While flooded roads spell trouble, and detours, for drivers, for otters they make the perfect shortcut. Footage from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office shows an otter adapting to a newly usable route. The sheriff’s office called it the “upside of…
Costs could be reduced for eligible residents by more than $385,000 each year. Riverside County residents in some flood-prone areas could get a financial break as El Niño concerns build in Southern California. A new Federal Emergency Management Agency safety rating…
Federal, state and local partners marked the completion of construction on Tenmile Slough Reach 30 Left Bank (TS30L) on Oct. 30, 2026, celebrating the first completed flood protection levee reach of the Lower San Joaquin River Project, a major flood-risk management effort serving north…
REDDING, Calif. — With El Niño conditions potentially developing this winter, California Conservation Corps members from across Northern California are training to help protect communities from potential flooding. Corpsmembers from the Chico, Redding and Siskiyou centers gathered at the Red Bluff…
55 Meadow Drive – 825 Vendola Dr, San Rafael, CA Department Marin County Flood Control District The Project would replace an existing wooden structure – the Timber-Reinforced Berm, or TRB – that is a crucial component of the levee system that protects the Santa Venetia…
STOCKTON, Calif. — A Stockton neighborhood at risk of major flooding from the San Joaquin River is getting greater protection just ahead of the rainy season. The levee improvements come as officials across California prepare for El Niño and the potential…
A record-breaking El Niño winter and the potential loss or weakening of federal disaster management services are among the factors that could determine whether Californians face catastrophic floods this winter and beyond. A report released today from the Securing California's…
The Times opens with a confident description of California’s future: “Floods will become more widespread and extreme.” It then warns of “more wildfires, bigger storms, longer droughts,” claiming California faces “major upheaval to long-established ways of life.” Those are dramatic…
The Marin Municipal Water District will lower the water level at its Phoenix Lake reservoir to lessen the likelihood of Ross Valley flooding this winter. “I’m happy to announce this evening that we, the county of Marin, are collaborating with…
With California bracing for a wet winter, the state auditor warns that nearly a third of local agencies maintaining vital flood control levees in parts of the Central Valley have been performing “unacceptable routine maintenance” — some of them, for years.
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