Environment | Satellite photos: This year’s ‘average’ Sierra snowpack compared to previous years By Pueng Vongs April 23, 2024 at 5:12 a.m. For the second year in a row, snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains has been...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Environment | How a different type of atmospheric river storm saved California from another drought By Paul Rogers April 23, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. State received more "pineapple express" storms this winter than last year, but they weren't as...
Environment | Will there be a ‘superbloom’ this year in California? Here’s what to know By Associated Press April 22, 2024 at 10:56 a.m. Carpets of yellow, orange and gold flowers are beginning to cover stretches of Southern California’s...
California Politics | Farmers depleted groundwater in this San Joaquin Valley county. Now a state crackdown could rein them in By CalMatters April 15, 2024 at 11:21 a.m. For the first time in California history, state officials are poised to crack down on...
Environment | Salmon fishing banned off the California coast for the second year in a row By Paul Rogers April 12, 2024 at 7:13 a.m. Low population numbers followed state's three-year drought
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Opinion Columnists | Walters: California enjoys healthy water supply, but battles over uses continue to fester By Dan Walters April 6, 2024 at 4:30 a.m. State’s age-old jousting over water use priorities may intensify as climate change affects the amount...
Letters to the Editor | Letters: Plan now | BART alternative | Guessing at intent | Starving in Gaza | Blame for war By Letters To The Editor April 5, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. Mercury News Letters to the Editor for April 7, 2024
Environment | Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds By Tribune News Service April 4, 2024 at 11:36 a.m. In a new study, researchers found that alfalfa and other cattle-feed crops consume 46% of...
Environment | Gov. Newsom announces updated water plan amid above-average Sierra snowpack By Scooty Nickerson April 3, 2024 at 4:17 a.m. The official statewide reading clocked in at 110% of normal -- a harbinger of a...
Environment | Sierra Nevada snowpack ‘unusually normal’ and reservoirs are brimming as winter season winds down By Paul Rogers April 1, 2024 at 7:43 a.m. California water supplies are in good shape, experts say, as more snow heads for the...