Depleted groundwater threatens communities, agriculture, and ecosystems in California's Central Valley, which produces much ...

The maps, covering 15 counties in Central California, are part of Cal Fire ... Ventura’s Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks saw ...

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zone maps have been updated by the state fire marshal. Based on fire history and conditions of ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...

A new study by NASA and NOAA reveals that certain areas in California are sinking while others are rising. The Central Valley is experiencing the most significant sinking due to groundwater ...

Now stripped of its once vast wetlands and nearly sucked dry from the overpumping of groundwater during the West’s increasingly common droughts, the fertile Central Valley in California is in need of ...