Groundwater storage may be a viable answer to reducing California's soaring surface water costs, economists say.

SAN FRANCISCO -- More than 40 percent of California has emerged from a punishing drought that covered the whole state a year ago, federal drought-watchers said Thursday, a stunning transformation ...

All of California is now officially under a drought emergency, after Gov. Gavin Newsom extended his previous emergency order statewide on Tuesday. This declaration comes in the wake of record-breaking ...

California often swings between climate extremes—from powerful storms to punishing droughts. As climate change drives more ...

Salmon is the second most consumed seafood in the U.S., and California is a major salmon contributor. But a new report shows the drought facing the state is killing a salmon species in the Sacramento ...

Dozens of conflagrations have raged across more than 5 million acres (1.6 million hectares) in Oregon, California and ...

California’s biggest irrigation district is throwing its support behind a controversial water diversion project that aims to help relieve the Golden State’s historic battle with drought but also faces ...

California was among four U.S. states to document their second highest-ever October temperatures, while another four states ...

As he gave his State of the State speech yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown had reason to feel pretty good. The 75-year-old governor has helped rescue the state from fiscal insolvency and presided ...