The message came as the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted its second snow survey of the season last ...

Lake Berryessa, a federal reservoir, has also seen its water levels rise by over a foot during the same time frame. Reservoirs, such as Shasta Lake and Lake Berryessa, can provide several key benefits ...

DWR officials who manage the State Water Project say the higher delivery volume is possible because December storms helped ...

Lake Shasta and California’s other lakes and reservoirs got a big boost from wet holiday storms. Nearly two weeks into 2026, all of the state's 17 major reservoirs are brimming above their 30-year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images California rang in the new year with heavy rains that have the state's reservoirs at historic ...

And even though their levels dropped last summer as cities and farms used the water, California’s reservoirs started this ...

Temperature can mean the difference between four inches of rain and four feet of snow. That’s something the Tahoe region, and ...

In an era when large public works projects, from high-speed rail to new reservoirs, routinely see big jumps in price, the ...

Water delivery systems around the state, like Zone 7, will get 30% of their requested allocations thanks to a wet December and healthy statewide reservoir levels.

California rang in the new year with heavy rains that have the state's reservoirs at historic highs. The downpours were strong enough that the entire state is now officially drought-free for the first ...