After a series of super-soaker storms descended on much of California in January, the obvious question is: Is the state still in a drought? The short answer is it depends on what part of the state you’re talking about. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) estimates 60 percent of…
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What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, on April 1, 2015, Governor Brown stood at the site of the State Department of Water Resources (DWR) annual early spring snow survey in the Sierra Nevada—Phillips Station, 90 miles east of Sacramento—but there was no snow to survey. The Governor…