national ranking of 3,200-plus U.S. counties, Southern California rates as the single most disaster-prone region in the country.
San Francisco Chronicle, 6/9/2024 - For 30 or 40 years, the Chain of Lakes at the western end of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park has been missing its crucial center link. Called simply Middle Lake, it is part of the three-lake chain dug out in 1899 and still the only bodies of water in the park to be filled by a natural source, an underlying aquifer.
Los Angeles Times, 6/7/2024 - In one of the biggest moves to reduce air pollution in the past decade, Southern California air regulators on Friday adopted a rule that will require pool and hot tub owners to go electric.
Newsweek, 6/6/2024 - California's Department of Water Resources (DWR) on Thursday issued a warning about an invasive species damaging the state's waterways, including its reservoirs.
The warning advises swimmers and boaters to be on the lookout for the water hyacinth, a type of aquatic plant that can clog waterways with its tendency to form a mat as it spreads.
The Mercury News, 6/9/2024 - Grass, meet spark. Bay Area residents, meet fire. The explosive start to the 2024 fire season — the Corral Fire near Livermore that tore through rolling grasslands and rapidly scorched more acreage than the 1,253 previous California wildfires this year combined — heralds the types of blazes experts say residents of the Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern California can expect in coming weeks: fast-moving grass fires. What comes later depends largely on the weather.
San Francisco Chronicle, 6/7/2024 - More than 50,000 Californians died prematurely due to wildfire smoke from 2008 to 2018, according to a study published Friday.
“From a public health perspective, it’s really a crisis,” said Michael Jerrett, a professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a senior author of the study.
Maven’s Notebook, 6/10/2024 - The end of El Niño might make the weather even more extreme; Napa Valley has lush vineyards and wineries – and a pollution problem; A brazen California water heist revealed, prosecuted & punished; and more …
Groundwater recharge has emerged as an important way to replenish the San Joaquin Valley’s dwindling aquifers, particularly under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Last year, PPIC asked dozens of urban and agricultural water managers to tell us how recharge was going—a reboot of our 2017 survey. How much progress has been made, and what’s needed next? Join PPIC for a presentation of our findings and a panel discussion.
The Drought Resilience Interagency & Partners (DRIP) Collaborative will hold a workgroup meeting to refine proposed recommendations under the Drought Preparedness for Domestic Wells Focus Area.
When: June 12, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Where: California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Sacramento, Room 08-202 (eighth floor) | Zoom
The Drought Resilience Interagency & Partners (DRIP) Collaborative will hold a workgroup meeting to refine proposed recommendations under the Drought Definition and Narrative Focus Area.
When: June 14, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Where: California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Sacramento, Room 08-202 (eighth floor) | Zoom
The Drought Resilience Interagency & Partners (DRIP) Collaborative will hold a workgroup meeting to refine proposed recommendations under the Drought Relevant Data Focus Area.
When: June 17, 2024 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Where: California Natural Resources Agency, 715 P St, Sacramento, Room 08-202 (eighth floor) | Zoom
Join the Department of Water Resources for the Drought Resilience Interagency & Partners (DRIP) Collaborative meetings. Members of the public will be able to observe each meeting and provide public comments in-person at the meeting location or remotely.
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