Weather

Across the Northwest crops are late. Cool spring weather has held back asparagus, potatoes and alfalfa. Even tree fruit blooms were late to flush open. Then, record-warm weather hit.

After widespread, bipartisan criticism, the governor revised his budget proposal to bring back $40 million to restore San Joaquin Valley floodplains.

During spring’s prime calving season, lots of newborn calves have been dying from the cold.

After weeks of rain, the long-dry Tulare Lake is rising from the San Joaquin Valley floor, endangering farms, towns, livelihoods. Now record snow on the Sierra Nevada is melting. Will the Central Valley be ready?

It’s been a wet winter in California, one that’s brought record-breaking precipitation to many parts of the state. Now, state officials say it’s time to prepare for springtime runoff to come from now-historic levels of snowpack.

Bin Guan from UCLA and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory led the research team that rates atmmospheric rivers.

California ended its voluntary statewide target, triggering concerns from experts that many water supplies remain depleted. Other drought measures remain in place.

Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order aimed at capturing more precipitation from recent storms and storing it in the state’s groundwater basins.

Far Northern California counties are facing heavy rain and gusty wind, today through Wednesday morning. The heaviest rain will occur on Tuesday night.

After heavy snowfall left cows in northern California stranded and starving, officials launched an unusual rescue mission.

Severe rain and warmer temperatures created a dangerous combination, posing risks of flooding, mudslides and avalanches. In Monterey County, a breached levee submerged a small town.

California has two seemingly contradictory and potentially devastating problems:We have more water than we know what to do with — and more is on the way.We still don’t have nearly enough.