Decades ago, Mayor Karen Bass admitted she knew little about California water policy, so she set out to learn. President ...

President Trump has blamed a lack of water during the Los Angeles fires on California decisions that benefit a small fish.

Delta smelt happen to be one of the best indicators of environmental conditions in the San Francisco Bay-Delta. This ecologically important estuary is a major hub for California's water system — and ...

Trump said that protections for a tiny endangered fish species called the delta smelt are impeding firefighters' abilities to battle the blaze because of water diversion, but that claim is false.

The Delta smelt is a small, three-inch-long fish native to California's San Francisco Estuary. Listed as endangered under state and federal laws, its habitat is dictated by water flows through the ...

A three-inch-long fish is at the center of a political debate over wildfire management in California as deadly blazes continue in Los Angeles.