Last week when the winter-run Chinook got caught in pumps that funnel water south from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to ...

It was the largest American civil engineering disaster of the century – a byproduct of western expansion and the struggle known as the California Water Wars, which pitted the public against ...

But the so-called war over California’s water is a dangerous, flawed trope that reduces certain water uses to right or wrong and turns the Delta into a place with no local stakes. Faced with ...

State and federal officials clashed last week on what to do when endangered fish started dying at the state's water pumps.

Under the original 1964 treaty, Canadian officials agreed to build storage dams that hold back the water to reduce the threat of flooding. This followed a 1948 flood that devastated Vanport, Oregon.

Also, California’s nut growers are just finishing up selling last year’s almonds at a good price, after rebounding from a ...

A long-running fight over California water and the fate of a tiny fish found a new front with a House measure to strip federal protections from the longfin smelt.

California's almond growers are used to dealing with swings of volatile weather and water supply. Now, they are also grappling with the uncertainty of trade battles as President Trump levies tariffs ...

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 ...