Prolonged flood releases into the San Joaquin River from the Friant Dam aren’t necessarily great news for farmers whose fields are underwater. Nor for residents of cities and communities along ...

The San Joaquin River, on the left, parallels a canal on the right as it flows past Sack Dam in an aerial photograph taken in 2009 near Firebaugh.

Instead, the river is nearly up to the top of the Sack Dam because the dam is in an area of the San Joaquin Valley that is sinking and creating a bowl miles across. It's called subsidence.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- PG&E officials are preparing residents for rising water levels in the San Joaquin River. Company representatives say they plan to increase flows on a portion of the river ...

In one of the boldest river restorations in the Western United States, a 63-mile stretch... Plan to restore San Joaquin River approved SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Fish biologists bringing back salmon runs on the San Joaquin River say a record number of fish nests have been found in the river below Friant Dam east of Fresno. The number of nests, called redds ...

The river died on or about Feb. 21, 1944, when the Bureau of Reclamation began filling Millerton Lake behind Friant Dam, a key part of the federal Central Valley Project.

Before the construction of Friant Dam and creation of Millerton Lake in 1942, the San Joaquin River was a historic spawning habitat for spring-run Chinook salmon. But it’s been more than 65 ...

Releases from Friant Dam were increased from about 680 cubic-feet-per-second to 930 cfs, ... The San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors, who have senior water rights, ...

The milestone is expected by the end of the month, when a 150-mile stretch of the river begins flowing year-round for the first time in more than 60 years.

Fish biologists bringing back salmon runs on the San Joaquin River say a record number of fish nests have been found in the river below Friant Dam east of Fresno. The number of nests, called redds ...