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.

The San Joaquin River did not always run full through Fresno after Friant Dam was completed in the 1940s and began diverting water for agriculture.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Although autumn has fallen, some Valley residents are still cooling off in the San Joaquin River; however, PG&E warns that visitors should stay out of certain ...

She said the San Joaquin River offers the quality of life firms look for when they consider moving to a new city. It also could help the Fresno-Madera area become more than just the gateway to ...

But in June 2023 the San Joaquin River Conservancy, the state agency created to assemble the 22-mile ecological and recreation greenbelt between Friant Dam and Highway 99, ordered both properties ...

The San Joaquin River did not always run full through Fresno after Friant Dam was completed in the 1940s and began diverting water for agriculture.

Releases into the San Joaquin River from Friant Dam were 6,085 cfs on Monday, according to Millerton Lake’s daily operations report. Twelve months ago, flows were about 600 cfs.