Scooty Nickerson

Will California voters get to vote on stricter punishments for fentanyl dealers?

June 7, 2023 at 6:37 a.m.

Frustrated by setbacks in the Democrat-dominated legislature, a group of Republican lawmakers and a coalition of parents want to take their effort to crack down on fentanyl dealers to a...

Experts say the exodus was particularly acute in urban centers because housing prices were exorbitantly high there.

Map: How did the pandemic exodus impact your hometown? Search this U.S. map to find out

May 24, 2023 at 8:57 a.m.

Even in some of the hottest urban markets, downtown neighborhoods from Miami to Las Vegas have experienced a net drain in migration.

Forecast map: California rivers bulge with snowmelt, but no major floods expected. How’s it look near you?

May 1, 2023 at 11:16 a.m.

The only rivers forecast to exceed flood stage in the next four days are the Merced River at Yosemite Valley and the West Fork Carson River in Alpine County.

A person walks near a snowbank as snow falls in the Sierra Nevada mountains on March 28, 2023 in Mammoth Lakes, California.

7 charts that explain California’s wild winter of 2023

April 7, 2023 at 6:52 a.m.

Just how "over" is the drought, and how unusual has this season of rain really been? Here are seven charts to help with the answers.

Light snow falls as Sean de Guzman, right, Manager of the California Department of Water Resources Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, left, Jordan Thoennes, Water Resources Engineer in Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, and center, Jacob Kollen, Water Resources Engineer in Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, conduct the measurement phase of the fourth media snow survey of the 2023 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on Monday, April 3, 2023. (Kenneth James / California Department of Water Resources)

It’s official: California Sierra snowpack ties all-time record. Well, kind of

April 5, 2023 at 5:14 a.m.

The statewide snowpack is tied with 1952 as the biggest haul since official records began in 1950

Map: See how — and where — California’s record snowpack is soaring, with 3 fresh feet on the way

March 14, 2023 at 2:49 p.m.

The Southern Sierras are being particularly hard-hit by snow, now reaching an average of 260% of normal snowpack.

Map: How much rain (or snow) will your California address get in the next atmospheric river? Search to find out

March 13, 2023 at 4:02 p.m.

Much of the Bay Area will get at least an inch of new precipitation in the next three days, with up to eight inches forecast along the already inundated Central...

Updated Map: How much rain (or snow) will you get in the upcoming California storm? Search your address to find out

March 9, 2023 at 12:32 p.m.

Several inches of rain forecast for the Bay Area, and several feet of fresh snow forecast for parts of the Sierra.

Vehicles pass along a highway snowplowed through deep snow after a series of atmospheric river storms on January 21, 2023 near Kirkwood, California. California was slammed by a barrage of atmospheric river storms in January, which delivered massive amounts of snowfall to the Sierra Nevada.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Sierra Nevada snowpack hits biggest level in nearly 30 years

February 2, 2023 at 6:34 a.m.

The statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack — the source of nearly one-third of California’s water supply — is at its highest level since 1995, boosting hopes that an end to the...

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

Sierra Nevada snowpack hits biggest level in nearly 30 years

January 31, 2023 at 3:09 p.m.

Most snow since 1995; hopes increase for an end to California drought, but flood concerns remain

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