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China pollution may hold silver lining for California
BEIJING — As Gov. Jerry Brown tours some of China's economic hubs this week, he is breathing the kind of heavy, soiled air that blanketed Los Angeles decades ago. The soot and smog that are byproducts of this country's industrial progress are...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Politics, U.S. Embassy, China, Environmental Pollution
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Jordan opens second camp for Syrian refugees
Jordan on Wednesday opened a second camp to shelter the increasing numbers of refugees pouring out of Syria, one day after a United Nations official warned that the regional crisis had hit “a breaking point.” About 100 Syrians arrived...
Tags: Politics, Iraq, United Nations, Refugee, North Korea
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Democrats urge Brown to consider alternative to water project
SACRAMENTO -- A group of nearly two dozen Democrats is challenging Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to build a massive water project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. On Thursday, 22 lawmakers from districts throughout the state released a letter...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Politics, Environmental Issues, Lois Wolk, Government
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Brown administration cites low snowpack to tout water plan
SACRAMENTO -- Officials in Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration say another dry winter underscores the need for the state to overhaul its water system. “The security of California’s water supply is threatened,” said Natural...
Tags: Jerry Brown
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Letters: Phoenix's climate future
Re "Too darn hot," Opinion, March 14 William deBuys painted a doom-and-gloom picture of my city, Phoenix, based on climate change and water use, warning if we don't take better care of our land and resources, Phoenicians will flee. Just like Los... -
Pacific Palisades trench accident victim dies, second man rescued
L.A. NOWOne of two people who were trapped in a 15-foot trench in Pacific Palisades has died, authorities said. The second worker in the construction project incident was rescued, an effort that lasted more than an hour after firefighters arrived on...... -
LAX terminal's water declared safe after daylong shutdown
L.A. NOWThe water has been declared safe at a Los Angeles International Airport terminal after contamination caused a daylong shutdown. A contractor early Wednesday morning mistakenly cross-contaminated a water line with water from recycled air-conditioning... -
LAX hands out bottled water after line contamination
L.A. NOWLos Angeles International Airport was handing out bottled water Wednesday to passengers and employees in Terminal 6 after a cross-contamination incident compromised the water system, officials said. The precautions were expected to continue until... -
Deaths of endangered fish curtail water exports
In a step that has become more routine over the last decade, water exports to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California have been reduced to avoid killing endangered delta smelt. State and federal water managers said Tuesday that early winter...
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No disease-causing bacteria in water at hotel where body was found
L.A. NOWNo traces of disease-causing bacteria were found in the water supply of a downtown L.A. hotel where authorities discovered the body of a Canadian tourist inside a rooftop water tank this week, health officials said Thursday. A do-not-drink order... -
Letters: San Diego's water-wise project
Re "Is desalt plant a drop in bucket?," Feb. 18 The article about the desalination plant in Carlsbad missed several important elements regarding the San Diego County Water Authority's decision to pursue this water supply. - The plant is a multi-decade...Tags: Plant Openings
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Does Central Valley irrigation boost the Southwest's rainfall?
Irrigation in California’s Central Valley pours so much water vapor into the atmosphere that it significantly drives up summer rainfall and runoff in the Southwest, according to a new study. Using a global climate model and estimates of...
Tags: Research, U.S. Geological Survey, University of California, Irvine
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