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Aquafornia news October 16, 2018 Chico Enterprise-Record

Salvation of historic water towers celebrated

There was a little party Monday evening under the old water towers at East Third and Orient streets in Chico, to celebrate that the towers will be standing there for some time to come. California Water Service Co. had announced in June 2017 that the towers would have to come down as they were not earthquake safe, and the cost of repairing them would run into the millions of dollars.

Aquafornia news October 9, 2018 High Country News

Commentary: Reckoning with History: When we overcame political division

Just after lunch on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke from the White House’s East Room to a typical gathering of Washington, D.C.’s elites, a large cast of white men joined by First Lady Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson. Johnson announced that he had signed four bills: the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the National Trails System Act, and the legislation creating both Redwood National Park in California and North Cascades National Park in Washington State.

Aquafornia news October 8, 2018 Associated Press

Zebra mussels threaten sunken ships in Lake Champlain

Invasive zebra mussels are threatening an underwater historic preserve in Lake Champlain. The preserve maintained by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is made up of nine Vermont vessels and one New York vessel, all of which can be explored by divers.

Aquafornia news October 4, 2018 San Francisco Chronicle

State Parks’ streamed video shows sunken Tahoe shipwreck

An eight-minute video posted on the State Parks Facebook page over the weekend shows a 100-foot barge on the bottom of Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe. It is the public’s first look at a new underwater trail at Emerald Bay State Park that leads to two barges and 12 recreational boats.

Aquafornia news October 3, 2018 The Desert Sun

Remembering the San Diego hurricane, 160 years later

It was the autumn of 1858, and Abraham Lincoln was on the ballot as a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Illinois. On the national front, the Compromise of 1850 divided the nation into free and slave states and was brewing political tensions during the years leading up to the Civil War.

Aquafornia news July 22, 2014 Los Angeles Times

Tuesday’s Top of the Scroll: 2014 Off to Hottest Start on Record for California

From the Los Angeles Times:

The first six months of 2014 were the hottest January-through-June on record in California, the National Weather Service said Monday — nearly five degrees warmer than the 20th century average and more than a degree hotter than the record set in 1934.

Aquafornia news July 22, 2014 San Jose Mercury News

California was Hotter than Ever During the First Half of 2014

From the San Jose Mercury News:

Just how fast the state’s climate is changing became apparent Monday when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released figures showing the first six months of this year were the hottest the state has ever recorded — breaking the mark by a single degree after 80 years.

Aquafornia news July 22, 2014 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

News Release: USGS Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Water Resources Research Act

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

The U.S. Geological Survey joins its many partners in other federal agencies, at universities, and in state and local governments in recognizing the importance of the Water Resources Research Act (WRRA) of 1964.

Signed into law 50 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 17, 1964, the WRRA established a Water Resources Research Institute in each state and Puerto Rico.

Aquafornia news July 16, 2014 Los Angeles Times

Downtown Los Angeles is Now Driest Since Rain Records Started in 1877

From the Los Angeles Times:

Rainy seasons over the last two years were the driest in downtown Los Angeles since record-keeping began in 1877, and forecasters now say the El Niño that had been predicted to bring some relief may not materialize.

Aquafornia news July 14, 2014 Associated Press

Interns Follow Donner Party Through Utah

From the Associated Press:

A group of U.S. Bureau of Land Management interns trekked three days this week across a blistering stretch of Utah desert, recreating part of the 1846 path of the ill-fated Donner Party.

Aquafornia news July 7, 2014 Los Angeles Times

Volunteers Work to Protect California Historic Site from Looters

From the Los Angeles Times:

With reservoirs headed for historic lows, the [California Archaeological Site Steward] program has taken on added importance. … As water levels gradually drop across the state, cutting grooves into the slopes like bathtub rings, archaeological sites are becoming more accessible — offering a chance for new knowledge as well as temptation for looters.

Aquafornia news July 7, 2014 San Jose Mercury News

Fossil Treasure Trove Discovered at Silicon Valley Dam Construction Site

From the San Jose Mercury News:

[Jim] Walker and construction crews building a new 220-foot-high dam at Calaveras Reservoir in the remote canyons east of Milpitas have been digging up a prehistoric treasure trove: the teeth of an extinct hippopotamus-like creature called a Desmostylus, clams, barnacles and the giant teeth from a 40-foot-long shark — and what could turn out to be an entire whale skeleton.

Aquafornia news July 3, 2014

Commentary: 2 Tunnels Away from Being Next Owens Valley

From the Manteca Bulletin, in a commentary by Dennis Wyatt:

You can’t get much closer to the source of a large chunk of Los Angeles’ water than Sam Mack Meadow at 11,040 feet just over a mile from the Palisade Glacier – the largest in the Sierra.

Aquafornia news July 2, 2014 KPCC

LA’s Rainfall in Past 2 Years was Lowest in Recorded History

From KPCC:

Rainfall for the July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014 data collection season ended with Los Angeles receiving a total of 6.08 inches of rain.

With Driest Year Notched, Santa Cruz County on Pace for Hottest

From the Santa Cruz Sentinel:

Not only has Santa Cruz County finished off its driest rain year on record, but there are early signs that 2014 could turn out to be the warmest in recorded history as well.

Aquafornia news July 1, 2014 Chico Enterprise-Record

Dry Rain Year in North State Nowhere Near a Record

From the Chico Enterprise-Record:

It comes as no shock that the 2013-2014 rainfall year, which ended Monday, was seriously dry, but records show it was nowhere near a record.

Aquafornia news July 1, 2014 Associated Press

Yosemite Celebrates 150th Anniversary

From the Associated Press:

Yosemite National Park on Monday marked 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln signed an act protecting the park for generations of visitors.

Aquafornia news June 30, 2014 Fresno Bee

Fresno’s Driest 3 Years on Record

From The Fresno Bee:

California got just enough rain to avoid the driest winter in memory, but Fresno still will reach an all-time landmark — the worst three-year drought since record-keeping began in 1878.

Aquafornia news June 30, 2014 Fresno Bee

Fresno’s Driest 3 Years on Record

From The Fresno Bee:

California got just enough rain to avoid the driest winter in memory, but Fresno still will reach an all-time landmark — the worst three-year drought since record-keeping began in 1878.

Aquafornia news June 30, 2014 NPR

As Yosemite Park Turns 150, Charms And Challenges Endure

From NPR:

Yosemite National Park, in California’s Sierra Nevada, is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the law that preserved it — and planted the seeds for the National Park system. At the same time, the park faces the challenge of protecting the natural wonders from their own popularity.

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