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At the center of the rift is whether upstream states will agree to evenly share mandatory water cuts and accept long-term conservation plans in order to spare downstream states from taking steeper cuts.

The coastal marten, a rare orange-furred carnivore native to the forests of Oregon and Northern California, was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2020 after losing much of its habitat to logging and wildfires.

Teamsters California says the state failed to perform a specific analysis which is required because of the financial impact to the state.

Under the Biden administration, the Bureau of Land Management had withdrawn its previous permission to use the water pipeline across federal land, but the Trump administration reversed course earlier this year.

Heavy groundwater pumping during California's 2020-2022 drought caused the ground in the Sacramento Valley to sink faster than expected, permanently reducing the aquifer's ability to store water, according to a new study published on Monday.

Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears.

California's insurers of last resort took a massive $1 billion hit in 2025. They want to pass the losses on to all customers — even those unlikely to be affected by wildfires or other natural disasters.

The Legislature is expected to pass a bill this week that will put the proposition on the general election ballot.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has rejected a water agency’s challenge to endangered species protections for the Southern California steelhead trout.

Amid decreasing supply, key agreements governing future water use along the Colorado River expired this year. So did initial deadlines to commit to new agreements.