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‘Average is awesome’: California pleased with result of critical snowpack survey

After years of swinging extremes, state snowpack is at rare average of 110%, setting up good water savings account for year ahead

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Delta tunnel on life support? What the latest blow means for Newsom’s controversial project

California’s most hotly contested water proposal suffered a setback Monday after a budget deal reached between Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers dropped a provision that would have put the project on a regulatory fast track.

Tribune News Service

Where will California’s record snowpack melt into floods? It’s complicated

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After months of heavy rain across California and record snow in the southern Sierra Nevada, state officials warn that melting snow could turn into flooding as the state’s skies turn sunnier this spring and summer.

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Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger

LOS ANGELES — The levee breach that left an entire California town underwater this weekend is putting a spotlight on how the state’s vital flood control infrastructure is being weakened by age, drought, climate change, rodents and neglect — leaving scores of communities at risk.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Uncaptured water isn't wasted. But more could be stored for a non-rainy day

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A gazillion gallons of stormwater have been rampaging down rivers into the sea. But that uncaptured bounty hasn't been "wasted."

Los Angeles Times

Environmental rules stoke anger as California lets precious stormwater wash out to sea

Environmental rules designed to protect imperiled fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta have ignited anger among a group of bipartisan lawmakers, who say too much of California's stormwater is being washed out to sea instead of being pumped to reservoirs and aqueducts.

Los Angeles Times

California reservoirs are filling quickly, boosting water supplies after years of drought

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Across the San Francisco Bay Area and California, the past two weeks of soaking storms have brought mudslides, floods and power outages. They’ve also brought something not seen in years: billions of gallons of water rushing into reservoirs, renewing hopes that the state’s relentless drought may…

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California’s aging levees are being pushed to the breaking point by climate whiplash

LOS ANGELES — The pounding rains of New Year’s Eve had ceased, but the pastures, freeways and neighborhoods surrounding the tiny community of Wilton continued to disappear beneath a vast, growing ocean of muddy water that left only the roofs of sunken vehicles visible to rescue helicopters.

Los Angeles Times

The biggest victim of the great California water crisis isn't cities or farmers

LOS ANGELES — As California fast approaches what is likely to be a fourth year of punishing drought, residents are being asked to cut their water use to historic lows. But while city dwellers are rising to the occasion — including record reductions in Los Angeles in August — urban…

Los Angeles Times

California is missing an entire year of rainfall since mid-2019, new figures show

California’s water issues may be complicated. But the rainfall shortage driving the state’s current drought is basic math.

Tribune News Service

Did California learn anything from the last drought? 'Gambling' with water continues

The governor of California stood in a patch of dry brown grass as he made his proclamation:

Los Angeles Times

As drought saps water supply, California signs $2.6 billion ecological pact

LOS ANGELES — It's a major source of California's water supply and a vital habitat for fish, migratory birds and other species.

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