For decades, residents of Bakersfield have lived with a river that’s little more than a channel of dust. The Kern, which pours from the snowy peaks of the southern Sierra, descends upon California’s ...

City, state, and county officials broke ground on the nearly $2 billion Lower San Joaquin River Project, which will protect 264,000 people, 71,000 acres, and an estimated $21 billion in property ...