CLEAR LAKE ― The calls to Clear Lake State Park come in steadily now from people saying they’ve heard the lake may no longer be safe for swimming. Judging from the number of campers who have canceled ...

California's largest freshwater lake has turned a lurid green thanks to a huge algal bloom, as seen in pictures taken from space. Situated around 120 miles north of San Francisco, Clear Lake has long ...

A view of Clear Lake with Mount Konocti in the background on Dec. 1, 2022, in Nice, Calif. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times) Clear Lake, one of California's oldest and most-visited lakes, is not so ...

CLEAR LAKE, Calif.— In response to a 2012 petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the Clear Lake hitch — a large minnow found only ...

The water quality of Clear Lake — California’s largest natural freshwater lake — suffers from low-to-no-oxygen conditions that contribute to harmful algal blooms (HABs) and other issues, according to ...

Clear Lake, one of California's oldest and most-visited lakes, is not so clear anymore after an algal bloom turned the water cloudy and green. Images from NASA underscore the dramatic change in water ...