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Boil Water Order for San Diego, California

The San Diego Water Department says a water main break had left residents in Torrey Pines, Del Mar and Carmel Valley without water service for several hours early this morning. The main has since been fixed but the department is urging residents to boil water before using. [...]

Water Rationing in Los Angeles, California a Possibility

With a recent flurry of winter storms doing little to dampen California’s latest drought, the nation’s biggest public utility voted on Tuesday to impose water rationing in Los Angeles for the first time in nearly two decades.

Under the plan adopted in principle by the governing board of the L.A. Department of Water and Power, homes and businesses would pay a penalty rate — nearly double normal prices — for any water they use in excess of a reduced monthly allowance. [...]