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KPBS Midday EditionThe answer is no, but what does the abundance of rain mean for the health of plant life? How can gardeners make the most of the wet weather? -
The state of California missed one of its two annual Oroville Dam inspections last year. It has one field engineer for every 57 dams it must inspect, and there is a potential conflict of interest in how the state inspects dams. -
An update from the KPBS Drought Tracker shows that strong storms rolling into California starting Friday are about to make the state's already wet winter even wetter. -
Was the near-disaster in Oroville a result of negligence? Some express concern about Sweetwater Dam here. Local labor leader Mickey Kasparian is sued for harassment and retaliation. Is Carlsbad getting a power plant that's unnecessary and obsolete? -
KPBS Midday EditionSeventeen of California's 1,585 dams are listed as being in poor condition, according to the National Inventory of Dams. -
Nearly 200,000 Californians who live downstream from the country's tallest dam were told they could return home but warned they may have to flee again if repairs made to the battered Oroville Dam spillways do not hold. -
Mission Valley could be in line for a major redevelopment now that the Chargers have dumped San Diego for a home in Los Angeles and that project may be the catalyst for a long sought after San Diego river park. -
Nearly 200,000 people who were ordered to leave their homes out of fear that a spillway could collapse may not be able to return until the barrier at the nation's tallest dam is repaired, a sheriff said Monday.
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The San Ysidro School District has shut off the water taps and brought in bottled water to students and staff at three schools. -
A coalition of state and local leaders is pressing California to lift restrictions on urban water use after the wettest winter for years.
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