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CBS News
SACRAMENTO -- Are state and federal water pumps killing critically endangered fish species? Environmental activists say it is a well-documented problem in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta...
Politico
SELLING WATER: Gov. Gavin Newsom has a new sales pitch for a tunnel to move more water south from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that past governors have tried and failed to build for five...
Los Angeles Times
Powerful pumps that supply much of California’s population with water have killed several thousand threatened and endangered fish this year, prompting a coalition of environmental groups to demand...
Sacramento Bee
“Pumping plants in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta severely harmed or killed almost double the legal amount of Chinook salmon and Steelhead trout in recent months, dealing yet another blow to...
Courthouse News
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Baykeeper, an Oakland-based nonprofit that defends the health of the San Francisco Bay, on Thursday asked a federal judge for a favorable ruling in a fight with the U.S. Fish and...
Maven's Notebook
On February 22, 2024, the State Water Resources Control Board received a Petition for Change from the Department of Water Resources to add two new points of diversion and rediversion to the water...
KPFA
From "A Rude Awakening": On today’s show, I speak to San Francisco Baykeepers executive director Sejal Choksi Chugh about the raw sewage the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the City of...
East Bay Times
The dramatic footage of a huge cargo ship colliding with a bridge near Baltimore and causing it to collapse like a scene from a Hollywood disaster movie riveted people around the world Tuesday. In...
Sacramento Bee
A Sacramento judge upheld a decision by California’s water regulator to cut back agricultural and municipal water use from the San Joaquin River. The decision could lend support for future...
SF Gate
Earlier this month, signs posted around Oakland’s Lake Merritt made some joggers stop in their tracks. “Avoid water contact,” they cautioned in bold letters. “Harmful algae may be present.” The...
Los Angeles Times
A court has upheld a key decision by California’s water board calling for reductions in water diversions from the San Joaquin River and its tributaries to help revive struggling fish populations....
San Francisco Chronicle
A state policy that seeks to protect California’s major rivers and creeks by cracking down on how much water is pumped out by cities and farms can move forward despite widespread opposition, the...