Highway 1 along Big Sur Coast is now open

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New: Cost of building the delta tunnel, California's largest water proposal in decades, rises to $20.1 billion, per state estimates

Newsom administration is still on board, but it remains to be seen if water agencies will pay their share sfchronicle.com/california/art…

SCOOP: Bay Area officials have been quietly preparing to test two popular parks for the presence of radioactive waste.

This comes after California regulators recently uncovered a 1980 document suggesting hazardous waste was buried there.

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Latest on the Klamath River...

The removal of the last of four dams coming down began today (May 13) at Oregon's 68-foot J.C. Boyle Dam sfchronicle.com/california/art…

ICYMI... Groundwater numbers are in for 2023

California saw one of its biggest years for aquifer recharge in decades last year: 4.1 million acre-feet of water, nearly equivalent to what Shasta Lake can hold sfchronicle.com/climate/articl…

New: President Biden announced the expansion of Northern California's Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.

I recently visited the 13,696-acre monument addition, an 11-mile ridgeline known as Molok Luyuk... sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Klamath River update...

The demolition of Iron Gate Dam is scheduled to begin tomorrow (May 1). At 173 feet tall, it's the largest of the four dams to be removed

Afternoon light on El Cap in Yosemite

Cool pic of salmon by Loren Elliott

The fish are being released on the Klamath River to help with salmon recovery, alongside dam removal. More pics... sfchronicle.com/climate/articl…

A grizzly bear chase. A dead penguin. Behind the scenes, the S.F. Zoo is in turmoil over safety.

My new story on San Francisco Chronicle with Todd Trumbull stephen lam daymond & others. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

Breaking: California state water board votes unanimously to put the Tulare Lake subbasin on 'probation' for not managing groundwater.

It's the state's first enforcement action under the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Story at San Francisco Chronicle...
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Not quite a super bloom but pretty super

Wildflowers at California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument in southeastern San Luis Obispo County

In water news.... California regulators are weighing a first-ever crackdown on groundwater pumping in the Tulare Lake basin. Farmers are urging the state to stay out

The region is sinking up to a foot per year because of over-pumping aquifers sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Are you having trouble Googling California news?

The search giant is blocking some California journalism today as it escalates fight v ⁦Buffy Wicks⁩ bill charging tech platforms that feature stories — a favored tactic for Google politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

New: California's salmon season cancelled for second straight year cuz of low fish numbers, per Megan Fan Munce

We should probably leave more water in our rivers for fish sfchronicle.com/climate/articl…

The cold weather looks good on the coast, at Montaña de Oro State Park

NEW:

More than a century ago, a bold scheme diverted water from one California river to another — from the Eel to the Russian.

Now, will a reversal threaten some communities' water supply?

By Kurtis Alexander and CarlosAvilaGonzalez

sfchronicle.com/california/art… via San Francisco Chronicle

California's next big dam removal will be on the Eel River.

It will have big benefits for fish and tribes, but it means the loss of water for many Northern California communities... sfchronicle.com/california/art…

In 1992 the San Francisco Chronicle sent a reporter to pose as a student at an S.F. high school.

It was wild, revealing, contentious. The plot of 'Never Been Kissed' in real life.

I tracked down those involved (reporter, students, editors) and a new story emerged.

sfchronicle.com/vault/article/…

Following the mountain lion attack today, Sat., March 23, 2024, in Georgetown, California, a mountain lion was euthanized near the scene of the attack. The mountain lion has been sent to the CDFW forensics laboratory to obtain DNA information and general health of the lion.