Photo by Joseph A. Garcia / Star staff
Ventura County, California experienced the driest season on record (click here for multi-media interactive. Thank you.)
September 22, 2007
San Bruno, California
This is all seriously bad news, folks. With rainfall in September reaching record proportions in California, it's safe to say the profound drought that preceded it caused problems during the drought, including crop stress and wildfires and afterward with mudslides. The USA cannot keep doing this, California is the seventh largest economy in the world which includes large scale agricultural operations.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Unless Mother Nature steps in, much of Ventura County is weeks from setting a milestone few are celebrating: driest year on record.
Rainfall records show that from Oct. 1, 2006, to the end of August, only 4.04 inches fell in Simi Valley, the lowest precipitation level since recordkeeping started there in the 1940s.
Ojai, Santa Paula, Camarillo, Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Fillmore and Piru are all on pace to set all-time records, according to rainfall totals tracked by the Ventura County Watershed Protection District.
"Records are made to be broken," district hydrologist David Panaro said, "but this is not one we will be throwing a party for."...
Rainfall records show that from Oct. 1, 2006, to the end of August, only 4.04 inches fell in Simi Valley, the lowest precipitation level since recordkeeping started there in the 1940s.
Ojai, Santa Paula, Camarillo, Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Fillmore and Piru are all on pace to set all-time records, according to rainfall totals tracked by the Ventura County Watershed Protection District.
"Records are made to be broken," district hydrologist David Panaro said, "but this is not one we will be throwing a party for."...
GOVERNOR TO SPEAK TO UNITED NATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
By Frank DaviesMercury News Washington Bureau
Article Launched: 09/22/2007 01:36:02 AM PDT
WASHINGTON - From the famous podium in the U.N. General Assembly hall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday lands just the sort of international role he relishes - speaking to about 75 world leaders on the urgency of fighting global warming.
Kicking off a week of high-profile events on climate change, the speech will highlight a glaring contrast: that several big-state governors, including Republicans like Schwarzenegger, are pushing aggressive efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions that go well beyond what President Bush supports.
"This is a big win for the U.N. - they get a little Hollywood popularity, a lot of attention for this issue - and the governor gets to make a subtle dig at Republicans who are not moving on global warming," said Shaun Bowler, a political analyst at the University of California-Riverside....
By Frank DaviesMercury News Washington Bureau
Article Launched: 09/22/2007 01:36:02 AM PDT
WASHINGTON - From the famous podium in the U.N. General Assembly hall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday lands just the sort of international role he relishes - speaking to about 75 world leaders on the urgency of fighting global warming.
Kicking off a week of high-profile events on climate change, the speech will highlight a glaring contrast: that several big-state governors, including Republicans like Schwarzenegger, are pushing aggressive efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions that go well beyond what President Bush supports.
"This is a big win for the U.N. - they get a little Hollywood popularity, a lot of attention for this issue - and the governor gets to make a subtle dig at Republicans who are not moving on global warming," said Shaun Bowler, a political analyst at the University of California-Riverside....
