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Snowpack still below average despite winter storms
The state’s Department of Water Resources conducted a manual snow survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday and results indicate that snowpack is below average despite...Read More
Sierra Nevada snowpack at twice the average level
The latest survey of the Sierra Nevada snowpack Tuesday found what a state water official called “practically a California water supply dream” with twice as much snow as normal...Read More
Sierra snowpack sags at two-thirds of average
A survey of the Sierra snowpack Thursday shows it is only at 67 percent of average.Read More
Hetch Hetchy repairs underway after storm damage
Repairs on the Moccasin Dam and Reservoir in Tuolumne County, operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, have begun five months after heavy rains caused severe damage.Read More
Lake Oroville spillway ‘was an accident waiting to happen’
The badly damaged main concrete spillway at Oroville Dam was pounded by massive volumes of stormwater this month, but its failures occurred well short of its designed maximum flow.Read More
Flood fears raise questions over Lake Oroville spillway
Engineers have known for decades that if water ever spilled onto Lake Oroville's unpaved auxiliary spillway, it would cause serious erosion.Read More
Drought, wildfires steepen flood, mudslide risk
Officials warn that drought, wildfire scars and winter weather conditions have combined to increase the potential risks of flash flooding and mudslides.Read More
State installs $30 million Delta ‘barrier’
Construction on a $30 million emergency barrier to prevent salt water from entering drinking water supplies began this week.Read More
Drought squeezes food bank produce
Second Harvest Food Bank is concerned that another drought year for California could reduce its supply of surplus food.Read More