Southern California faces a final day of rain Monday before shifting to dry, sunny conditions. Here's what to expect.

Dry vegetation helped fuel fires that spread through the Los Angeles area in early January 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the ...

Northern Californians can breathe easy knowing the region is completely out of drought, according to weather experts. The last patches of unusually dry areas — remnants of drought that plagued ...

Portions of Northern California may experience thunderstorms this weekend but don’t expect it to come with a downpour. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center forecast on Tuesday that ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- More than a thousand fires were sparked by dry lightning early this week with several significant blazes breaking out in California. Dry lightning proved to be a major issue in ...

The Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan is a “major land-repurposing initiative,” the Westlands Water District explained in its ...

California will likely face a critically dry year with much less runoff from the Sierra Nevada snowpack than normal and reservoirs that already are showing the impact of winter precipitation that is ...

Drought-stricken California’s winter mountain snowpack is far below average after two historically dry months that reversed gains from storms late last year, officials said Tuesday as they urged the ...

The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as they ...

Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of homes and other structures in the Los Angeles area in early January 2025.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Ming Pan, University of California, San Diego Dry conditions across Southern ...