Kurtis Alexander

California has recently rolled back some of its notorious building regulations to battle problems of red tape and high costs. Now, a measure wants to take the push for reform up a notch.

California has rolled back some of its notorious building regulations in recent years to battle longstanding problems of red tape and high costs.

At 10,000 feet, deep in the Eastern Sierra, lies a lake that’s intensely, cinematically blue.

Looking for solitude, beauty and maybe a few thrills, my buddies and I were hoofing it in the high country of California's eastern Sierra when the mountains served up an unexpected treat, as they always do.

A water rate analysis by the consumer advocacy group Food and Water Watch estimates that water bills in the U.S. have risen 62% between 2015 and 2025.

The Sierra Club is suing the city of San Francisco’s water department, claiming officials are manipulating water data to justify bigger water grabs for the city — and inflating customer rates.

New scientific research offers a particularly comprehensive look at the state of glaciers across the Lower 48, including those in the Sierra Nevada and on Mount Shasta.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature plan to protect water supplies in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is getting pushback from powerful water agencies.

At the urging of Gov. Gavin Newsom, California water officials have been working with a group of agencies for years on a far-reaching plan to protect the rivers that nourish the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

A toxic compound has been found at worrisome levels in some watersheds in California.