A map of the 16 designated fishing ... pile worms are the best bet around Check 12. In the California Aqueduct, the water is running fast from the south Delta pumps to the main lake, and fishing ...

Delta sturgeon continue biting, Steve Mitchell said. Don Pedro bass, trout and king salmon action good, Monte Smith reported. McClure bass fishing wide open, Randy Prin ...

Sacramento, CA (CalMatters) -- The legislative analyst has a plan to fix the "structural insolvency" of the unemployment benefits fund -- but businesses aren't happy and it's unclear if lawmakers ...

For a small fish only found in the San Francisco Estuary, the delta smelt has caused a lot of controversy over the years.

An atmospheric river event is forecast to rainfall, snow, and the potential for flooding to parts of California this week.

The fish is also capable of shutting down massively powerful water pumps near Tracy that suck water out of the Delta and into the south San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, according to a ...

What is the history of the Delta smelt? In 1993, the smelt was listed as threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act and the California Endangered Species Act, according to the California ...

The smelt used to be the most abundant fish in the estuary and numbered in the millions before state and federal projects began exporting large quantities of Delta water to San Joaquin Valley ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists from San Jose State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories following a recent fire at ...

Below is a map of the impacted area: The Clay Fire map can be seen in this photo. (Photo from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) The Clay Fire map can be seen in this photo.

It’s tiny, it’s silver and it’s at the center of a decades-long controversy over California’s water system. It’s the delta smelt. This threatened fish lives exclusively in the Sacramento ...