MARK COWIN of the California Department of Water Resources said Thursday that the snowpack in the Sierra is only 12% of normal for this time of year, the lowest amount recorded since 1960 when the…
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THE LIGHT RAIN that fell on much of NorCal Wednesday settled the dust but little more. The state remains dry despite a couple of feet of snow in the Sierras. The California Department of Public…
RULE 16 refers to the Supervisor's meeting procedures, specifically ad hoc presentations from The Great Unwashed during public comment. A recent controversy arose when Supervisor Hamburg cut off remarks by John Sakowicz critical of Ukiah's…
A STORM blowing over the Pacific Ocean is expected to hit Northern California late Wednesday, bringing about a quarter inch of rain to the Northcoast over two days, according to the National Weather Service. "It's…
THE FIRST REAL RAIN in nearly two months could hit later this week, ending an otherwise bone-dry January, forecaster Mike Pechner of Golden West Meteorology said Sunday. Pechner said the Northcoast could get as much…
DROUGHT NOTES: It is easy to forget that the only natural force over which we have any control out here is water, and that only recently. In my memory California summers were characterized by the…
SO MUCH WATER is moved around California by so many different agencies that maybe only the movers themselves know on any given day whose water is where.
WILL PARRISH TAKES TWO-YEAR INFRACTION PLEA DEAL by Tiffany Revelle Willits bypass protester Will Parrish took a plea deal in Mendocino County Superior Court Thursday in the trespassing case against him stemming from his 11-day…