Within days, Sacramento County will consider approving a controversial 25,000-person housing development. north of Interstate 80 that currently lacks an amenity that no home or person can do without: ...

A Sacramento agency that's been criticized by the grand jury for its poor operational and safety practices is now being dissolved. The Del Paso Manor Water District has been in business since 1956, ...

Two bird rental e-scooters lay stuck in the mud along the riverbank near the Tower Bridge, just feet from the water. It’s a scene river cleanup volunteers say they encounter far more often than most ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season, the American Water Charitable Foundation, a philanthropic non-profit organization established by American Water (NYSE: AWK), the ...

Hundreds of new laws will go into effect in California at the start of the new year. The laws cover a wide range of topics, from minimum wage to cats to plastic bags. The fun, the festivities, the ...

A new pedestrian and bike path on the American River Bridge will soon create a river-crossing trail connection near Cal Expo. Groundwater banking in the Sacramento region captures wet-season runoff to ...

Warming temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns will reshape the American, Bear and Cosumnes river watersheds, intensifying snowpack loss and placing greater strain on California’s water ...

The rain began to fall on Dec. 9, 1861. It didn’t relent until hundreds of miles of the Central Valley turned into an inland sea, leaving the city of Sacramento submerged beneath 10 feet of water. The ...