The chances for a planet-warming super El Niño this year are rising, according to an updated model forecast issued by ECMWF on Sunday.

A flood, the scale of which has not been seen in centuries, is coming, scientists say. Can we prepare before it hits?

A slow-moving Pacific storm will bring some late-season rain and mountain snow to California before spreading into the Southwest, offering limited but welcome moisture as drought and wildfire concerns...

Fire is a fact of life for many ecosystems. While many species are adapted to these recurrent natural phenomena, fires continue to increase in frequency, intensity, and severity...

California's Monterey Bay reopens for recreational Chinook salmon fishing on April 11, with commercial fishing to follow, marking a boost for the 2026 season.

Arizona is facing deep cuts to the water supply that feeds its desert economy. Gov. Katie Hobbs is banking on President Donald Trump to blunt them.

Some of California’s seabirds are increasingly starving to death, state scientists say. Starvation is the “primary cause of increased mortalities” in

A Yreka Creek cleanup will remove trash and invasive plants to protect endangered coho salmon habitat in the Shasta River watershed. Volunteers are invited to help.

Though the city maintains it’s safe to consume, “I do not want to drink colored water and you should not drink colored water,” one consultant told a crowd of 50 at a recent town hall.

Marina Coast Water District is reviving a desalination plant to secure local water supplies, targeting completion by 2027 to reduce groundwater reliance.

Conflict continues, San Miguel, San Miguel CSD, Community Services District, Steinbeck lawsuit, groundwater, water rights, Paso Robles, Raynette Gregory, board seat, vacant seat

In Alderpoint, a past-due power bill threatens to red-tag dozens of homes — but the real story is what’s happening to small water districts across California and the nation, and why it’s only going to...

Ione residents say state and local agencies have refused to take accountability for elevated cancer rates and other health issues linked to water contamination at Mule Creek State Prison

Drugs found in treated wastewater can be stored in the leaves of vegetables irrigated with that water, Johns Hopkins researchers found. But are drug-infused greens sitting on your grocer’s shelf,

Red Bluff — The federal government yesterday released over 6.2 million juvenile Sacramento River Fall-run Chinook Salmon into Battle Creek at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, a move celebrated by r...

Western states have been feeling the heat for more than a week, which has broken temperature records and raised longer-term concerns as California’s snowpack continues to melt.

Winter has brought California's Sierra Nevada a below-average amount of snow, and the snowpack has been shrinking for weeks.

A $40 billion plan proposes massive desalination plants to save the Colorado River, but critics call it "crazy."

Even though golden mussels were only detected in California in October 2024, they pose a significant and immediate threat to the state’s waterways...

Recent fish monitoring indicates early success for the largest dam removal in U.S.history.

In a report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency outlined the potential environmental impacts of the Feb. 13 water pipe rupture.

Water supply certainty is in the future for San Joaquin Valley growers, according to three water experts who spoke at California Citrus Mutual’s Citrus

• Editor's note: Monserrat Solis covers Kings County water issues for SJV Water through the California Local News Fellowshipinitiative.  A proposal for

In the 1970s and 1980s, Battles to Preserve Mono Lake Set New Protection Precedents

Here's what's on the agenda for city and business leaders.

We live in an era of compounding climate disasters. Hurricanes lead to power failures that make heat waves more miserable. Heat waves harden the ground and make flooding worse. The Colorado River migh...

A powerful and unusually early heat dome will affect the West Coast for weeks, smashing March heat records as temperatures rise to summerlike levels.

With no storms in the forecast, conditions could be setting up for an early dry season and an earlier fire season — in the state’s interior, at least.

Experts consider the year ahead.

The 2025 Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program (MLRP) Annual Report is now available, detailing program progress and regional activities. Prepared by the Statewide Support Entity with input from block...

More than 10 years after environmental groups petitioned for a new rule, the state plans to require the Central Valley Water Board to update its waste regulations for dairies contributing to groundwat...

Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or "forever chemicals," according to a new investigation.

The two men stood near a rickety barbed wire fence by state Highway 12 between Suisun City and Rio Vista in Solano County, looking east over a vast tract of gently rolling rangeland.

Understand the challenges of managing interconnected surface water and groundwater under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

Using state data, an environmental group found PFAS residue on more than 40 different kinds of fruits and vegetables grown in California. The state has approved 53 PFAS pesticide ingredients, while ot...

The Delta-Mendota subbasin, one of the largest in California, will likely avoid state enforcement. Staff from the state Water Resources Control Board

Temperatures 30 degrees above normal are expected in parts of California as a startling weather event unfolds over the next 10 days.