Extra pumping starts in Delta a day after court ruling The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser May 27, 2010 Cities and farmers quickly started pulling more water from the Delta following a controversial...

Get a Lode of the spring snow Stockton Record By Dana M. Nichols April 1, 2010 A dusting of spring snow fell as low as 1,500 feet in Calaveras County on Wednesday morning, and more snow showers ar...

So far, snow good The San Francisco Chronicle By Peter Fimrite March 4, 2010 Californians are experiencing a unique kind of drought - one in which there appears to be plenty of water to squirt aro...

California launches water-saving campaign The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser April 22, 2009 Hoping Californians can save water like they did energy, the state on Tuesday launched a conservation cam...

Environmental groups sue over water bank The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser April 16, 2009 A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday sued the state for allegedly failing to study the environm...

On the California drought: state of emergency? The San Francisco Chronicle March 5, 2009 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's declaration of a statewide drought emergency last week had classic comic timin...

Billions to expand, improve California's water supply The Los Angeles Times By Patrick McGreevy February 27, 2009 Reporting from Sacramento -- With California's budget crisis resolved for the mom...

Regulators deny request to relax water quality rules Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher February 24, 2009 Regulators on Tuesday denied state water officials' request to ease environmental rules on...

Delta flow standard violated to aid salmon The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser February 20, 2009 California water officials admitted this week they have already violated a key water flow standard in...

Rainstorms delay need for emergency decisions Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher February 17, 2009 SACRAMENTO - Recent storms have lifted the need for an emergency decision on how to balance the w...

Agencies seek to preserve water behind Calif. dams The Press-Enterprise By Samantha Young February 17, 2009 With California's major reservoirs at woefully low levels, state and federal water agenc...

Hearing on suspension of Delta protections set Indybay By Dan Bacher February 11, 2009 Representatives of fishing and environmental groups are urging the public to attend a public hearing in Sacra...

Delta drought response could pit fish against fish The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser February 6, 2009 It's come to this. A drought approaching epic status in California may force the state to ch...

Agencies seek to preserve water in Calif lakes The San Francisco Chronicle By Samantha Young February 5, 2009 State and federal water managers Thursday asked for permission to keep more water in C...

Severe drought expected after mild January The San Francisco Chronicle By Kelly Zito January 30, 2009 California teeters on the edge of the worst drought in the state's history, officials said Thu...

'Worst drought' looking likely, California official says Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher January 29, 2009 Brace yourselves: California appears to be heading into a third dry year - and the firs...

DWR Schedules Second Snow Survey of 2008-2009 Season Market Wire January 26, 2009 SACRAMENTO, CA - The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will conduct its second snow survey of the sea...

Repaired Delta levee leaking again The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser January 25, 2009 A Delta levee that burst in 2004 is leaking again, though officials differ on whether to call it an emergency....

Fall fish count in Delta is dismal The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser January 23, 2009 Delta fish continue to hover at the brink of extinction, and conditions could worsen for the estuary and the e...

Delta's condition going from bad to worse The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser January 22, 2009 Experts say estuary is undergoing a shift Delta fish continue to hover at the brink of extinction, an...

Tough choices on Delta await state officials Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher January 12, 2009 Pushing hard to build a new canal around the Delta, the Schwarzenegger administration rarely misse...

Water crisis has parallels with financial meltdown Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher January 11, 2009 To understand how California reached its current water crisis, one could look for an analogy ...

On the Surface, Ag Doesn't Pollute Water Visalia Times Delta By Don Curlee January 5, 2009 A recent study of water quality by resource economists at the University of California indicates that agr...

Only snow-deep, Sierra survey is cause for drought concern Modesto Bee By John Holland January 2, 2009 Water managers liked what they got at Christmas -- a cold, wet storm that dropped snow in the...

Sierra snowpack below normal, surveyors find San Francisco Chronicle By Kelly Zito December 31, 2008 Despite recent storms, state surveyors reported Tuesday that snow levels in the Sierra Nevada a...

Big impact for little fish on California's water outlook Capital Press December 24, 2008 Like the famed snail darter, which in 1973 derailed construction of a Tennessee Valley Authority dam, the t...

Restrictions Increase Uncertainty Over Delta Water Patterson Irrigator By John Saiz December 24, 2008 To read the 400-page report on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's new restrictions to protec...

Proposed Delta restrictions irk state water officials Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher December 12, 2008 State water managers have sharply criticized environmental protections for the Delta that...

Pressure mounting on smelt study The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser December 11, 2008 Feinstein wants to ease economic impact on state. Political pressure is bearing down on a major study due Mon...

Feinstein: Delay new water restrictions for fish Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher December 10, 2008 Sen. Dianne Feinstein is seeking a delay in a long-anticipated permit, due Monday, that will ...

Lawsuits pile up over further fish protection Stockton Record By Alex Breitler December 10, 2008 LOS ANGELES - As few as 50 tiny longfin smelt would be protected by Delta pumping restrictions tha...

Normal rainfall predicted for north state this winter The Sacramento Bee By Phillip Reese December 01, 2008 Weather experts believe Northern California will see normal precipitation this winter -...

State water supplies increasingly cloudy Stockton Record By Dana M. Nichols November 29, 2008 Agencies hoping seeding process can help bolster key watersheds. SAN ANDREAS - Keep your eyes on the...