The State Water Resources Control Board didn’t shy away from a controversial agreement in a new proposal, which qualifies as ...

Trump has been infatuated with California water issues for nearly a decade, frequently lambasting the tiny endangered fish at the heart of the state’s fish-versus-farmers water wars and mocking ...

Another player in California’s high-stakes water game emerged eight years ago when Donald Trump became president for the first time. He forcefully backed farmers in their conflict with state ...

SACRAMENTO, California — The Chinook salmon has upset a quiet truce in the California water wars between Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump. Last week when the winter-run Chinook got ...

Enjoy the water, California!!!” he wrote. Trump even suggested making federal emergency relief for the fires contingent on changing the state’s water policy.

Farmers are at the heart of California’s water wars, but you wouldn’t know it from reading The New York Times. A recent feature on the removal of dams from the Klamath River highlighted ...

More than three decades after being listed for protection, California’s delta smelt is “functionally extinct.” The Trump administration could hasten its demise. At just 3 inches long, the ...

David McNew/Getty Images Southern California’s two largest water agencies announced Monday that they have settled a 15-year legal dispute over the price of water transferred between them.

Democrats pared back one of the state's preeminent policies to restore trust with voters frustrated by the high cost of ...