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Local officials are considering several radical approaches to saving the Salton Sea. PALM SPRINGS DESERT SUN  
Desert Sun  

Sea sale?

Privatization considered as way to fund Salton cleanup

Frustrated with state and federal inaction at the dying Salton Sea, local officials Thursday discussed how to move forward toward a fix. Among the radical ideas gaining momentum is privatizing California's largest lake, with big-dollar investors paying the billions needed to restore it. (Palm Springs Desert Sun)
The $86-million restoration project began in December 2006. LAURA PETERSEN/Del Mar Times  
Times  

Wetlands milestone

Ocean water rushes into new San Dieguito marshland

The San Dieguito Wetlands Restoration Project celebrated a major milestone when another 60 acres of new marshland were opened to the ocean Dec. 3. The 168-acre project is now two-thirds done, and the final components are expected to be completed by the end of 2009. (Del Mar Times)

Brown's Ravine, empty of water, is where the boats are usually docked. PHILIP WOOD/Folsom Telegraph  
Telegraph  

Going low

All eyes on Folsom Lake as water supply slips away

Folsom’s water levels have plummeted dangerously low, putting the lake within 46 feet of the city’s intake pipe and jeopardizing the steady flow of water. Already under a stage two water alert, city officials are considering taking even more drastic measures to help conserve water. The lake is sitting at less than 25 percent capacity. (Folsom Telegraph)

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Photo of the Week
Chinook salmon in the Russian River.
BRAD SHERWOOD
Sonoma County Water Agency

Chinook run
The 2008-09 spawning season has begun.  Thanks to two underwater video cameras in fish ladders adjacent to the agency's rubber dam on the Russian River, officials are able to count the amount of Chinook, coho and steelhead migrating.
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court halted the presidential recount in Florida, effectively making Republican George W. Bush the winner.

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