The Smith Canal Gate Project is described as the first-of-its-kind floodgate west of the Mississippi that "will provide unprecedented levels of flood protection to an economically disadvantaged ...

A man has been arrested in a months-long investigation into an illegal petroleum dumping incident last September at the Smith ...

A Stockton man has been arrested after allegedly dumping approximately 280 gallons of petroleum into the Smith Canal, sparking an extensive cleanup effort and a monthslong criminal investigation.