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#TBT Sweetwater Dam Burst, San Diego County (September 30, 1916) The burst of Sweetwater Authority Dam was one of San Diego County’s most devastating infrastructure failures. After record-breaking rains flooded the region, pressure on the dam’s spillways became too great. The dam

'Water brings life': Plans to revive Tulare Lake take shape in the San Joaquin Valley Tulare Lake was drained by farmers more than a century ago, and it has reappeared only rarely when floods have reclaimed farmlands in its ancient lake bed in the San Joaquin Valley. Now, a

The reason our clocks have 60 minutes, and our minutes have 60 seconds is because of a mathematical choice made by the ancient Sumerians around 3500 BC. This civilization in Mesopotamia used a sexagesimal system, which is a numeral system with a base of 60. They didn't choose

Well, now I don't feel so bad with San Diego County water rates only going up 8.3%! Residents of this California community just voted to hike their own water bills by 300% — from $145 to $568 📈 The increase took effect July 1 according to the The Modesto Bee aol.com/finance/reside…

Wait...the repairs won't be completed now by August 28th? Hopes for Tijuana sewage fix fading Yes, in April, there was a flicker of hope when EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin visited the region and declared that “permanent solutions must be urgently implemented by Mexico.” But

Local landmark reopens The historic Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach reopened to the public after being closed for 18 months for repairs and other work. The structure, which dates to 1927 and was originally known as Pickering’s Pleasure Pier. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/04/cry… via @SDUT

A Trojan horse’: how toxic sewage sludge became a threat to the future of British farming Sludge used as fertilizer on farmland contains harmful chemicals that scientists suspect are entering food chain. Spreading sludge is incentivized because it is the cheapest disposal

Survey spotlights how sewage crisis is affecting quality of life People who live, work or visit communities near the Tijuana River Valley, where untreated wastewater spills over from Mexico, attribute their worsening physical and mental health issues to the cross-border

Like Texas, California faces major dangers when extreme floods come California's history is dotted with examples of storms triggering dangerous inundations, such as 1861-62 floods that left Sacramento underwater, the deadly Los Angeles flood of 1934, and devastating debris flows

The Ugly Politics of Jackson, Mississippi’s Ongoing Water Crisis $600 million has been spent trying to salvage the city’s decrepit water system after it collapsed three years ago. Now the money is gone and the problems aren’t fixed—and residents fear they may permanently lose

New Mexico mountain village of Ruidoso braces for more rain following deadly flash flooding The Village of Ruidoso prepared Wednesday for another round of monsoon rains as crews scrambled to dig out from a historic flash flood that killed three people, damaged dozens of homes and

Poisoned water and scarred hills The price of the rare earth metals the world buys from China We found man-made lakes full of radioactive sludge and heard claims of polluted water and contaminated soil, which, in the past, have been linked to clusters of cancer and birth

Emergency Response Comes Under Scrutiny After Deadly Texas Floods Public backlash envelops Kerr County over the local steps taken after the National Weather Service warned of a potential catastrophe wsj.com/us-news/climat… by jim carlton Scott Calvert Joshua Chaffin via The Wall Street Journal

Had a close call of sorts today where my house is with the #SteeleFire in Rancho San Diego 🔥 We got quick notifications from San Diego Sheriff on evacuation orders for our area. Great job to CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire who quickly contained it. 👏 Some friends of mine had it come a lot closer!

If humans were to vanish from the planet, some scientists—most notably evolutionary biologist Tim Coulson—believe that octopuses might be the most likely species to evolve into civilization-builders. This idea arises from their remarkable intelligence: octopuses can solve

Tons of Invisible Plastic Pieces Lurk in Ocean Water A new study offers the first estimate of nanoplastic pollution in the ocean. There’s a lot. A study in the journal nature estimates the volume of nanoplastics, which are even smaller than microplastics and invisible to the

Two Ships Desperately Tried to Fight Off Houthi Attacks. Help Never Arrived. Iran-backed group carried out its most complex and violent attack yet on Red Sea shipping. As long as the Houthis aren’t shooting at American ships, the U.S. considers the cease-fire still in place. 😳