The project aims to address water supply concerns in Southern California but faces opposition from environmental groups and Delta residents who fear negative ecological and economic consequences.

Aerial photos of the region to be affected by the Delta water tunnels and intakes. Aerial photos of the region to be affected by the Delta water tunnels and intakes. (Randall Benton/Fresno Bee file) ...

GOVERNOR IS TRYING TO DO THIS AGAIN. CALIFORNIA’S CONTROVERSIAL WATER PROJECT BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM TRIES TO FAST TRACK THE DELTA TUNNEL AGAIN. I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.

For decades, California officials have debated and discussed various projects to redirect more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta toward communities and farms in the southern portion of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In a blow to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitions to replumb the Delta, California lawmakers once again punted on his plan to fast-track a deeply controversial $20 billion tunnel project ...

Asm. Rhodesia Ransom hosts a press conference blasting the Newsom administration's Delta tunnel proposal. (Photo: Asm. Ransom's office) The Legislature’s audit committee has voted down a request to ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Repeatedly Gavin Newsom has sought legislative approval of his high-priority policy proposals within the annual state ...

Gov. Newsom wants to accelerate a proposed $20-billion water tunnel project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta by simplifying permitting and limiting legal challenges. Newsom’s proposal drew ...

As part of a revised budget to address a $12 billion shortfall in the upcoming year, Gov. Gavin Newsom included a request to streamline the Delta Conveyance Tunnel, calling it one of California's most ...

Now Hood, population 271, is facing a formidable transformation that residents fear will shatter their sleepy agricultural community. One of the smallest towns in the region, Hood lies at ground zero ...

Aerial photos of the region to be affected by the Delta water tunnels and intakes. Randall Benton Fresno Bee file The farmland in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta area contains some of the ...