This database contains press and video clips on water issues of interest to the San Diego County Water Authority.

January 24, 2010

San Diego Union-Tribune

National science panel convenes on Calif. Delta
By: Samantha Young (Associated Press)

An expert in California's delta told a panel of the National Academies of Sciences on Sunday that their decisions about the largest estuary on the West Coast could alter how Californians use water.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Time to shop for bare-root plants
By: Nan Sterman

The weather may be cool and the days short, but it’s great gardening time in San Diego. Plant now and you’ll soon be picking tart-sweet apples, juicy peaches, plump grapes, garnet-colored strawberries, and much, much more.

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North County Times

Scientists in California create model of 'Frankenstorm'
By: Alicia Chang (Associated Press)

Think last week's wild weather that hammered California was bad? Experts are imagining far worse.

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San Francisco Chronicle

‘Despite downpour, drought still with us
By: Peter Fimrite

It might seem odd to talk about a drought after a weeklong series of thundering storms drenched the Bay Area and heaped snow on the Sierra, but California's water lords know the state's lingering thirst cannot be quenched by one showy display of wet weather.

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