Rays of sunlight radiate across a small rice paddy as the loud rattling of a water pump starts trickling meager amounts of water allocated for the day’s crop.

From zero water, to too much water: the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District (A.C.I.D.) saw their canal flood on Tuesday from the heavy rainfall.

Chico and Oroville Cal Water districts have moved into stage two of their Water Shortage Contingency Plan. "Water agencies throughout the state have been required by the governor to move into stage two of their water shortage contingency plans, so...