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Water Crisis
Snow levels in the Sierra Nevada are well below average for this time of year. In the Colorado River Basin, it's looking even worse.
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It’s a combination of geography, atmospheric conditions and how we build.
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It’s one of the reasons the fire department is relying more on mobile water stations for their helicopters.
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The state is doling out millions to support local water supply projects.
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The state extended a drought regulation banning using drinkable water to irrigate grass at commercial, industrial and institutional properties.
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To best protect wetlands, permitting and enforcement need to be sorted.
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Our winter weather could see the biggest impacts.
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The Farm Aid hotline now offers mental health resources through its first Spanish-language operator.
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Usually about half of our water supply comes from the L.A. aqueduct. This year it’ll be about 100% through summer.
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With the change in seasons comes more risk of fire and flood. And the climate crisis is making it all more extreme.
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Snowpack in the eastern Sierra has broken the record set in 1969, but L.A. says it will maintain current watering restrictions, at least for now.
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California won’t stay wet forever, but remember — we do need fire.
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I don't know about you, but I'm tired of shuffling my warm weather plants in and out of the house because it's so cold.
If you've never heard of Tulare Lake, it may be because it hasn't been a permanent presence in Central California since the early 1900s. Now, with water accumulating, locals are worried about what's next.
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With the storm expected to park itself over L.A., dangerous debris flows and flooding are still a concern across SoCal. -
Like for hurricanes, there's a scale for atmospheric rivers. But it may be a while before it's the norm. -
Forecasts put much of the state at risk for flooding over the next 1 to 7 days — although most of that danger is north of Los Angeles. -
National Weather Service reports rain is expected to return Thursday — with the heaviest showers north of L.A. -
It was so nice to see white sprinkled on the hills around our valleys. -
From the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains to the northern Sierra Nevada, a lot of California is buried in snow. But as the climate crisis drives increasingly severe weather, dangerous flooding is more likely. -
Not all of this rain goes to the ocean, but increasingly unpredictable and intense storms driven by climate change are making stormwater capture more difficult. -
In the face of a drier future, that iconic piece of Americana is on its way out in Southern California. -
The $1 billion in funding so far has mostly helped clear a backlog of water infrastructure efforts by cities and L.A. County, but new green space lags. -
To state the obvious: California has a water problem. But experts say conservation alone can’t solve our water woes. Should recycled sewage water play a bigger role?
