California rivers pass through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (photo: DWR) State and federal regulators told water agencies Thursday that they are holding out hope for voluntary agreements over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California regulators are moving toward a long-awaited decision on how much water can be taken from the Sacramento–San Joaquin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aerial view of the Delta and the islands separated (from foreground to top) by the Franks Tract, the San Joaquin River and the ...

Farms compete with endangered fish over river flows and habitat. (photo: Department of Water Resources) Habitat projects show collaborative approaches can deliver environmental gains faster than ...

ore than two dozen fishing rods were braced against the railing of San Francisco’s Pier 7, their lines dangling into the bay. People chatted on the benches, shouting in Cantonese and leaping up when ...

Years of drought and pollution have taken their toll on the San Francisco Bay and San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta. The watershed — a key resource for Californians throughout the state — has seen ...

With the Bay-Delta watershed in the throes of an ecological crisis, California's water regulators Thursday unveiled several controversial options for managing the heart of the state's water supply.

California is weighing its first major rewrite of Bay-Delta water rules in decades, considering changes to how much water must remain in rivers and giving regional water agencies a more flexible way ...