Capital Public Radio

‘Dead on arrival:’ State Sen. Cabaldon, Delta Caucus draw ‘red line’ on fast-tracking Delta tunnel project

For decades, California officials have debated and discussed various projects to redirect more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta toward communities and farms in the southern portion of ...
Los Angeles Times

California moves ahead with one delta tunnel, scaling back ambitious water delivery project

State officials Wednesday said they will press ahead with a smaller version of a long-planned water delivery project, initially building one, instead of two, massive tunnels in the heart of California ...
Sacramento Bee

Brown administration says it’s willing to consider one-tunnel approach to Delta project

Silicon Valley’s water district Wednesday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to build twin tunnels beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta but said it would support a smaller, less expensive project. A ...
Sacramento Bee

Delta tunnel on life support? What the budget blow means for Newsom’s pet water project

A 2008 aerial photograph of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It is not a true delta, a place where a river fans out as it spills into the sea. Instead it’s an estuary, an inland water body where ...
Los Angeles Times

California water agency considers spending $141 million on Delta tunnel project

The Metropolitan Water District’s board is set to vote on spending $141 million to contribute to California’s planning costs for the proposed Delta tunnel project. The district has yet to make a final ...