Gov. Gavin Newsom said $600 United Way checks are on their way to flood-affected farmworkers regardless of their immigration status — but he did not commit state funds to either undocumented workers or cannabis businesses, both of which don’t qualify for federal emergency aid.

In sleepy Alviso, it’s a race against the clock to coordinate an engineering miracle to help keep rising waters at bay.

The rain that hit California this weekend as a bomb cyclone and atmospheric river was likely to end fire season but not the drought.

Thousands of people in San Jose remain barred from returning to their homes, but city officials are optimistic that conditions will continue to improve.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District plans to flatten trees and dig a huge flood basin in a heavily visited open space preserve. The project is a fraud.