California's massive swimming pool industry faces a dilemma as the state heads into its summer season and a fourth year of historic drought conditions. Last month, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered ...

Royal Pools by Adams, a leading swimming pool contractor serving Northern California, marks 52 years of transforming Bay Area backyards into exceptional outdoor living spaces. The company has ...

The notable refrain from the “The Beverly Hillbillies” theme song describes it best. Not everyone who moves to California can become a movie star. But if you have enough money, you can get a house ...

Californians built more backyard swimming pools last year than in any year since the peak of the housing boom. And this year, the state is on pace to shatter last year’s mark. All this - during one of ...

Once a pillar of suburban comfort, the backyard swimming pool is now the prey of many California communities trying to save water. Drought policies passed by cities and utilities across the Bay Area ...

As California moves away from gas-powered technology, state officials have looked for ways to ease stress on our electrical grid. A recent California Energy Commission decision tackles the systems ...

CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Arizona's leading commercial and residential pool builder California Pools & Landscape® (CPL), a Cody Pools Company, is cementing its position as the ...

Swimmin’ pools. Movie stars. Well, maybe just the movie stars now, thanks to the drought. Pools have been part of California’s lifestyle for decades, but as the state struggles through its fourth year ...

DJ parties, pop-up bars, glam cabanas are now fixtures in many hip hotel pools, but will someone please turn down the noise? Here are seven old-school splash spots at California inns in desert, ...

Never mind the lawn care industry; the people who may be most threatened by California’s expanding restrictions on water use are pool builders. “Our members almost got wiped out during the recession,” ...