Drought

New wildfires erupted Monday near Los Angeles and chased people from their suburban homes as an intense heatwave stretching from the West Coast to New Mexico blistered the region.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told California voters Friday that he can solve their water crisis, declaring, "There is no drought."

San Francisco Bay is one of the most ecologically-rich estuary systems in the world. But much of the natural ecology disappeared, after the gold rush.

 California decided Wednesday to allow hundreds of local water districts to set their own conservation goals after a wet winter eased the five-year drought in some parts of the state.

East Bay Municipal Utility District voted unanimously on Tuesday to suspend excessive water penalties. 

Is California's historic drought over? Some water agencies in the state are calling for regulators to relax mandatory, emergency water use restrictions, given this winter's rainfall and snowpack.

An engineer with 26 years of experience in the Tri-Valley was appointed as the general manager of the Dublin San Ramon Services District Tuesday, district officials said.

When the weather heats up, the temptation is to use more water, but East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) is reminding the public the drought is not over despite recent storms.

San Jose water use restrictions to help conservation efforts that were set to expire today have been extended through the end of June, according to the city's Environmental Services Department.

A dry February appears to be giving way to a very wet March according to the latest rainfall projections.  The early models project rain to start this Friday March 4th and continue on and off through March 15th bringing a significant amount of rain to the Bay Area.

February finally broke its dry spell on Wednesday, with a storm that brought wind, rain, and winter temperatures.

The warm weather in the Bay Area has made this winter season feel more like spring and it has people wondering where El Nino went and when it will return.

With several Bay Area reservoirs nearly full, at capacity or overflowing, you might think we're in good water shape.  But, when it comes to the state's really big reservoirs, which we depend on most— think again.

California has been plagued by one of the most severe droughts in state history for more than four years now. But even though parts of San Francisco are under a mandate to cut 25 percent of water use, 2 Investigates has learned that some departments aren’t meeting that goal.

The water content of the Sierra Nevada snowpack in drought-stricken California was 130 percent of normal Tuesday when officials took a survey...

A mudslide in the Oakland Hills might have been caused by a leaking underground water pipe. On Monday morning, crews from the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) drilled holes in the street, and then dropped microphones to listen for leaks. 

With more El Niño storms on the way, demolition crews are fast at work tearing down a red-tagged house in San Francisco.

The Bay Area will receive some drizzle on Friday.