COURTHOUSE NEWS: Water is for fighting: Colorado River group describes history of water disputes, looks for solutions

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

December 17, 2025

The Colorado River Water Users Association is holding its annual three-day conference this week in Las Vegas. By Alan Riquelmy,...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Mexicali farmers threaten to use their Colorado River water, putting Tijuana’s supply in jeopardy

Voice of San Diego

Colorado River

December 17, 2025

Cities in northern Baja California depend on Mexicali farmers’ rights to use Colorado River water. The Mexican government just wrested...

Westlands Water District Board votes to adopt Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan

Westlands Water District

Groundwater News

December 17, 2025

District advances major land-repurposing initiative as water shortages force large-scale land fallowing across the San Joaquin Valley From Westlands Water...

CAL MATTERS: The U.S. is committed to cleaning up Tijuana River pollution. Will California follow through?

Cal Matters

Water quality

December 17, 2025

San Diego leaders are calling on California to take stronger action to address the ongoing environmental crisis caused by sewage...

BERKELEY LAB: How researchers are driving advances for data centers

Berkeley Lab

Planning and management

December 17, 2025

From Berkeley Lab: Today’s technologies depend increasingly on computers and artificial intelligence – largely powered by data centers, which have...

THE CONVERSATION: Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens

The Conversation

Fish and wildlife

December 17, 2025

By Toni Lyn Morelli, UMass Amherst; U.S. Geological Survey and Diana Stralberg, University of Alberta The idea began in California’s...

OpenET expands satellite-based water use data across 48 states, providing critical information to farmers and water managers across the nation

Guest Contributor

Planning and management

December 17, 2025

Unique public-private partnership brings together NASA, USGS, Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and more to make scientifically rigorous evapotranspiration data widely...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/16: Trump’s plan to pump more water is ill-conceived and harmful, lawmakers say; The hydrants will run dry: Trump’s LA fire claims missed the mark, study shows; Federal ESA rules face overhaul—California prepares to fill the gap; The brawl over the Colorado River is about more than water; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

December 16, 2025

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CAL MATTERS: The hydrants will run dry: Trump’s LA fire claims missed the mark, study shows

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

December 16, 2025

Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than...

SJV WATER: Pumping allocations a “head scratcher” as Kings County groundwater agencies work toward coordination

SJV Water

Groundwater News

December 16, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Groundwater agencies in the beleaguered Tulare Lake subbasin in Kings County have released a region-wide...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/15: Rain, snow in forecast for NorCal; State releases amended Bay Delta Plan with new chapter; USDA pushes back on California Ag Land Equity Plan; Amid Colorado River ‘impasse,’ tense meeting comes to Las Vegas; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

December 15, 2025

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INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Green California’s big oil problem

Inside Climate News

Water quality

December 14, 2025

While Gov. Newsom touted the state’s environmental efforts at the UN climate summit, toxic spills and a new law speeding...

NOW AVAILABLE: Reclamation seeks public input on draft environmental impact statement for Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir Project

Bureau of Reclamation News

Planning and management

December 14, 2025

Proposed project would provide up to 82,000 acre-feet of new offstream water storage Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: State Water Board releases new analysis to advance latest proposed Bay-Delta Plan updates; Green California’s big oil problem; Reclamation releases draft EIS for Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir Project; The Bay Area neighborhood most vulnerable to sea level rise is also sinking; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

December 14, 2025

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NOW AVAILABLE: San Francisco Bay Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap

Guest Contributor

EcosystemsFact Sheets/Tools/Info

December 14, 2025

From the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: The Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap was developed to support the SF...