Central Coast Archives

July 3, 2025

People in the nation’s richest strawberry-growing region have lacked safe drinking water for decades. A Biden administration grant promised them...

AG ALERT: Study finds skyrocketing cost of regulatory compliance for California lettuce growers

Ag Alert

Agriculture Policy and regulation

January 29, 2025

By Ag Alert During the past seven years, the cost to California lettuce growers of complying with the state’s environmental,...

KNEE DEEP TIMES: Coho salmon remain afloat four years after CZU fire

Knee Deep Times

Ecosystems

January 28, 2025

By Mark DeGraff, Knee Deep Times Landslides. Falling trees. Scorched forests. These are just a few ways the 2020 CZU...

NOAA FISHERIES: Four Pacific salmon and steelhead retain threatened status in reviews of recovery progress

NOAA Fisheries

Ecosystems Policy and regulation

December 12, 2024

By NOAA Fisheries NOAA Fisheries has completed 5-year reviews of the recovery progress and prospects of four salmon and steelhead...

CAL MATTERS: Dangerous herbicide used on California crops banned

Cal Matters

Groundwater News

August 8, 2024

The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk....

UC SANTA CRUZ: Closer water monitoring needed as wildfires increase

UC Santa Cruz

Water quality Wildfires and watersheds

March 26, 2024

By Mike Peña, UC Santa Cruz With climate change leading to increases in the size and frequency of wildfires, UC...

PRESS RELEASE: Racial discrimination complaint names State Water Board as partly to blame for fertilizer contamination in Central Coast drinking wells

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water quality Water rights and water law

March 22, 2024

Press release This week, Latino community groups were joined by Monterey Waterkeeper and the Environmental Justice and Common Good Initiative...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: In California, farmers test a method to sink more water into underground stores

Inside Climate News

Groundwater News

November 29, 2023

A novel program reimburses landowners for replenishing groundwater, in a bid to add regularity to the state’s boom and bust...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmentalists accuse Caltrans of dewatering creek with endangered steelhead

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

November 3, 2023

The lawsuit accuses state transit agency Caltrans of killing endangered Southern California steelhead trout as part of a repair project...

PRESS RELEASE: Groups challenge Water Boards’ orders as harmful to Central Coast disadvantaged communities and fisheries

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation Water quality

October 30, 2023

They contend that nitrates in runoff from chemical fertilizers and other sources contaminate thousands of drinking water wells, and the...

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: Environmental groups prevail in California steelhead case

Press Release/Notice

Ecosystems Water rights and water law

October 2, 2023

Supreme Court Decision Upholds Ruling that Twitchell Dam Operators Must Comply with Federal Law to Protect Endangered Fish Press release...

NOAA FISHERIES: Central California Coast Coho Salmon Need Restored Habitat to Improve Resilience to Climate Change

NOAA Fisheries

Climate change Ecosystems Science

May 2, 2023

Endangered Species Act review says salmon species still endangered and vulnerable to drought and climate change. By NOAA Fisheries Although...

LEGAL BRIEF: California Coastal Commission’s approval of Monterey desalination plant

Courthouse News Service

Water rights and water law Water supply augmentation

December 30, 2022

From Courthouse News Service: The Monterey Bay city of Marina claims the California Coastal Commission’s approval of a desalination plant...

THE CENTER SQUARE: California commission approves contentious desal plant in Monterey

The Center Square

Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

November 18, 2022

By Madison Hirneisen | The Center Square After an all-day hearing Thursday, the California Coastal Commission approved a permit for...

THE CENTER SQUARE: California Coastal Commission to weigh Monterey desal project this week

The Center Square

Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

November 14, 2022

By Madison Hirneisen | The Center Square Members of the California Coastal Commission this week will weigh a proposed desalination...