California’s snowpack is now 85% of average, with more snow in the northern Sierra and less in the south. Amid warming winters, the state is seeing less snow at lower elevations.| Los Angeles Times
California's Imperial Irrigation District is preparing to pay growers to temporarily stop watering hay crops to ease strains on the Colorado River.| Los Angeles Times
New research examines how much global warming has sapped the Colorado River since 2000. It shows the region has lost more water than Lake Mead can hold.| Los Angeles Times