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UPDATE: Water Resources Control Extends Restrictions, Will Reconsider in May

MWDOC Board ‘Urges’ State to Lift Emergency Water Restrictions By Eric Heinz Updated  On Wednesday, the State Water Resources Control Board voted to maintain the…

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LIVING, SJC Living

Ecology Center Kicks Off Water Conservation Program

California is in the midst of a historic drought. Residents are worried. Leaders have imposed restrictions. People are taking action.  The Capistrano Dispatch Facing diminishing…

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Letters to the Community, SOAPBOX

Letter: Facing the Drought

Larry Kramer, San Juan Capistrano I have hesitated to comment publicly on the actions of the new City Council. I know they have a different…

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EYE ON SJC, News

City Settles Tiered Water Rates Case

By Allison Jarrell After more than four years of battling over tiered water rates, the San Juan Capistrano City Council announced May 19, following a…

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Letters to the Community, SOAPBOX

Letter: In Favor of Moratorium on New Housing During Drought

Margaret Chard, San Juan Capistrano Okay. Let me get this straight. I can no longer keep my grass green (we are being encouraged to go…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Guest Opinion: Are We at the Beginning of a Mega Drought?

By Rick Erkeneff Fifty years from now, many of us will look back and realize these dry times were, in fact, the beginning of a…

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EYE ON SJC, News

Ripple Effect: Court Rules San Juan’s Tiered Water Rates Illegal

Appellate court ruling rejecting San Juan’s tiered water rates could have statewide impacts By Allison Jarrell A California Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday…

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The Green Issue: Special Section Dedicated to Environmental Issues

This week’s edition of The Capistrano Dispatch includes our annual Green Issue, a special pullout section dedicated to environmental issues. Click on the cover image below to…

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Letters to the Community, SOAPBOX

Letter: Global Warming, Climate Change and Hydraulic Fracturing Threatens Our Water Supply

Joanna Clark, San Juan Capistrano Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat. It is happening now. Global warming has…

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EYE ON SJC, News

City Offering Gardening Class

By Jim Shilander The City of San Juan Capistrano will hold a free California-friendly landscaping class Friday, Nov. 21 at 9 a.m. at the San…

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Letters to the Community, SOAPBOX

Letter: Don’t Take Our Water Quality for Granted

Linda Cooley, San Juan Capistrano Frequent business travel takes me to all regions of the United States and beyond. This past spring and summer, I…

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LIVING, SJC Living

Old San Juan: Our Drought is Not New

For nearly three years during the 1860s, California experienced one of its most devastating droughts By Don Tryon A vast majority of scientists say the…

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