March 1, 2017 | Randol White
The Sierra Nevada snowpack is at near-record levels, according to a state survey taken Wednesday. But that doesn't mean the state's drought issues are fully erased.
January 3, 2017 | Amy Quinton
The first manual snow survey of the season found the amount of water in California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack below average.
April 22, 2016 | Ed Joyce
Water supply was a worry in 2015 at two vineyards in Amador County that rely on groundwater. But after a near-normal winter in northern California, the grape growers are breathing a sigh of relief – at least for this season.
March 14, 2016
(AP) — The National Weather Service in Reno has issued an avalanche warning along the Sierra crest after a weekend storm dumped up to 20 inches of snow on the mountains around Lake Tahoe and up to a foot at lake level.
January 28, 2016 | Ed Joyce
The U.S. Drought Monitor released January 28 says "slow and steady recovery" has reduced drought in California, with the trend "going in the right direction."
September 14, 2015 | Amy Quinton
New research shows snowpack in the Sierra Nevada in 2015 was at its lowest level in 500 years.
February 19, 2015 | Ed Joyce
After a record dry January in much of California, early February rains helped fill reservoirs but didn't add much to the Sierra Nevada snowpack.
