West Sacramento Breaks Ground On Largest Levee Project
May 9, 2017 | Amy Quinton
Construction on the biggest levee improvement project in West Sacramento is now underway. The project will help protect the city from a 200-year flood.
May 9, 2017 | Amy Quinton
Construction on the biggest levee improvement project in West Sacramento is now underway. The project will help protect the city from a 200-year flood.
February 24, 2017
(AP) - Federal and state workers are joining farmers in round-the-clock repairs to levees in California's saturated Central Valley, where the wet winter has dams and waterways near or past capacity.
February 21, 2017 | Bob Moffitt
Fruit and nut growers in California are watching the weather, their trees and the volume of standing water in their orchards this week.
February 16, 2017
While crews and state agencies are keeping track of runoff levels into Lake Oroville, reclamation districts throughout the state are driving on their levees looking for leaks.
February 15, 2017 | Randol White
UPDATE Feb. 17, 9 a.m.: The evacuation advisory for residents in Tyler Island and the east section of Walnut Grove has been lifted.
January 6, 2017 | Bob Moffitt
Sacramento has 15 levee openings that allow vehicle traffic to pass through on most days. In the event of rising river waters, the city closes some of those floodgate openings.
February 15, 2016
(AP) - The agency charged with protecting the flood-prone Sacramento region from a catastrophic deluge is seeking a property tax increase to fund upgrades to the local levee system.
February 9, 2016 | Amy Quinton
People living behind levees on flood plains may not be as well-protected from flood damage as they might think.
October 19, 2015 | Bob Moffitt
The federal government has begun the environmental review process for repairs to a canal that breached and flooded nearly 600 properties in 2008.
February 2, 2015 | Bob Moffitt
President Obama has proposed a budget for next year that includes ten projects between Hamilton City and Bakersfield.