Newsom vetoes bill aimed at funding Sacramento delta levee repairs
In his veto letter, Newsom said the more than $170 million for repairing levees and canals that is already included in the state budget made this measure redundant.
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In his veto letter, Newsom said the more than $170 million for repairing levees and canals that is already included in the state budget made this measure redundant.
Two people were injured in Antioch when their boat plowed into the pier of a popular restaurant hosting Mother's Day diners.
Gov. Gavin Newsom defended his administration's water policies and pushed for major infrastructure projects, including the controversial Delta Conveyance Project, arguing California is now "more prepared for our water future than ever before."
The city of Antioch has just employed a new desalination plant that promises a secure water future, one of the first operating desalination plants in the Bay Area, all thanks to the city's past.
A couple of bills meant to speed up the process were allowed to die in committee before reaching the state Assembly. Opponents of the project consider it a victory in a fight to protect the water of the delta and the towns that live along its banks.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for "swift" action to start the Delta Conveyance Project, claiming it's essential to avoiding future water disasters.
On Wednesday, the California Department of Water Resources held a levee breaching ceremony to celebrate a habitat restoration project in Solano County.
The longfin smelt, a fish the length of a popsicle stick that once fed hundreds of San Francisco Bay animals including humans, was just added to a growing list of endangered species.
A recovery effort is underway after a man fell into a canal in Alameda County this weekend and has not been located, the Sheriff's Office said Sunday night.
A boy who was found submerged in the water near the docks at Bethel Island by a rescue diver Saturday was pronounced dead at a hospital, a Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office spokesman said.
From the Sacramento River to the coast, salmon populations have struggled to survive and California has put another ban on fishing for them for another year. Here are the problems the fish are facing and what's being done to save them.
Managers of California's two main water storage and delivery systems on Friday announced increases to forecasted water allocations for millions of people and vast tracts of farmland.
A boating accident over the weekend in the Delta west of Lodi claimed the lives of two people who were identified Monday by the San Joaquin County Medical Examiner's Office. A child who was also involved survived.
A California judge has ruled that the state does not have permission to borrow billions of dollars for a water project.
A long-delayed water project in California has reached a key milestone.
Federal lawmakers are seeking to expand the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area by annexing dozens of acres of public lands, including a decommissioned army base.
California tribal governments, fishery groups and environmental organizations rallied on the steps of the Capitol Wednesday demanding changes to a "dysfunctional" water rights system.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for big changes in the state's building and permitting process.
In the near future, more local farmers will be using this recycled water for their crops.
A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry some of it through a single, 45-mile (72-kilometer) underground tunnel.
A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry some of it through a single, 45-mile (72-kilometer) underground tunnel.
