Volunteers gather storm water to ease drought conditions at Petaluma community garden
While the rare September rainstorm brought hazardous driving conditions around the Bay Area, it also carry with precious moisture for the drought stricken region.
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While the rare September rainstorm brought hazardous driving conditions around the Bay Area, it also carry with precious moisture for the drought stricken region.
You might think a forecast for rain, coming at the end of a sweltering summer, would be met with unalloyed happiness from any farmer. But this is Wine Country. John Ramos reports. (9-17-22)
Some cold September rain is obviously good news when it comes to fire risk, but how much, or how long, might a relatively small storm like this help? Fire officials say that depends on what comes next.
Hundreds of water rights holders in the Russian River watershed have been ordered to stop drawing from the river and its tributaries as the state struggles through its third year of debilitating drought conditions.
Businesses, institutions and homeowners associations will be banned from watering decorative lawns following a vote by the Santa Clara Valley Water board.
The vegetation in the hills all throughout the Bay Area was already incredibly parched before the heat wave over the past week dried them out more, further increasing fire risk.
As California faces the likelihood that the drought will drag on for yet another year, the state's urban water conservation numbers continue to increase.
Californians stepped up their water conservation in July, using 10.4% less than two years ago as the state struggles with a years-long drought
Lauren Toms reports on graywater recycling systems not getting subsidized by local government rebates (9-5-2022)
Reporters from CBS LA, San Francisco and Sacramento team up to bring you a new hourlong special focusing on the climate crisis and a look at some solutions.
A special report on California's changing climate and the ongoing drought by CBS stations across the Golden State. (9-1-22)
The Sierra Club announced it has joined a lawsuit with other plaintiffs such as the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and nearby landowners in opposition to the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project.
From 1987-1992, California was hit with a megadrought, and San Diego, which was at the end of the fresh water pipeline, was in deep trouble.
Drought, heat, and wildfires all threaten Wine Country grape harvests, but growers are getting creative to defend their crops.
California water conservation experts sounded an alarm on Tuesday. They warned Bay Area residents to brace for a fourth dry year in a row, as the drought persists.
Warning of a fourth year of drought, state and local water agencies are trying to adapt to the changing climate and as Max Darrow reports, they are asking people to conserve more.
A withered cornstalk may become the near-future snapshot of some farms in the drought-stricken Central Valley, while also allowing the return of a native landscape that will help conserve the state's water. Adrienne Moore reports.
Cannon Michael and his family have deep roots farming in the fertile fields of the Central Valley, but the worsening California drought has him on edge.
California will be the first state in the nation to install solar panel canopies over canals to combat drought and climate change.
In California, a debate is heating up over whether certain crops should even be grown here.
In drought-stricken California, a big debate is brewing over whether certain crops should even be grown here. (8-28-22)
A megaproject is underway in the Central Valley to fix the sinking, crumbling Friant-Kern canal. Wilson Walker reports. (8-25-22)
Amid worsening drought conditions statewide, part of the Central Valley has been sinking. Now, authorities are working towards a solution.
Extreme weather threats are continuing across the U.S. this weekend, including drought and flash flooding. Cole Higgins reports. (8-21-22)
A new study shows climate change has already doubled the chances of a disastrous flood happening in California in the next four decades beyond what anyone now alive has experienced.
