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Much of California has gone from withered to water-logged this winter, but the state's top water regulator is not ready to lift emergency conservation measures enacted during the height of the drought.

The drought, with an assist from state money, is driving new proposals for reuse of sewage water.

A U.N. report shows that the number of people around the world who aren't getting enough to eat has been increasing by millions since 2014.

Multiple nuclear power facilities in Europe have reduced their electricity production because seawater, which is used to keep the reactors cool, has been warmer than usual.

California's drought may drive up the price of rice and affect the state's export of the grain.

Trillions of gallons of water across the western United States have been lost due to the severe drought, according to a new study. The shrinking water supply has caused the earth to rise.

The North County Transit District is hoping to hear this month about an $18 million federal grant that would help stabilize crumbling bluffs next to the railway line through Del Mar. It would cost billions to move the tracks to safer ground inland.

The number of cholera outbreaks is on the rise — and vaccines are in short supply. Why is this ancient disease still a global health problem? Here's an explainer: What it is, how it spreads.

For many Americans, the Fourth of July isn’t complete without fireworks. But if you’re thinking of firing off a few in San Diego County, don’t.

State water engineers say using pumps to reverse the flow of the California Aqueduct would be a first in a drought but water agencies in the desperately dry farmlands around Bakersfield say the investment is worth it.