Sacramento, California - Due to the severity of California's drought, the state's experts have been managing water resources to deal with the effects of the drought and prepare for the next one. As part of the solution, the California Energy Commission approved standards for water appliances which will save more than 10 billion gallons of water in the first year.

Sacramento, California - The Bureau of Reclamation and the West Kern Water District have released an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the West Kern Water District Water Use Efficiency Project.

Sacramento, California - California has entered its fourth year of drought with far-reaching impacts on water supply, agriculture, habitat, fish and wildlife, and water conservation. What impact will this natural disaster have in 2015? How will we respond and what options are available?

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.

San Diego, California - A one-month-old Dalmatian pelican is thriving under human care at the San Diego Zoo. The young bird weighs about 12 pounds and is beginning to grow feathers over its downy fluff. The youngster was brought to the Zoo to be hand-reared after the chick’s father passed away at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Animal care staff at the Zoo’s off-exhibit Avian Propagation Center will hand raise the birds for approximately 50 to 60 days, until they are strong enough to return to their flock at the Safari Park.

Sacramento, California - On the heels of the lowest snowpack measurement ever recorded last week and the first ever statewide mandatory water reduction order, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will meet with top agricultural, environmental and urban water agency leaders from across California today in Sacramento.