News - Bethany Reservoir
By Mike Martinez MOUNTAIN HOUSE AFTER 19 days of searching, the body of a missing boater was pulled from a reservoir outside of Tracy late Thursday afternoon, a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE -- The fate of a Tracy man presumed to have drowned in the cold murky waters of the Byron-Bethany Reservoir remains a mystery. Eric Wright, 32, has been missing since late December, when he disappeared during a fishing trip with his father-in-law.
By Mike Martinez, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Dec. 25--Eric Wright was a good swimmer, and his regular fishing partner Robert Silva always told him if anything ever happened, just try to make it to shore.
By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jun. 9--Urban thirst in the Bay Area will prompt state officials to resume water exports Sunday from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a move that may kill more threatened fish.
The Department of Water Resources will resume limited pumping at its Harvey O. Banks Delta pump Sunday, June 10 to meet critical water supply needs.
