Lake Shasta and California’s other lakes and reservoirs got a big boost from wet holiday storms. Nearly two weeks into 2026, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A collaboration of researchers says the Great Salt Lake is making progress, but it's still at a critically low level. At the end of the 2025 "Water Year" (which concludes at the end ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shasta Lake, seen here in 2018, is California's largest reservoir. (Michael Macor/The Chronicle) Shasta Lake, the largest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lake Shasta waters went up 35 feet since wet atmospheric storms rolled over Shasta County this winter. The lake’s water level ...

Lake Shasta waters went up 35 feet since wet atmospheric storms rolled over Shasta County this winter. The lake’s water level climbed to 1,029 feet as of Sunday, Jan. 4, according to the California ...

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With more rain on the way, officials are carefully monitoring Lake Cachuma after it nearly reached capacity last week, leading to officials proactively releasing water from the reservoir. In order to ...