The Biden administration and eight California water agencies have reached an agreement to share in the costs of raising a dam to expand San Luis Reservoir, a nearly $1-billion project intended to ...

Fresno drivers headed to the Bay Area via Pacheco Pass on Highway 152 can’t help but take note of a sprawling inland sea that seemingly appears out of nowhere among the yellowed, oak-dotted ...

which stated more than $315 million was being designated for the future Sites Reservoir and the existing San Luis Reservoir. The Department of the Interior didn’t make clear how much was ...

including plans to build Sites Reservoir and raise a dam to expand San Luis Reservoir. Those federal investments are not new, however. The projects were also supported by the Biden administration.

It's the fourth largest reservoir in California, according to the state. About 40 miles east of Gilroy and Highway 101 in Merced County, San Luis Reservoir is the fifth largest reservoir in the state.

San Luis Obispo County and a coalition of environmental groups are fighting over the appropriate amount of water to release from Lopez Dam to support an endangered fish without jeopardizing the ...

California's snowpack is now 85% of average, with more snow in the northern Sierra and less in the south. Amid warming winters, the state is seeing less snow at lower elevations.