Opinion: “The Tulare Basin is paying the price for avoiding regional flood planning,” writes Sacramento Bee columnist Tom Philp.

When it comes to flood protection in the San Joaquin Valley, it is a tale of two stories. In most of the San Joaquin River watershed, the state and locals work together year in and year out to better ...

In 1983, when a long-lasting snowmelt submerged about 130 square miles of the lake bed, the damage just in Kings County cost nearly $300 million in today’s dollars, and the water took two years ...

Opinion: “The Tulare Basin is paying the price for avoiding regional flood planning,” writes Sacramento Bee columnist Tom Philp. ... Never mind that the map concludes to the contrary.

(November 6, 2013. Alpaugh, California) A drying irrigation ditch on the edge of the historic Tulare Lake Basin in California’s Central Valley. Photograph by Matt Black ...

An 1873 map of California showing the former boundaries of Tulare Lake. ... The Tulare Lake basin is home to half a dozen small towns, including Allensworth, ...

For the first time since winter storms began filling the long-drained Tulare Lake basin, state officials have announced that floodwaters are abating. Tulare lake floodwaters have begun to recede ...

The winter of 1982-83 was the last time we saw water going into the Tulare Lake basin. ... An 1876 map of Tulare County shows Corcoran would be underwater.

Opinion: “The Tulare Basin is paying the price for avoiding regional flood planning,” writes Sacramento Bee columnist Tom Philp.

Opinion: “The Tulare Basin is paying the price for avoiding regional flood planning,” writes Sacramento Bee columnist Tom Philp.