DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY DIGEST, 12/27: Potential Category 4 atmospheric river to hit Northern California; How tracking atmospheric rivers could transform California’s reservoir levels during drought; When the state cut their water, they created a collaborative solution; In Arizona, Colorado River crisis stokes worry over growth and groundwater depletion; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Potential Category 4 atmospheric river to hit Northern California “Southern California experienced a...

DAILY DIGEST, Christmas weekend edition: CA will be hit with 2 weather systems this holiday weekend; Congressman Valadao leads request for answers from Interior on biological opinions; Rethinking risk and responsibility in the western wildfire crisis; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California will be hit with 2 weather systems this holiday weekend. Here’s a timeline of impacts “Bay Area residents from San Francisco to San Jose are waking up to a gloomy, but...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/22: Some San Joaquin Valley farmers are rebelling against groundwater measures; Depletion of groundwater is accelerating in California’s Central Valley, study finds; A series of storms setting up to hit Northern California; After 2022’s fatal algal bloom, scientists fear the Bay’s sturgeon could go extinct; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Some San Joaquin Valley farmers are rebelling against groundwater measures “As water managers...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/21: Amid climate change, a question: What’s the future of California rice?; CA water agencies collaborate on groundwater digital platform; Army Corps study of Salton Sea could yield billions for long-term restoration; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Amid climate change, a question: What’s the future of California rice? “After absorbing sunshine all summer, mature rice plants in California’s Sacramento Valley stand as high as three feet tall, in five inches...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/19: Chinook return to CA’s far north — with a lot of human help; Low lake level prompts Mono Lake Committee to seek State Water Board action; In Bakersfield, a lawsuit aims to turn a dry riverbed into a flowing river; Local, state and federal agencies to partner in feasibility study for long-term restoration of the Salton Sea; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Saving salmon: Chinook return to California’s far north — with a lot...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Tribes accuse State Water Board of discrimination and urge EPA oversight of Bay-Delta; Tribes decry Klamath water proposal; Hoopa Tribe files suit against Reclamation over Trinity River; States are on the clock for big Colorado River cutbacks; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Tribes accuse California water board of discrimination and urge EPA oversight of Bay-Delta “A coalition of California tribes and environmental justice groups filed a civil rights complaint Friday against the State Water...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/15: Metropolitan declares drought emergency for SoCal; Restore the Delta Files comments on Delta Conveyance DEIR; A simmering revolt against groundwater cutbacks in California; Lawsuit filed to halt removal of Klamath River hydroelectric dams; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council beginning at 9am. Agenda items include an update on the environmental justice issue paper, the Delta Levees Investment Strategy, the Lead Scientist report, the Delta science tracker, and a...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/12: Storm dumps heavy snow in Sierra; High tech snow flights to cover most of CA’s watersheds this year; Friends of the Eel River file lawsuit against Humboldt County; L.A. looks to water from a contaminated Superfund site; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Science Advisory Panel on Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Aquatic Ecosystems from 8am to 10:30pm.  The State Water Board and Ocean Protection Council funded a grant to reconvene the Constituents...