A warm winter has shrunk the snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada
An extraordinarily warm and mostly sunny January has left the snowpack across California’s Sierra Nevada far smaller than…
California to host high-stakes discussion on Colorado River crisis as federal deadline looms | News
SACRAMENTO — With the clock ticking toward a year-end deadline to rewrite the rules for the Colorado River,…
Possible playbook for managing dwindling Colorado River supply includes cuts in California
The federal agency overseeing the water supply for tens of millions of people in California and other parts…
California Commits to Conservation, Collaboration in New Colorado River Framework | State
State leaders seek durable post-2026 plan and make significant contributions LAS VEGAS– California’s water, tribal, and agricultural leaders…
Who’s seeking fire aid for Los Angeles, candidate Newsom or Gov. Newsom? | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, an all-but-certain candidate for president in 2028, jumped at the chance to address a…
California sees revenue uptick, but not enough to erase its chronic budget deficit | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
In the four months since the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a new state budget, revenues –…
Less water, more problems – California, 6 states miss Colorado River deadline
Drought-stricken Lake Mead on the Colorado River in August 2022. (File photo by Christopher Clark/U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)…
Trump administration presses states on Colorado River water cuts
Negotiators for seven Western states are under mounting pressure to reach an agreement outlining how they plan to…
California’s 2025 Colorado River Water use projected to hit lowest level since 1949, officials say | News
GLENDALE, Calif. – The Colorado River Board of California (CRB) announced Thursday that California’s 2025 use of Colorado…
California’s chronic deficit looms again as Newsom prepares his last state budget | Dan Walters | Dan-walters
It seems like just yesterday that Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators enacted a state budget that papered…
Despite the finger pointing, California and the lower basin, are doing our part for the Colorado River (Letters)
The Lower Basin is doing our part for the Colorado River Re: “California and Arizona’s water negotiators wrong…
California and Arizona negotiators targeting Colorado’s water users should look closer to home (Opinion)
Arizona and California’s chief water negotiators are coming for Colorado in a blistering public pressure campaign aimed at…