A dry January means concerning news for some of California's wildfire risk indicators, whereas others are performing well.

A lawsuit over CA's outdoor water budget rules exposes a deeper rift between state regulators, local districts and conservation advocates.

California may approve the Bay‑Delta Plan, boosting river flows and raising urban rates, tightening farm supplies, and fueling state‑federal fights.

The message came as the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted its second snow survey of the season last ...

State water regulators are moving forward with the Bay Delta Plan, despite concerns that cities and farms will pump too much ...

California doesn't have a water scarcity problem. It has a distribution problem, according to Nícola Ulibarrí, whose new ...

California regulators will soon decide on a water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Environmental advocates warn that the proposal on the table will harm the ecosystem.

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The bills are a bid to reduce a drinking water deficit that the California Department of Water Resources said will reach 6 million acre-feet annually by 2040. An acre-foot of water is about 326,000 ...

In a year of profound shifts at the federal level, uncertainty has been the name of the game across the United States. Nowhere is that truer than in the California water world. Over many decades, the ...

Trump wants the administration to move faster on water projects in the West. President Donald Trump is wading into California's water wars, demanding speedy action by the federal government to divert ...