The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Yet nearly 40% of California is in a drought, according to the latest available data from the U.S. Drought Monitor accessed on April 17. Regions experiencing severe or extreme drought include ...

While farthest Northern California is out of drought, other parts of the state were in drought in late March 2025. Areas is yellow (unusually dry) to dark red (severely dry) are in various levels ...

A new report highlights the growing insurance crisis playing out in parts of the country that are prone to frequent weather ...

Extreme drought, the second-most severe category, has maintained its grip on the southern-most end of the state. Pockets of red have sprouted throughout Orange and Los Angeles counties.

When wildfires rage in California, it’s easy to feel like climate change isn’t a local problem. When 500-plus acres of picturesque Jim Thorpe forest goes up in flames, things start getting real.

Most of Southern California -- including the areas ravaged by fires -- in severe drought, according to the latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Overpumping groundwater, worsening droughts and more rapid evaporation due to higher temperatures have caused a drastic ...

The drought severity has stayed the same across California, with nearly 15 percent of the state battling extreme drought conditions. Nearly 25 percent of the state is facing severe drought.

The U.S. Drought Monitor showed nearly one-fourth of California out of drought on Thursday, the best such showing for the parched state in more than three years.

Officials and scientists say the state has had a mild season thus far, but fires are expected to surge in drier months.