State backs environmentalists after water shutoff kills thousands of fish in Kern RiverCalifornia officials are taking legal action to restore water to the Kern River after it dried up, causing significant environmental harm.
California is digitizing its 100-year-old paper water rights records. Why that's a big dealDigitization of century-old water rights records in California is part of a $60 million project.Creation of a database will increase transparency and aid in making critical water management decisions during droughts.