By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Some farmers in southern Tulare County – where excessive groundwater pumping has already caused hundreds of millions in damage to the Friant-Kern Canal – are back to pumping like crazy while there’s a gap in...
Press release from the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority: On June 8, 2026, the Orange County Superior Court began hearing Phase 2 of the comprehensive adjudication for the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin. The trial will focus on the basin’s...
Climate change could make historically rare tropical cyclones more common in Southern California, significantly expanding landslide risk across the region...
by Marcus Reichley, Cronkite News An ongoing deadlock between the seven states that rely on the Colorado River may have dire consequences for Arizona. A lack of agreement between the Upper and Lower Basin states would mean the federal government...
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From Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Staring into the depths of Lake Tahoe, you might think the view goes on forever. But researchers at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center have been tracking precisely how far a person can see through...
