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DAILY DIGEST, 10/21: Rainy season arrives with flood threat, tornado risk and Sierra snow; Climate change plus a super El Niño could add up to a record-wet winter; New report: Fifth Climate Change Assessment: Delta Impacts; Kern County PSPS disrupted water service, triggering a boil notice; and more …

October 21, 2026

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YALE CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: Climate change plus a super El Niño could add up to a record-wet winter for California

Yale Climate Connections

Hydrology

October 21, 2026

The Golden State has a long history of cataclysmic floods. By Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections California’s climate-change-and-El Niño-intensified extreme...

UC DAVIS: Where El Niño may impact California coastal areas this winter

UC Davis

Hydrology

October 21, 2026

Report identifies likely points of failure for California highways and other infrastructure from El Niño flooding By Kat Kerlin, UC...

CAL MATTERS: Vital Central Valley flood control levees are poorly maintained, state watchdog finds

Cal Matters

Planning and management

October 21, 2026

Nearly a third of local agencies running Central Valley levees have kept up “unacceptable” maintenance, some for years, and the...

THE CONVERSATION: El Niño is threatening California’s fragile coast again – the 1982‑83 El Niño opened eyes to the serious erosion risks

The Conversation

Hydrology

October 21, 2026

By: Gary Griggs, University of California, Santa Cruz California’s coastal bluffs and beaches look rugged, but they can be surprisingly...

REPORT: Fifth Climate Change Assessment: Delta Impacts

Maven

Climate change Reports

October 21, 2026

Report prepared by the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Protection Commission, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta...

SJV WATER: Western Kern County growers vote to expand water district board, which will reduce one wealthy farmer’s power

SJV Water

Planning and management

October 21, 2026

By Lois Henry, SJV Water A proposal by farmers in the Buena Vista Water Storage District to expand the district...

CAL EPA/OEHHA: Report Shows Climate Change Impacts are Accelerating, Demonstrates Importance of Sustained State Action

Maven

Climate change Reports

October 21, 2026

From Cal EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment CalEPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment today released the fifth...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/20: California releases new climate science, projections to prepare for climate change impacts; Getting groundwater recharge ready for Super El Niño—and the wet years beyond; Dairy groups file legal challenge to State Dairy Order; Colorado River is losing groundwater where scientists least expected; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

October 20, 2026

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PRESS RELEASE: California releases new climate science, projections to prepare for climate change impacts

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Climate change Reports

October 20, 2026

Dozens of reports detail the growing threats of extreme heat, wildfires, drought, and rising seas – and provide communities with...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Central Coast will face more extremes, regional report of California’s Fifth Climate Assessment finds

UC Santa Cruz

Climate change Reports

October 20, 2026

UC Santa Cruz researchers are leaders on the regional report, which is part of a larger statewide effort to understand...

WATER COMMISSION: Getting groundwater recharge ready for Super El Niño—and the wet years beyond

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 20, 2026

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Groundwater basins can serve as large underground reservoirs, storing water during wet periods for use in drought years. When...