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There is both good and bad news on a new report card evaluating California's response to a long-punishing drought.

The report from the Public Policy Institute of California says the state's system for allocating water is fragmented, inconsistent and lacks transparency.

Meteorologists are predicting "extreme" conditions for Saturday in New South Wales and Victoria, which have been wracked with deadly fires.

Is this year's El Niño going to be a real drought-buster for California? Over the next few months, KPBS will be tracking rain and snow throughout the state to find out.

State regulators on Thursday will provide their monthly update on how well Californians are conserving water during a historic drought.

The annual competition is put on by Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve to choose the fattest bear. This year, Holly beat out Lefty in the championship round, winning 80 percent of the votes.

This will replace mandatory state-driven standards. It's happening because California's drought — now entering its fifth year — is easing in some parts of the state but not others.

San Diego researchers have developed a new weather forecasting tool that will give them a better idea of the impact of incoming storm systems.

The Colorado River is short on water. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at a slate of proposed water projects in the river’s Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

The latest numbers from the KPBS Drought Tracker show statewide rain and snowfall not budging over the past week.