“The Wonderful Company uses less than 1% of the state’s water,” wrote Seth Oster, a Wonderful spokesman, in an email. The company put out a thread on “X” in response to the swirl of social media falsities.

A former cattle ranch in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills with proximity to the headwaters of Deer Creek is one step closer to being conserved thanks to a $2.4 million grant and collaborative efforts between the Tule River Indian Tribe, California Natural Resources Agency, The Conservation Fund and the Wildlife Conservation Board.

California is beginning 2025 with a solid start to the winter snowpack, but more storms are needed to keep the state’s water supplies on track.

The chemicals have unexpectedly turned up in well water in rural California farmland far from known contamination sites, like industrial areas, airports, and military bases. Agricultural communities already face the dangers of heavy metals and nitrates contaminating their tap water.

California has an aggressive mandate for zero-emission trucks, which are powered by electricity or hydrogen. But trucking companies face big obstacles — and people are still breathing dangerous diesel exhaust.

U.S. wildlife officials have decided to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies. Fish and Wildlife Service officials announced plans to list monarchs as threatened. The agency will take public comments on the plan until March before finalizing the move.

The state’s taxpayers may be left with a big bill.

While many San Joaquin Valley towns were shrouded in tule fog, about 35 locals enjoyed a day under bright sunshine along a creekbed, dodging cowpies and traipsing through crunchy, golden sycamore leaves.

The long-running lawsuit against the City of Bakersfield over how it operates the Kern River is set to go to trial in December 2025.

California State University Biology Professor Rae McNeish counted at least 10 dead adult birds along the shore of Truxtun Lakes and saw another two on the island.