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Sophie Maxwell, the longtime activist, former San Francisco supervisor and sworn enemy of polluting power plants, has won respect from environmentalists and agency staff alike during her SFPUC tenure.

The city diverts about an eighth of the Tuolumne River water just inside Yosemite National Park.

REGIONAL — The Bay Delta Plan should focus more on the amount of water flowing through rivers and less on habitat restorations to restore its ecosystems, according to Environmental Protection

Can native fish survive with only 20% of the river’s natural flow? The unequivocal answer is no.

REGIONAL — Competing science reports about how much water rivers need were presented at a recent State Water Resource Control Board meeting.

The feud over the flow of water in California is as old as the state itself. The regional debate continues over whose needs for the precious resource should take priority.

After decades of building and buying housing in surrounding cities, Stanford University will now have to look to own campus for future residential growth under a plan that Santa Clara County supervisors approved Tuesday afternoon.

After decades of building and buying housing in surrounding cities, Stanford University will now have to look to own campus for future residential growth under a plan that Santa Clara County supervisors approved Tuesday afternoon.

After decades of building and buying housing in surrounding cities, Stanford University will now have to look to own campus for future residential growth under a plan that Santa Clara County supervisors approved Tuesday afternoon.

The SF Board of Supervisors accepted significant water and sewer rate increases.