The Delta smelt is the poster child of all that is wrong in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This year, the number of Delta smelt was essentially zero; i.e., it is either extinct or very close to it.

The Newsom administration is pushing to build a $20-billion water tunnel. As state regulators hold hearings, the fight over ...

THAT BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SACRAMENTO, WHERE A STABBING INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AT A SHOPPING CENTER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT 11. I’M CECIL HANNIBAL. THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE DELTA SHORES S ...

The Sacramento River flows past orchards in Courtland near a spot where officials have proposed to build one of two intakes for a 45-mile water tunnel. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) ...