tulare lake

tulare lake, having been drained in the 19th century for agriculture, has reappeared in California's San Joaquin Valley after massive winter storms and snowmelt. Reclaiming around 94,000 acres, the lake now engulfs farmland, raising environmental concerns, but also reviving local wildlife and ecosystems.

Rivera, who is now presumed dead after diving off a boat into Lake Piru and never resurfacing, went missing last week after a trip to the lake in California with her four-year-old son Josey.

After actor Naya Rivera went missing earlier this week, members of her family visited California's Lake Piru where the 'Glee' actor had last visited with her four-year-old son.

A very wet winter has left California's reservoirs looking healthier than they have for years, as near-record rainfall put a big dent in a lengthy drought. A series of atmospheric rivers -- high altitude ribbons of moisture -- chugged into the western United States, dousing a landscape that had been baked dry by years of below-average rain. -

California wildfires were slowly being corralled Friday as cooler, humid weather and reinforcements aided firefighters and tens of thousands of people were allowed back home after days of death and destruction.

This article explores ten extinct plant species, from the ancient Araucarioxylon arizonicum to the more recent Sophora toromiro. Their disappearances, driven by climate change, habitat destruction, and human activities, serve as stark reminders of biodiversity loss. Some, like Franklinia alatamaha and Sophora toromiro, survive only through cultivation, highlighting the need for conservation.

In central California, the Tule River overflowed its banks and flooded several homes. In the San Francisco Bay Area, flooding blocked portions of several major highways, including Interstate 580 in Oakland, disrupting travel. The atmospheric river, known as a 'Pineapple Express' because it brought warm subtropical moisture across the Pacific from near Hawaii, was melting parts of the huge snowpack built in California's mountains.