Orders from Washington for releases at two dams didn’t benefit anyone and made nobody happy, except maybe the president.

The water was being held behind federal dams at Lake Kaweah east of Visalia and Success Lake near Porterville. As reported by Lois Henry of the website SJV Water, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last ...

President Trump’s Jan. 24 decree to send more water to SoCal to fight fires triggers the dumping of summer irrigation water ...

Terminus Dam impounds Lake Kaweah in Tulare County. This story was originally published by SJV Water. UPDATE: Trump’s ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened two dams in Tulare County, releasing large amounts of water into river channels ...

I have no idea if this is the new norm for operations or not. I certainly hope not,” one irrigation district GM said.

Hernandez said the water would go to Tulare Lake, a dry lakebed that last filled up during record-high rainfall in 2023. Other water experts said it would have been nearly impossible to divert the ...

The Army Corps of Engineers' decision to release water from dams in the San Joaquin Valley is causing concern among regional ...

President Trump’s order to release billions of gallons of water in California’s Central Valley last week — with the purported goal of dousing fires 100 miles away — is being ...

President Trump's order to significantly release water from two Tulare County reservoirs has raised concerns among local officials and farmers.