Watch CBS News
It's the second-lowest amount since 1991, according to the California Department of Water Resources, which provides water to districts in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
The Supreme Court, unwilling to limit partisan influence in redistricting in earlier cases, now seems poised to stop states that have tried to take matters into their own hands by removing map-drawing power from elected lawmakers.
Yet even after Sunday's vote, the party's official platform states its opposition to promoting "alternative lifestyles," and the party remains opposed to gay marriage and same-sex partner benefits, child custody and adoption.
The court did not strike down the law itself, saying sex offenders could still be forced to live more than 2,000 feet from schools. But it said the decision would have to be made on a case-by-case basis.
Newly released documents show an assistant state fire chief was demoted for using a state cellphone and vehicle to arrange sex with escorts and a firefighter was fired for sexually harassing a civilian at a graduation celebration near the state's fire academy.
School officials say the unidentified female high school teacher committed suicide; her body was discovered by students.
University of California admissions officers are sifting through a record number of applications
Police have arrested two men suspected of shooting and wounding a police officer during a traffic stop in Central California.
Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide of a husband and wife at a retirement home in northern California.
The law prohibits the manufacture or sale in California of any gun that doesn't meet certain safety requirements. It was aimed at outlawing cheap "Saturday Night Specials" that were disproportionally used in crimes. A 2007 amendment added a requirement that new or modified semi-automatic handguns include technology that microstamps a bullet casing with a code identifying the gun's make, model and serial number.
The report by former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge finds that constructing an 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood - near the airport runways - "materially increases the risk of a terrorist event."
Health officials say 40 cases have been traced to the Disneyland outbreak and another 30 involve people who had close contact with infected people - presumably also including those infected at the theme park.
Gas prices are soaring in California in a classic example of supply and demand after an explosion stopped gasoline production at an Exxon Mobil refinery while another remains offline due to labor unrest.
A federal agency says it will not release any water for farmers in the Central Valley of California this year, forcing them to find other sources or leave fields unplanted.
Floyd and Violet Hartwig's marriage spanned 67 years, but their love for one another appears timeless.
