California regulators support Gov. Newsom's plan to change how water is allocated from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The plan involves voluntary agreements with water users to restore habitat ...

Trump's order is premised on the idea that increasing Delta pumping would make more water available for the rest of California. But experts say its more complicated than that.

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

California’s top energy regulators and those from four other states announced a plan in July to form a new nonprofit that could play a central role in regional efforts to meet state climate ...

AT THE DINNER TABLE: In California’s water wars, fishermen and farmers have long been enemies. But now that federal and state regulators have closed the salmon commercial fishing season for an ...

I’ve been covering California water issues a long time. As the years have gone by, the water wars have ebbed and flowed. Mostly flowed.

The California Water Wars Owens Lake was ultimately dried out entirely between 1913 and 1934, but not before dramatic, sometimes violent pushback from residents.

The politics of water in California could be likened to the constant grinding of tectonic plates 10 miles or more beneath its surface. The Pacific Plate battles with the North American Plate for ...

Key Player in California’s Water Wars Embraces Controversial Pact After decades of deterioration and ecological collapse in the heart of California’s water system, state regulators embraced ...

On the other are Gov. Gavin Newsom, major urban and agricultural water suppliers, and the state and federal agencies tasked with exporting Delta water to farms and cities further south. They back ...