An atmospheric river event is forecast to bring rainfall, snow, and the potential for flooding to parts of California this ...

For a small fish only found in the San Francisco Estuary, the delta smelt has caused a lot of controversy over the years.

The plan is to take water from the Sacramento River, above the Delta, and pipe it underground to pumps near Tracy, bound eventually for Central Valley farms and Southern California water consumers.

The fish is also capable of shutting down massively powerful water pumps near Tracy that suck water out of the Delta and into the south San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, according to a ...