Gov. Gavin Newsom and some of California's major water agencies hit a setback this week when a proposal to fast-track plans for a 45-mile water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta ...

Aerial photos of the region to be affected by the Delta water tunnels and intakes. Randall Benton Fresno Bee file The farmland in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta area contains some of the ...

As part of a revised budget to address a $12 billion shortfall in the upcoming year, Gov. Gavin Newsom included a request to streamline the Delta Conveyance Project, calling it one of California’s ...

Tanned, rested and presumably ready after a summer vacation break, state legislators will return to the Capitol next week for the final month of their 2025 session. The session’s final weeks will be ...

A sign opposing the Delta Conveyance Project is seen in December 2023 along a levee road near the Sacramento River in Hood, Calif. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) A group of California ...

In his budget proposal released on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom included funding for the $20 billion water tunnel known as the Delta Conveyance Project. No place will be more impacted by the project ...

Gov. Newsom wants to fast-track the Delta Tunnel Project to move water from the north to the south. Critics say the tunnel project would weaken environmental protection, trample Native American ...

The battle over whether California should build a $20-billion water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is escalating, with Gov. Gavin Newsom pushing to lay the groundwork for the project ...

Asm. Rhodesia Ransom hosts a press conference blasting the Newsom administration's Delta tunnel proposal. (Photo: Asm. Ransom's office) The Legislature’s audit committee has voted down a request to ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Tanned, rested and presumably ready after a summer vacation break, state legislators will return to the Capitol next ...