A barrage of storms has resurrected what was once the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi River, setting the stage for a disaster this spring.

Tulare Lake's rebirth will reshape life in the San Joaquin Valley for years to come. But longtime residents remain committed to the region and its remarkable seasonal rhythms.

Tulare Lake may return after California’s record winter storms, giving farmers trouble, environmentalists hope and communities worry.

State water experts are saying the historic Tulare Lake likely reached its peak size overnight.

For more than a century the former lakebed of Tulare Lake has been turned into farmland in California's Central Valley.

I consider myself an environmentalist, and also a history buff. Despite both of those things, I’d rather not see Central California’s most renowned phantom body of water — Tulare Lake ...

The ghost of Tulare Lake returns, flooding California’s Central Valley Draining the lake allowed agriculture to thrive, but left the region vulnerable to floods.

The lake bed is essentially a 790-square-mile bathtub – the size of four Lake Tahoes – that dates back to the ice age. Mammoths once sipped at Tulare Lake’s shores, and tule elk ranged in ...

I consider myself an environmentalist, and also a history buff. Despite both of those things, I’d rather not see Central California’s most renowned phantom body of water — Tulare Lake ...

I consider myself an environmentalist, and also a history buff. Despite both of those things, I’d rather not see Central California’s most renowned phantom body of water — Tulare Lake ...