The federal government recently finalized a new river plan to help keep it from plunging further, causing concerns and uncertainty among those who rely on its water.
Several Environmental groups, including San Francisco Baykeeper and the Center for Biological Diversity are now suing, claiming the Action 5 diversions violate the endangered species act and will harm fish populations including chinook salmon.
Weeks after a pipeline burst sent water rushing through the Sierra foothills, a security guard who was swept into the Yuba River and rescued by helicopter is recovering from multiple broken bones and a collapsed lung, his wife says.
The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River missed a deadline for the second time Saturday to agree on a plan addressing record drought and water shortages.
Seven states that rely on the Colorado River must agree on how to reduce their water intake from a source that is drying out. Some of those states refuse mandatory conservation measures, opting instead for voluntary action. You may not think so, but this will have an impact on Northern California.
Still photographs and timelapse video capture the range of the tide water as it rises from the adjacent marsh and is absorbed by the levee.