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Tangier Island in Virginia — one of the last inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay — is under threat from rising sea levels and climate change.
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San Diego County health officials issued an advisory Wednesday about ocean water quality in La Jolla, after extending a three-month beach closure Tuesay in Imperial Beach due to sewage contamination in water samples. -
California appears in the midst of another drought only a few years after a punishing 5-year dry spell dried up rural wells, killed endangered salmon, idled farm fields and helped fuel the most deadly and destructive wildfires in modern state history. -
Following a dry winter that is stoking fears of another devastating wildfire season, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state will hire nearly 1,400 more firefighters. -
A wind advisory will be in effect from midnight until 3 p.m. Wednesday in the mountains and western valleys. -
Offshore winds are expected to lead to warm weather across San Diego County Sunday, with temperatures in the 80s inland from the coast and over the lower deserts, the National Weather Service said. -
The shoreline at Imperial Beach was opened Saturday after being closed because of water contamination from the Tijuana River. -
Higher temperatures and sunny skies were expected across San Diego County this weekend, with the heat peaking on Sunday, the National Weather Service said Saturday. -
The board overseeing the management of California’s power grid approved a plan aimed at averting blackouts that rolled across parts of the state in August during a punishing heat wave. -
A strong trough of low pressure is moving into Southern California on Thursday morning, prompting the breezy and wet weather, forecasters said. -
State officials are warning that two dry winters could have an impact on the amount of water that can be delivered from the Sacramento Delta, but local supplies appear to be adequate.
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