Despite recent rounds of winter rain and powerful waves that pummeled the coastline, most of California is continuing to bake under a deep drought, with over half of the state facing “abnormally dry” ...

released new draft maps this week showing fire hazards in cities across California's Bay Area and the state's northern coast as part of a two-month rollout process ending in Southern California on ...

This year’s wet season washed away the last of far Northern California's drought woes ... Those same maps show unusually dry conditions still lurking to the east, just across the state line in Nevada.