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Water restrictions take effect in Los Osos

Written on 12 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A set of restrictions limiting how and when residents can use water for landscaping took effect in Los Osos Monday. Last week, the Los Osos Community Services District adopted a set of mandatory water conservations measures that will remain in... (Continue reading)

Lady Gaga appears in California PSA on water conservation

Written on 17 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Several months after filling Hearst Castle’s 345,000-gallon Neptune Pool with water for a music video shoot, Lady Gaga is instructing Californians to practice water conservation. Early this year, a leak prompted workers at Hearst Castle to drain the Neptune pool.... (Continue reading)

Californians increase water usage amid drought

Written on 16 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Amid the worst drought to hit California in decades, Californians have increased their water usage. In January, Gov. Jerry Brown asked Californians to slash their water use by 20 percent. Nevertheless, a California Water Resources Board report shows a 1... (Continue reading)

CAB throws water on district formation plans

Written on 26 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A group representing hundreds of rural landowners in Creston won’t support a proposed North County water district as presently envisioned by its advocates. Sheila Lyons, chair of the Creston Advisory Body (CAB), sent a letter to Assemblyman... (Continue reading)

Lady Gaga’s Hearst pool filling not OK with state

Written on 18 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Lady Gaga’s much publicized video-taping gig at Hearst Castle Feb. 11 had everything a fan of the singer could imagine — music, dancing, plastic swans, fake flowers, and a giant seashell — everything, it seems except proper... (Continue reading)