Orders from Washington for releases at two dams didn’t benefit anyone and made nobody happy, except maybe the president.

President Trump's order to significantly release water from two Tulare County reservoirs has raised concerns among local officials and farmers.

So why was the water released? On Friday evening, President Donald Trump confirmed what many had already suspected — it was his idea.

Critics say splitting California's dams and aqueducts into dueling government agencies could be dangerous, and potentially deadly.

I have no idea if this is the new norm for operations or not. I certainly hope not,” one irrigation district GM said.

Terminus Dam at Lake Kaweah and Schafer Dam at Lake Success in Tulare County, sending water into the San Joaquin Valley. U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, a Democrat, wrote the next day to newly ...

Jan. 31, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers increased the amount of flow from Terminus Dam and Shafer Dam in Tulare County in ...

President Trump’s order to release billions of gallons of water in California’s Central Valley last week — with the purported goal of dousing fires 100 miles away — is being ...

The sudden, unplanned release of water from two dams has led to criticism from residents, water managers and members of ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened two dams in Tulare County Friday, dramatically increasing the amount of water in ...

Donald Trumps' Army Corps of Engineers abruptly released more than 2.2 billion gallons of water from California's Lake Kaweah ...