A delayed sand project that aims at replenishing San Clemente’s beaches will resume this week, following several months of uncertainty around the long-awaited effort. Workers were busy the past several days erecting fencing and staging the construction area on the south side of the pier and in the nearby parking lot, readying the area for when the contractor, Manson Construction, brings in its ...
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SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The Otay Mesa East Port of Entry, slated to open late this year, will not begin operations for at least another year, according to Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda. She blamed construction delays on the U.S. side of the border where the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) have ...
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The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to put the Tulare Lake subbasin on probation during a precedent-setting meeting in Sacramento that stretched over nine hours. “This is a turning point. We are coming to terms with the reality of what this means especially in these areas that are so severely overdrafted,” said Laurel Firestone, one of five board members. ...
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Apr. 18—WATSONVILLE — As work prepares to begin on the systemwide rebuild of the Pajaro River levee, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently conducted an environmental analysis for design refinements for the start of the project along Corralitos Creek in Watsonville. Moreover, the Army Corps is seeking public input on this phase of the project and will accept comments through May 17. The ...
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Disney’s proposal for growing its theme parks in Anaheim received approval from the Anaheim City Council on Tuesday, a consequential vote that will shape the resort and city for decades and is expected to bring in millions more visitors a year. The development agreement the city is agreeing to maps out where new theme park construction could occur over the next 40 years, giving Disney ...
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The Metropolitan Water District plans to spend up to $250 million on four non-traditional water projects that, combined, could supply up to 100,000 Southern California households over the next few years. Wastewater recycling, rainwater reclamation and transforming ocean water into drinking water are some of the technologies that could get money in the coming wave of funding from MWD. The Los ...
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LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden has issued a disaster declaration for Los Angeles County and other counties in California for the severe storms that struck the state earlier this year. The declaration issued Saturday orders “federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides, and mudslides ...
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San Fernando Valley residents and activists had a rare chance to tour the vast Santa Susana Field Lab superfund site on Saturday, April 6, during an onsite workshop explaining the efforts to clean the infamous site’s polluted groundwater. The massive Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL) is home to sandstone cliffs, oak woodland, meadows, mountain vistas, cougars, deer and bobcats. It’s also the land ...
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Apr. 9—A Santa Rosa sand and gravel operation that is facing a record $8.6 million fine over stormwater runoff at its 120-acre Mark West Quarry, is being sold to a global building materials company. The pending acquisition of BoDean Company Inc., was announced Friday by CRH Americas Materials, the North American division of Ireland-based CRH, which has operations in 29 countries around the ...
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A renewable energy operator will soon begin development and construction on a nearly $140 million facility near Elk Grove that is expected to be complete in 2026. Ameresco, Inc., which describes itself as a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, announced this week in a news release that it would contract with the Sacramento Area Sewer District to build a ...
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