While statewide rainfall is below average, climatologists are especially concerned about the lack of snow in California's largest "reservoir" — the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Nearly every reporter at the Los Angeles Times staged a one-day strike Friday in protest of plans to cut as many as 100 journalists, or roughly 20% of the newsroom, according to reporting by the Times.
Oakland must reinvest in a lauded program to reduce gun violence and support communities at high risk of homicides, following years of defunding and stripping its resources.
The Central Sierra Snow Lab, sitting near Donner Pass at over 7,000 feet in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, started 2024 with 32 inches of snow on the ground.
Winter is off to a dry start across the West, with wide swaths of the Rocky Mountains seeing lower-than-average snow totals for this time of year. But scientists say there’s still plenty of time to end the “snow drought” and close the gap.
California lawmakers will return to Sacramento in a few days for the 2024 legislative session, tackling an estimated $68 billion deficit — along with high-profile issues like homelessness and the fentanyl crisis — in what’s expected to be a contentious national election year.
With a few more years of stability secured for the river, state representatives resumed negotiating a new compromise for how they will share — and cut back on — water use after 2026.