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The Colorado River near Parker, Arizona on Nov. 28, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Western states play game of chicken over Colorado River

by Dan Walters February 8, 2023February 7, 2023

Seven western states are playing a high-stakes game of chicken over how diversions from the crisis-ridden Colorado River will be reduced.

The Savory Basin outside of Fresno is designed to refill the aquifer with captured stormwater. The Fresno district spent millions to buy farmland and build basins for percolating water underground. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

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Ground zero: Rain brings little relief to California’s depleted groundwater

by Alastair Bland February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

The All American Canal transports water from the Colorado River to the Imperial Valley near Felicity on Dec. 5, 2022. Photo by Caitlin Ochs, Reuters

California, other states reach impasse over Colorado River

by Alastair Bland January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

A field of spinach is irrigated with Colorado River water in Imperial Valley on Dec. 5, 2022. Photo by Caitlin Ochs, Reuters

Deal or no deal (Colorado River edition)

by Ben Christopher January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

Engineers in the Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit begin the measurement phase of the first media snow survey of the season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on Jan. 3, 2023. Photo by Fred Greaves, California Department of Water Resources

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State water deliveries to surge — highest in 6 years

by Alastair Bland January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

A field of spinach is irrigated with Colorado River water in Imperial Valley on Dec. 5, 2022. Growers in region are debating how they will cut Colorado River water imports. Photo by Caitlin Ochs, Reuters

Growers brace to give up some Colorado River water

by Alastair Bland January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

Cars trapped in a flooded part of the road in the center of the town of Planada on Jan. 11, 2023. The town was under evacuation orders after a series of storms flooded the town. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

How California can prepare for future floods before a megastorm hits

by Guest Commentary January 17, 2023January 16, 2023

Sean de Guzman of the California Department of Water Resources conducts the first snow survey of the 2023 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on Jan. 3. Photo by Kenneth James, California Department of Water Resources

Is California’s drought over? Here’s what you need to know about rain, snow, reservoirs and drought

by Alastair Bland January 12, 2023January 11, 2023

The scene where homeless woman in California was killed by a falling tree branch on the bank of the Sacramento River

California’s unhoused in the eye of the storm

by Sameea Kamal January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

A drone view of residents looking a tree that fell during a winter storm with high winds in Sacramento on Jan. 8, 2023. Photo by Fred Greaves, Reuters

Deadly deluge: California flooding risk rises

by Sameea Kamal January 9, 2023January 9, 2023