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Agriculture - Aerial view of an ocean going grain ship transiting the deep water channel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta between the Port of Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean/California, USA. (Photo by: Bill & Brigitte Clough/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Newsom’s plan to give water agencies more leeway in meeting rules moves forward

California is moving toward a new water plan for the Delta. Regulators are supporting a plan backed by Gov. Newsom to allow water agencies to operate under ‘voluntary agreements.’

MONTECITO, CA – JANUARY 12, 2018: A structure is lifted into a tree by flood waters on East Valley Road next to Cold Springs Creek near Parra Grande Lane demonstrating how high water rose above its banks destroying many homes in Montecito after a rainstorm sent mud and debris through Montecito neighborhoods. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Like Texas, California faces major dangers when extreme floods come

Kernville, CA - June 29: A group of rafters portage their raft along the upper Kern River for 16 miles on Sunday, June 29, 2025 in Kernville, CA. The rafters sought to demonstrate the lower water levels on some of the river's most loved rapids hindered by the Fairview Dam. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times)

Hydropower saps flows from the mighty Kern River. Rafters want their whitewater back.

Kettleman City, CA, Thursday, June 19. 2025 - When Tulare Lake reappeared on thousands of acres of Central Valley farmland in 2023, members of the local Tachi Yokut Tribe celebrated the return of their ancestral lake. The lake disappeared months later. But now, environmental advocates are presenting a plan to permanently bring back a portion of the lake and its once-vast wetlands. They say repurposing farmland to restore the lake near Kettleman City would help heal the region's relationship to water and become the centerpiece of a new park. Engineer John Ennis stands at the site of the proposed lake. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

‘Water brings life’: Plans to revive Tulare Lake take shape in the San Joaquin Valley

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - JANUARY 29: The Santa Ynez Reservoir in Pacific Palisades was going through maintenance and empty during the Palisades fire. Photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Palisades reservoir that was empty ‘on the one day in history it was needed most’ is back online

California achieved significant groundwater recharge last year, state report says

California to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

Efforts to reduce dust from dry Owens Lake bed are helping, report finds

The West’s ‘Climate Mayors’ call for federal help as Colorado River flows decline

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