A string of emails appears to show that one state agency stood in the way of stream channel maintenance for more than five years, which may...
In what one attorney called a “moment of truth” for the City of Bakersfield, a judge ordered the city to keep enough water in the normally...
Three dam expansion projects could increase water storage for use in the Central Valley by a whopping 304,000 acre-feet. Each of the projects would raise existing...
Kings County is spending millions to repair damages from this year’s devastating floods and, like many other valley counties, is turning to the federal government to...
Agencies in Fresno County, from small cities to irrigation districts, are hoping money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency arrives in time to help them fix...
In less than 20 years’ time, the San Joaquin Valley could become a patchwork of vast swaths of vacant, weed-filled lands interspersed with a few single-crop...
Avian botulism, a lethal disease for birds, has been found spreading throughout Tulare Lake. The disease is caused by bacteria that thrive in shallow, warm waters...
William Hoxie is finally going home. The accomplished 26-year-old kayaker died June 14 while navigating the historic high flows on the upper Kern River. He was...
Paul Lee is a second-generation Hmong farmer in Fresno County working to keep his parents’ legacy alive. The Lees were part of a large migration of...
The partially refilled Tulare Lake is so large, with so much water spread over so much land, that it’s changing nearby weather. The lake stretches across...