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According to the California Department of Water Resources, in 2016, nine of the twelve biggest reservoirs in California are below the historical average, even after the El Nino in the winter of 2015. In the last five years, Fresno has received significantly less rainfall than the historical average of 14.77 inches per year, with the average ...
A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...
(The Center Square) - Many of California’s biggest cities are facing major financial challenges heading into 2025, suggesting any reductions or pauses in federal funding under the coming Trump ...
Issi Romem, an economist at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley said: "...as long as abundant new housing was built to accommodate those drawn to California, housing price growth was limited and the state's allure was channeled into population growth: From 1940 to 1970 California's population grew 242 percent faster than the national pace, while ...
Malibu’s coastline, seen on Jan. 13, 2025, was impacted by the wildfires in Southern California, where many homes were destroyed.
Gov. Newsom's office has disputed these claims and said that under the governor's leadership, CalFIRE’s budget has nearly doubled since 2019, going from $2 billion to $3.8 billion.
Periods of heavy rainfall caused by multiple atmospheric rivers in California between December 26, 2022, and January 17, 2023, resulted in floods that affected parts of Southern California, the California Central Coast, Northern California and Nevada. [3] [4] The flooding resulted in property damage [5] [6] [7] and at least 22 fatalities. [1]
The State did not build any new major power plants during that time, and California's generation capability decreased 2 percent from 1990 through 1999, while retail sales increased by 11 percent. [28] California's utilities came to depend in part on the import of excess hydroelectricity from the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington ...