Opening the Sacramento Weir means flooding the plains to protect the state's capital from the same fate. ... 2017 12:25 PM. ... California doesn't get a lot of credit for how well it manages water.

This winter's flooding in Northern California has done more than bring relief after years of drought; it's created the prospect of the best gold prospecting in 20 years.

SACRAMENTO (CNN) -- California just can't catch a break this year. The year started with torrential rain that unleashed landslides and deadly flooding. The deluge destroyed roads, cut off the ...

Much of California remains in the throes of a decade-long drought, but the weekend forecast might have you believing otherwise. Welcome rain has come, and the snowpack is above normal in many ...

Dams and levees across California are straining to handle winter storms. The state's water system was designed a century ago, before climate change was an issue. Now, the system is being rethought.

Record flooding is possible this weekend across drought-plagued California due to a powerhouse storm that's forecast to slam into the state. Taxes 2025 🧾 Vote for your faves📺 Shop new golf ...

This Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, aerial photo, shows major flooding in Maxwell, Colusa County, Calif. Water is receding in the farm community of Maxwell, where dozens of people sought higher ground ...

Geographic data indicates California has a mega flood about every 100 to 200 years. So the Golden State is overdue, long overdue for a big storm. In 2011, the USGS, along with other agencies ...

The California Highway Patrol said the road was closed from Pacific Coast Highway to Grand View Drive, a roughly 3.5-mile stretch. The closure will mostly force residents of Topanga, a bohemian ...

A huge Pacific storm ravaged roads and opened sinkholes in Southern California while flooding Interstate 5 in Northern California on Saturday.