Groundwater pumping in California's San Joaquin Valley has reduced aquifers to historic lows, a government report indicates. A massive study of the region's groundwater supplies by the U.S.

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.

By Mike Martinez MOUNTAIN HOUSE _ Eric Wright was a good swimmer, and his regular fishing partner Robert Silva told him if anything ever happens, just try and make it to shore. Silva was supposed to go fishing with him on Sunday, but decided not to go.

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 MOUNTAIN HOUSE -- Eric Wright was a good swimmer, and his regular fishing partner Robert Silva told him if anything ever happens, just try and make it to shore. Silva was supposed to go fishing with him on Sunday, but decided not to go.