Our Tumblr intern with his first blog entry on how Pokemon Go is connecting teens to the Delta in Stockton. Follow us on Tumblr for special guest blogging, infographics and more! I never expected to be in the heart of downtown Stockton in the middle of the night. It’s not the kind of thing people...Read More

Weekly Summary: July 24, 2016 Action Alert: UC Davis Course on the Delta and Facebook Live Video Update  UC Davis Extension is holding a class to educate Sacramento citizens on the Delta with an agenda of selling the public on the tunnels. We hope some of you can register for this class and share your...Read More

Dear friends, UC Davis Extension is holding a class to educate Sacramento citizens on the Delta with an agenda of selling the public on the tunnels. We hope some of you can register for this class and share your knowledge of how this project will destroy the Delta. We will be busy at that time...Read More

Transition Berkeley Presents Film & Discussion: Save the Delta – Over Troubled Waters Thursday, August 4, 2016 (6:30 pm – refreshments, 7-9 pm – program) Join us for this visually rich documentary, “Over Troubled Waters,” the story of the battle being fought by the people of the Delta to protect the region they love and...Read More

For Immediate Release: 7/21/16 Contact: Tom Keeling, Principal, Freeman Firm, Stockton CA (209) 474-1818        San Francisco –  The California Supreme Court has reversed a Court of Appeal decision that favored Delta landowners against the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).  In doing so, however, it did hand Delta landowners a limited victory by “reforming” the statute at issue. DWR...Read More

For Immediate Release 7/19/2016 Contact: Bob Wright, Senior Counsel, Friends of the River (916) 442-3155 x207   Sacramento – As the Associated Press reported last week, California Governor Jerry Brown has hired former Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt to “work to resolve long-standing water supply and ecological challenges in the delta.”   In that role,...Read More

Sacramento – Late Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources released their “Revised Draft Biological Assessment” for the California Water Fix (Delta Tunnels). The document is posted online here. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service will use the document to decide whether the tunnels would...Read More

Weekly Summary: July 17, 2016 Westlands Water District Credit Rating Upgraded to "Negative" The Negative rating stems from the fact that Westlands/San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will acquire hundreds of millions of dollars of new debt if their settlement with the Federal government is authorized by Congress. This new debt is the result of now being...Read More

ICYMI: Delta Tunnels News from Restore the Delta July 15, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Westlands Water District Credit Rating Upgraded to "Negative" Fitch Ratings Service notes: Drainage Settlement Could Pressure District The Negative rating stems from the fact that Westlands/San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will acquire hundreds of millions of dollars of...Read More

One night, two events, two different views on managing California water Last Wednesday night, folks interested in California water had two big public events to choose from. One was a slick and very political sales pitch; the other was a thoughtful discussion of science. One event was held at the Sacramento Bee headquarters, and the...Read More