California Outlines Plan for Scaled Back Giant Water Tunnel State water officials say the project is badly needed to modernize the state's infrastructure in the face of climate change.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said in 2019 he would downsize the state’s plan for tunneling around the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to deliver water more easily to Southern California. On Wednesday ...

A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry some of it through a single, 45-mile (72-kilometer) underground tunnel.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration said Thursday it will now cost more than $20 billion to build a giant tunnel aimed at catching more water when it rains and storing it to better ...

FILE – A sign opposing a plan to build a giant tunnel to ship water to Southern California is displayed near Freeport, California, on May 2, 2016. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a plan to ...

California’s powerful regional water districts are working alongside Gov. Jerry Brown to take on more responsibility for designing, building and arranging financing for a $15.7-billion twin ...

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California water agency has approved key funding needed to support plans for a giant underground tunnel that would reroute a big part of the state’s water supply.

A Northern California water agency has voted to support Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build two massive tunnels to remake the state's water system, renewing momentum behind the controversial project.

A Northern California water agency will vote Wednesday on whether to give its full support to Gov. Jerry Brown's controversial plan to build two multibillion dollar massive tunnels to remake the ...

California water tunnel hangs over budget talks as legislators challenge Gov. Newsom's plan FILE – A sign opposing a plan to build a giant tunnel to ship water to Southern California is ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration said Thursday it will now cost more than $20 billion to build a giant tunnel aimed at catching more water when it rains and ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration says it will cost more than $20 billion to build a giant tunnel to capture and store more water.