The collapse of a $1.5 billion plan to enlarge Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County and share the water with residents across the Bay Area is a disappointing setback for the state’s efforts ...

For ten years, Bay Area water companies have wanted to increase storage capacity of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir above Brentwood as insurance against another drought. But as time dragged on without ...

The cancellation of an expansion project for Los Vaqueros Reservoir in September cost the state $24 million in grant money. In just six years, the project’s cost ballooned from $980 million to nearly ...

Nearly six months after the stunning collapse of a $1.5 billion plan to enlarge Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County to provide more water to Bay Area residents, state officials are trying to ...

A construction crew performs a safety check on an aging dam. (Department of Water Resources photo) California’s major water projects face headwinds even as scientists say climate change increases the ...

Six months after the collapse of a $1.5 billion plan to expand Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County, state officials began Wednesday to redistribute nearly half a billion dollars that had ...