Drought

In the wake of the flooding at Coyote Creek, the city of San Jose has named Ray Riordan as director of Emergency Services. Fire Chief Curtis Jacobsen made the announcement of Riordan’s new position with the city earlier this week. “Our recent experience with the flooding by Coyote Creek is …

Arizona-based developer, SimonCRE Raylan III LLC, has settled with the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board for $55,297 for alleged stormwater permit violations at a Dollar General construction site in Pioneer, CA, some 60 miles southeast of Sacramento. The developer has enrolled the Dollar General retail store project in …

The San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund received a much-needed and much-appreciated $5 million donation earlier this week from Los Angeles County businessman Kieu Hoang, CEO & chairman of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products. Hoang, a Vietnamese refugee, is also the owner of the Napa Valley-based Kieu Hoang Winery. “Mr. Hoang’s …

Winter’s atmospheric streams have produced abundant rain in Northern California and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has announced that Lake Berryessa behind Monticello Dam has exceeded the Morning Glory Spillway crest of 440 feet of elevation. Due to the high water levels, some recreation services are currently limited or not …

With the Sierra Nevada snowpack standing at 185 percent of normal conditions for the first day of March and a snow water equivalent (SWE) reading of 159 percent of the multi-decade March 1 average, Californians have something to celebrate after five-plus years of punishing drought conditions. Frank Gehrke, chief of …

Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) recently installed its new elected five-member Board of Directors for 2017. Thomas P. Evans, a WMWD board member for the past ten years, was sworn in as the district’s 2017 Board President. “It is an honor to continue to represent Western’s constituents as the 2017 …