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State regulators are naming and shaming local water departments that have let water wasters slide — and forcing them to slash water use by as much as a third.

San Diego County officials are cheering the return of a huge helicopter crane that will help with aerial firefighting over the next three months. This is the seventh year the large chopper would be deployed as part of the county's firefighting fleet.

Hundreds fled homes as a massive winter storm packing heavy rain, damaging winds and lightning caused mudslides and widespread flooding in Northern California and Nevada.

That's compared to the same month three years ago. The drop marks the largest monthly reduction since September.

Wealthy beach community has almost cut its use to state-mandated levels

Water rates are going up if the city of San Diego's Water Department gets its way. The department is asking for a 9.8 percent increase in January and then a 6.9 percent rate hike six months later in July.

The spending in the budget will increase by 2 percent, mainly because of higher costs to acquire and treat water, according to the agency.

Researchers at the George Washington University found human activity — everything from cigarette litter to toppled power poles — is as much to blame for how often and where wildfires occur.

Spring rains in San Diego may have brought lush vegetation, but that could spell trouble in the upcoming fire season.

California Gov. Jerry Brown officially ended California's latest drought. But it could be another month before water use restrictions are lifted in the city of San Diego.