Brianna Taylor

Brianna Taylor covers affordability on The Sacramento Bee’s service journalism desk as well as general news. Before joining The Bee in 2021, she reported in Missouri and Maryland. She grew up on the East Coast and is a graduate of Morgan State University.

Clouds graze the top of El Capitan, left, as Bridalveil Fall, right, flows down into Yosemite Valley and the Merced River in March.

Fastest route to Yosemite Park from Sacramento closes for repairs. When will it reopen?

May 5, 2023 at 2:25 p.m.

A key road to Yosemite National Park will be closed well into the summer for repairs, cutting access to popular waterfalls and cliffs in Yosemite Valley.

Snow melts in the Sierra Nevada mountains after another storm system brought heavy snowfall to higher elevations on March 30, 2023 near Mammoth Lakes, Calif.

California will be cool and wet in May. Here’s what more rain means for drought conditions

May 5, 2023 at 8:08 a.m.

Meteorologists forecast that May will bring above-normal rainfall and chilly weather to parts of California, and it could be just what the state needs to shake its remaining drought conditions.

Mosquitoes are seen inside a trap on June 29, 2012 in Pleasant Hill, Calif.

Is California’s next health concern blood-sucking mosquitoes? All this water spells trouble

April 4, 2023 at 7:20 a.m.

The copious amount of rain and snow that accelerated California’s drought recovery has triggered the state’s next public health concern — and this one sucks your blood.

Vehicles pass along a highway snowplowed through deep snow after a series of atmospheric river storms on Jan. 21, 2023 near Kirkwood, Calif.

Drought still grips these California counties as 72% of state recovers. Here’s where

March 31, 2023 at 12:20 p.m.

According to a Thursday U.S. Drought Monitor update, roughly 3.2 million people remain in drought areas, a decrease from more than 5 million three weeks ago. The majority of the northern part of...

An aerial view of the Cosumnes River in Wilton shows the flooding it has caused to nearby homes and farms on Thursday, January 5, 2023.

More Sacramento rain and Sierra snow keep eyes on rising reservoirs and streams

March 28, 2023 at 8:28 a.m.

Anywhere from a quarter-inch to a half-inch of rain will fall in the northern San Joaquin Valley; 1 to 2 inches in the Sacramento region and as much as 3 inches in the...

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