Southern California has had a dry start to the state's wet season, but a recent winter storm brought snow to the region.

After a dry start to the West Coast winter, California snowpack levels showed considerable improvement Thursday, just as a multi-foot blizzard was about to barge into the Sierra Nevada region.

California’s first snowpack measurement of 2025 on Thursday showed promising figures for the water year, complemented by high storage levels in some of the state’s most critical reservoirs. However, ...

Most of California's major water supply reservoirs are performing above historical average for this time of year.

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR), which monitors the west side of the Sierra, measured the snowpack at 91% of average for this time of year. The survey conducted on Jan. 2 near ...

Every winter, scientists across California ascend high into the Eastern Sierra via skis, snowshoes, motorized snow cats and helicopters ... The state’s current weather, with wet conditions ...

There were occasional showers after noon. The best measurable rainfall dropped in the Foothills and San Joaquin Valley. There will be on and off snow showers during the day. The snow level may dip to ...

(AP) — California ... snowpack, officials said Thursday, but they cautioned that more storms are needed to keep the state’s water supplies on track. Officials at Phillips Station in the Sierra ...

Rainy weather is expected this weekend in Stockton, and some parts of the Sierra could get as much as a foot of snow.

Ming Pan is a senior research hydrologist at the University of California, San Diego. Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that ...