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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has urged all levels of government agencies – state, federal and local – to step up their efforts to save the Salton Sea. Boxer spoke Thursday at the lakebed’s south shore Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge and expressed her concern for the slow action toward …

After two days of intense effort by more than 1,300 firefighting personnel the Blue Cut Fire remains at just four percent containment. The fire is a testament to the four-plus year drought complicated, in the San Bernardino County deserts and mountains, by extreme heat, low humidity and winds topping out …

Coordinated efforts by Arizona, California and Nevada have forestalled mandatory water restrictions at Lake Mead for another year. But, should the four-plus year drought continue in the western states the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation is projecting that by 2018 the lake’s levels could fall short by less than one …

For residents of tiny Paskenta, population 112 — located 130 miles north of Sacramento — you would never know that Northern California had a near-average rainfall in the past 12 months. For the third year in a row Paskenta is facing a unique drought.  And though their situation is the …

Water industry leaders gathered at Friday’s 10th Annual San Bernardino County (SBC) Water Conference acknowledged that when they convened their first county-wide water conference in 2007 they could not have begun to image the changes in the industry in the ensuing ten years. SBC Supervisor and Chairman of the Board …

Six water industry leaders – including both individuals, water agencies, and education and conservation programs – were honored at the Tenth Annual San Bernardino County Water Conference recently held at the Ontario Convention Center.  The awards were presented by Carlos Rodriguez, CEO of the BIA Baldy View Chapter and Jonathon …