Water released from Pine Flat Dam flows into the King's River in May 2023. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) In the face of climate change and worsening cycles of drought, California water ...

The California Department of Water Resources is opening applications for the California Stream Gage Improvement Program (CalSIP), allowing local agencies to install or upgrade stream gage systems in ...

An unusually extended Pacific jet stream could bring larger swings between cool and warm weather to California in the coming ...

Forecast models are increasingly pointing toward weather patterns that would keep California warm and dry through late January. A ridge of high pressure over the eastern Pacific is expected to ...

With communities across Northern California expected to see rising temperatures, you may be tempted to take a dip in a local river, lake or stream. Resist that urge, experts say. Local waterways are ...

Almost everywhere in California, salmon are on the decline. But in Putah Creek — a restored stream running through the University of California, Davis, campus — wild salmon are not only increasing, ...

In the face of climate change and worsening cycles of drought, California water managers have been increasingly focused on the precise tracking of water resources. Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is ...