On the last Sunday in July, as the Central Valley bakes in the middle of summer, a small community within the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta sees its population grow tenfold for one day as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California regulators are moving toward a long-awaited decision on how much water can be taken from the Sacramento–San Joaquin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public hearings around California have made the stakes unmistakable: environmental groups argue that the Sacramento–San Joaquin ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's controversial push to fast-track the Delta Conveyance Project received a formal endorsement this week from the largest irrigation district in the nation. The Imperial ...

The Imperial Irrigation District wants other agencies to tap Northern California water supplies to relieve pressure on the Colorado River. California’s largest Colorado River water user threw its ...

A new invader is threatening California’s water supply. Golden mussels were first detected in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta last fall, and in that short time they have infiltrated the state’s major ...

New state rules allow more flexibility in pumping Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta water, particularly during winter and spring, while keeping some safeguards for fish populations. SACRAMENTO, ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is “looking at all available options to respond,” his office said Monday in response to the Bureau of Reclamation’s decision last week that updates the Central ...

Water flows in the Delta-Mendota Canal, part of the federally operated Central Valley Project, near Los Banos. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) The Trump administration plans to weaken ...

Tanned, rested and presumably ready after a summer vacation break, state legislators return to the Capitol this week for the final month of their 2025 session. The session’s final weeks will be ...