Bay Area Pollution Hinders Rainfall
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By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER  SACRAMENTO -- Scientists say bits of air pollution as small as a thousandth of a hair's width appear to be reducing rain and snowfall in the Sierra, Cascades and Rockies, potentially adding to threats of water shortages tied to global warming.
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By Bert Caldwell, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 8--Worrying about water when the morning air is so saturated you cannot see a block ahead may seem strange, but why wait for spring runoff?   And there will be a runoff, for which no small thanks is owed.
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By Ian McCann and Mike Jackson, The Dallas Morning News  Dec. 18--With reservoirs low, watering still restricted and Mother Nature stingy with rainfall, several North Texas cities are trying to make their landscaping rules more drought-tolerant.
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A study released Friday found the cancer risk from air pollution in Southern California is down 15 percent, but the good news was tempered by the reality that the region still has some of the dirtiest air in the country.
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Berkeley needs a comprehensive and effective sunshine ordinance to promote openness in government and participation of all members of the public.   Many other Bay Area cities, including San Francisco, Oakland and Richmond, already have such legislation on the books.
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By Scott Marshall, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb. 14--Conservation groups on Wednesday appealed a stormwater permit issued by the state Department of Ecology for cities in Western Washington, claiming it won't do enough to curb polluted stormwater runoff.
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By Alex Breitler, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 19--Tens of thousands of farms are illegally exempt from laws requiring the monitoring and reporting of toxic water runoff, environmental groups said in a lawsuit filed Monday.
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The question of how to treat wastewater in an exclusive California beachfront community is pitting neighbors, surfers and environmentalists against one another.
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SUISUN CITY, Calif. - A fire burned early Friday at a massive fertilizer plant outside San Francisco, but it wasn't immediately known if the burning materials were toxic.
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The California coastline was expected to receive its first rain in over a week on Tuesday. The storm should also bring some snow to the Cascades and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.
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By Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer  SAN FRANCISCO  - California experienced one of its driest Januarys on record, a worrisome development for a state that relies on winter rain and snow for its water.
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By Jeff Hood, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep.
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By PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM  SANTA CLARITA -- Local water suppliers are urging conservation as summer approaches in this driest year on record -- and as the region's main water supply is reduced to a trickle because of a threatened fish 300 miles away.
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By Momo Chang  OAKLAND - A 164-million-gallon tank of water sitting quietly in Oakland could be what caused a landslide in May that completely destroyed one home and damaged several others.
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By The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 9--After more than a week of blue skies, the Central Coast's weather turned Friday and rain is expected to continue through the weekend.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 15--Due to heavy rainfall in the area on Wednesday, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control issued numerous precautionary beach advisories for the region.