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Regardless of what Gov. Gavin Newsom repeatedly asserts, global warming isn't always the primary cause of drought, fire and flooding, columnist George Skelton writes.

Data from Lake Oroville shows the weekend precipitation helped raise its level by almost 20-feet over three days.

Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, (TNS) Oct. 24—The rainstorm pelting Sacramento and Northern California will help remedy the state’s woeful water situation. But it won’t be nearly enough to end the epic California drought. “Even with 5 inches of rain in Sacramento, our deficits are

Up to now, low-value homes have effectively subsidized federal flood insurance for high-value homes.

Parched California restricts river use by JULIA WICK LOS ANGELES TIMES (TNS) | Today at 2:08 a.m. An irrigation canal runs past farmland in Lemoore, Calif., in June photo. California regulators on Tuesday said some farmers in one of the country’s most important agricultural regions will have to stop taking water out of major rivers and streams because of a severe drought. (AP) LOS ANGELES -- Amid intensifying drought, state water regulators voted Tuesday to enact an emergency order barring th...

Print Amid intensifying drought, state water regulators voted Tuesday to enact a drastic emergency order that will bar thousands of Californians — primarily farmers — from using stream and river water. California’s complex water rights system is designed to allocate water use during times of shortage and such curtailments, while rare, are not unheard of. But the scope of Tuesday’s order — which will apply to thousands of senior water rights across a wide swath of the state — is u...

This spotted gar in the Louisiana Bayou is an ancient and native fish species. From art to religion to land use, much of what is deemed valuable in the United States was shaped centuries ago by the white male perspective. Fish, it turns out, are no exception. A study published in Fisheries Magazine, a journal of the American Fisheries Society, explores how colonialist attitudes toward native fishes were rooted in elements of racism and sexism. It describes how those attitudes continue to shap...

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.

California Trout, is a conservation non-profit that works to protect the state’s wild rivers and fish.

More areas of California entered the most severe drought category in this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report with the start of a hot and dry summer about a...