An emailed press release today from the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) announced that there are agreements in principle between the State and two federal agencies in regard to cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL) in Simi Valley! And, that these agreements between the California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the U.S. Dept. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'California'
Happy Day! State, DOE, and NASA Agree on SSFL Cleanup!
September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · California, Santa Susana Field Lab
Tags: Rocketdyne·SSFL·SSFL Cleanup
How is the Conveyance System?
August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Lake Sherwood, Oak Park, Santa Susana Field Lab, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County, Water Issues, Westlake Village
I spent the end of last week at a California sewage agency conference. With the sanitizing of words, it is actually called the California Association of “Sanitation” Agencies, “Ensuring Clean Water for California.” One of the most interesting sessions was called “New Strategies for Renewing Wastewater Conveyance Systems,” which means, “How are you going to take [...]
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Way to Go, Daily News
August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · California, Media
You could say I am addicted to newspapers. First thing in the morning, I dash out to the driveway to pick up my papers, which include The VC Star, Daily News, L.A. Times from Thursday to Sunday, and the Financial Times. Writing the Conejo Post has happily given me an excuse to subscribe to them [...]
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State Water Project and Postponed Water Bonds
August 14th, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Development, Green, Water Issues
When I fly north out of either LAX or BUR, I look out my plane window for the State Water Project canal, bringing Sacramento Delta water to thirsty SoCal. I finally realized I could take a photo from the airplane, and here it is! The air intake for the jet is on the right, and the canal [...]
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Ballot Order for the November Election
August 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · California, Elections, Meditations, Ventura County
Calling California candidates and political junkies…here is the order of the alphabet for candidate listings on the ballot this November. I just talked with a staff person at the Ventura County Elections Division, who gave me the alphabet order that was drawn by the California Secretary of State’s office for the ballots. It is: R [...]
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Bell Now Ringing on Pay for City Employees and Electeds
August 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, California, Conejo Valley, Economy, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks
I like to read newspapers, even those outside the Conejo Valley. I was looking over the San Jose Mercury News this morning, which is a fine paper by the way, and read an article about the salaries of the city managers and police chiefs for fifteen cities in the Silicon Valley. The highest paid city [...]
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California Aqueduct Huge User of Electricity
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments · California, Water Issues
I have been researching on the internet just how much electricity it takes to move Sacramento Delta water down to SoCal for us to drink and water our lawns. According to a website written about the Central and San Joaquin Valleys, the water conveyance system uses an average of 12.2 billion KWh! (Here is a [...]
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Passion for Pastels Exhibit in Thousand Oaks
July 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Media, Newbury Park
I dropped by the Thousand Oaks City Gallery in Newbury Park this afternoon to visit the new show by the Pastel Society of the Gold Coast, and I was impressed. First of all, the word, “pastel,” makes it sound as if the art works would be in pastel colors and sort of wimpy. Not at [...]
Tags: Pastel Exhibit·Thousand Oaks
Forget Common Sense – Still Have to Conserve Water
June 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Oak Park, Water Issues
Common sense would tell us that we had more rain than normal in the Conejo Valley, for the past twelve months, and cooler weather as well. So, we should be able to go back to turning on our faucets with abandon, like we used to do, right? That might be the case if we had [...]
Tags: Calleguas·MET·water conservation
Checking Sprinklers
June 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · California, Conejo Valley, Oak Park, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Uncategorized, Water Issues
A few days ago, I got reminded to check how my sprinklers were performing, when I noted the sprinkler head in the photo no longer extends high enough over the gazanias to have the water reach a dwarf lemon tree a few feet away. A gardener’s work is never done! So, I looked over the rest of the [...]
Tags: California drought·California State Water System·water conservation