The state may now need legislative or voter approval to issue bonds for the controversial tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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New state rules allow more flexibility in pumping Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta water, particularly during winter and ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Trump administration has adopted a controversial plan to pump more water to Central Valley farmlands from the ...

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

A three-judge panel said the department could not prove the project was a modification of the existing infrastructure, which ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. One of the state’s best investigators was on the hunt for golden mussels — a dangerous new invader in California’s ...

Delta marsh loss converts juvenile salmon refuge into a seasonally lethal zone Dams, levees and species introductions fragment habitat and amplify predation Public ignorance and fractured politics ...

“Not many people know that Courtland is a very big pear place,” Katelyn Ortega, a rising senior at the local Delta High School, told SFGATE while tending to goats at Arceo Ranch, her family’s farm in ...