Experts say that it’s too early to tell what will happen during the rest of the state’s rainy season, but that extreme ...

Northern California's rainy surge eased drought worries, but below average Sierra snowpack could still spell trouble later ...

While cooler temperatures and more rain in March helped mitigate drought in some regions in California, drought conditions aren’t forecasted to improve for large swaths of the state in the coming ...

Drought is back in California for the first time in nearly a year. The update from the U.S. Drought Monitor comes as firefighters battle the state’s largest wildfire of 2024 near Chico. As of midday ...

Duane McMullen of Sacramento walks along 15th Street past Capitol Park on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in downtown Sacramento. A heat wave swept the Central Valley in June 2024. Xavier Mascareñas ...

Almost all of California is finally drought-free, after Tropical Storm Hilary’s rare summer drenching added to this winter’s record-setting rainfall totals. But despite all that drought-busting ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jeffrey Mount, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, about drought conditions in California. And I'm Ailsa Chang in Culver City, Calif., a state ...

Southern California and a central pocket of the state are forecasted to see drought conditions persist with no improvement into the summer. It comes as most of California faces higher likelihoods of ...