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17 Jul West Hollywood rupture was L.A.’s worst in years: 17 million gallons spilled, Sunset Boulevard closed for days

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LA Times (7/17/2026) The massive Sunset Strip trunk line rupture was L.A.’s worst in years, spilling 17 million gallons of water and forcing the closure of Sunset Boulevard for at least several days. Closures are in place on Sunset Boulevard from San Vicente Boulevard/N. Clark Street to...

17 Jul Southern California Approves Plan to Keep Enough Water in Lake Mead for 600,000 Homes

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Pasadena Now (7/17/2026) As Lake Mead nears another historic low, Southern California water officials approved an agreement Tuesday to leave enough Colorado River water in the reservoir to supply about 600,000 homes, calling it a critical step in protecting the Southwest’s water future. The Metropolitan Water District...

03 Jun Why one of the cities most dependent on the Colorado River now has water for sale

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NPR (6/3/2026) SAN DIEGO — Even as California is offering to take less water from the drought-shrunken Colorado River, one of the state's biggest cities that's long been the most dependent on it curiously now has excess water to sell. In a good year, San Diego gets...

01 May Will California ever build the Delta tunnel? Major battles ahead as Newsom era nears end

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Cal Matters (5/1/2026) Keeping up with your California representatives felt impossible before. Now you can watch them like a hawk: Sign up for My Legislator, your weekly, personalized report that tracks what your state representatives say and do. In what Gov. Gavin Newsom hailed as a major milestone,...

24 Mar COMMENTARY: Protecting California’s water – SB 872

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By Michelle Paul, California Farm Water Coalition From the moment California’s earliest residents called the vast, fertile soils of California’s Central Valley home, efforts began to solve one of the state’s oldest challenges: harnessing the water. With rainfall and snowpack varying dramatically year to year, and...

26 Jan Scientists Finally Figured Out How Much Groundwater There Is Under the US and It Is Enough to Fill the Great Lakes 13 Times Over

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ZME Science (1/26/2026) It’s not easy to determine how much water there is across a landscape. A measly 1% of Earth’s freshwater is on the surface, where it can be seen and measured with relative ease. But beneath that, measurements vary massively depending on water table depth and...

20 Jan A look at Southern California’s water supply after winter storms

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Southern California's largest reservoir, Diamond Valley Lake, is nearly full due in large part to two powerful sets of storms that drenched the region over the Christmas and New Year's holidays. It's at 94% capacity. Many of the reservoirs in Los Angeles County, just as critical, are...

14 May California Risks Billions in Economic Losses Without Water Supply Action

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UC Davis (5/14/2025) Anew economic analysis by UC professors shows the high cost of inaction on California’s perpetual water supply challenges. It estimates that the state could lose enough water each year to supply up to 9 million households — with economic losses totaling between $3.4...

10 Dec Stand up for Southern California’s Water Future

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The Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors will vote on the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) on December 10. This project is essential to safeguarding a reliable water supply for millions in Southern California, but they need to hear from YOU. Here’s how you can help: Write...

05 Jun Governor Gavin Newsom noted that judges must rule on certain CEQA challenges within 270 days under a streamlining tool.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday praised a judge’s decision that denied a move to stop the Sites Reservoir project based on state environmental law, pointing to a streamlined legal process that led to the quick ruling. Conservation groups had sued over the proposed reservoir, some...