Thomas Murphy
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- Sep 22, 2026
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San Diego County's iconic coastal locations face triple threat from 'Super El Niño' (opens the original)
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Cliff collapse and erosion aren’t the only dangers posed by heavy rainfall and rising sea levels. Times of San Diego takes a look at what the experts are saying about El Niño's possible impact on coastal icons from San Onofre to the border. Intro | North County | La Jolla | City beaches | Bayfront and South Bay If predictions are accurate and a “Super El Niño” is on San Diego’s event horizon, dozens of iconic locations along San Diego’s coastline will have to withstand not one but three threats,
San Diego's troubled reservoirs brace for ‘Super’ El Niño. How the city is addressing downstream risks (opens the original)
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In preparation for a looming ‘Super’ El Niño, or “Godzilla El Niño” as others have coined it, the city is shoring up two of San Diego’s aging, water-level-restricted reservoirs. In 2025, the Division of Safety of Dams designated both Lake Hodges and Lake Murray as posing an “extremely high” downstream hazard if they fail.Record-breaking heavy rainfall forced the city to release 11 billion gallons of water from Lake Hodges from 2023 to 2024, according to the Santa Fe Irrigation District in Februa
Experts warn: San Onofre's nuclear waste could remain dangerous for '2000 generations' (opens the original)
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Millions of pounds of spent nuclear fuel will remain in storage at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station for decades — and potentially much longer — raising concerns among experts about the long-term health and environmental risks of storing radioactive waste so close to San Diego. The spent nuclear fuel provided power for two generations of Californians, but its resulting waste will remain hazardous for thousands of years, according to James Day, a professor of geosciences at the Scripps In
Lifeguards save lives. California is only now recognizing them as first responders (opens the original)
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California lawmakers will formally recognize lifeguards as first responders, a classification that supporters say is long overdue.Senate Concurrent Resolution 192, which recognizes open-water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers, passed through the Rules Committee and the Senate before the State Assembly approved it on Aug. 19. The resolution will take effect after it is signed by the Secretary of State, bypassing the governor’s office.This is only the start. Advocates
‘Super’ El Niño and San Diego – what scientists know now and what else they hope to learn (opens the original)
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As San Diego city workers prepare for a potentially historic “super” El Niño, some scientists say it’s still too early to tell if San Diego and Southern California are in for historic rainfall and flooding.Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been studying the formation of this El Niño. Researchers published a new, multi-part FAQ guide explaining what El Niño is, why this year’s event could be unusually strong and how scientists are tracking it.For San Diegans, E
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