A record-breaking winter storm boosted Northern California reservoirs, including Lake Shasta, and Redding is set for warmer weather.
California officials have launched the most ambitious water‑management overhaul in state history.
Even though it wasn't Christmas, you wouldn't know it by the amount of snow that not only dropped, but also stuck, in communities just north of Redding overnight.
The storm brought up to 8 feet of snow across California's Sierra Nevada mountains, with heavy rain falling at lower elevations.
Cold temperatures have brought a dusting of snow to the foothills around Shasta Lake, turning nearby hills and vegetation white — and adding to the water supply ...
States are preparing for, while trying to avoid, cutbacks to the water they get from the Colorado River. Here are some key things to know about this moment.
On Thursday, the statewide Sierra snowpack — which provides nearly one-third of California’s water supply — stood Thursday at 68% of its historical average and falling, with at least more two weeks of ...
On Forest Service land in the Lake Tahoe Basin alone, it was estimated that there were 250,000 burn piles in 2021—conditions that can elevate wildfire risk. In an article published by UC Davis, forest ...
Concern around Lake Mead, a reservoir formed on the Colorado River, and its water levels have been ongoing for some time.
Wichita water source Cheney Lake reaches capacity after dry spell ...
Since the start of 2026, Canyon Lake has lost an average of more than 34 million gallons of water every day, and that rate is likely to increase.
A new online tool is aiming to tackle the high suicide rates in Shasta County, which are more than double the state average.