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Last week’s wildfires and scorching hot temperatures were draining on San Diego County’s water supply. Water usage increased 14 percent over the previous week.

A wildfire that has destroyed 80 homes and killed two people has prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency in Central California.

The Sierra Nevada snowpack hit a 500-year low this winter, according to a new study.

A National Weather Service meteorologist says nearly half of a dozen weather records were broken last week in San Diego County.

California's severe drought has left rivers so dry that young salmon can't make their usual spawning trip to the ocean. To save the fish and the industry, the state is giving millions of fish a lift.

Water use in the county has now dropped by nearly 30 percent for two months in a row when compared to the comparable period in 2014.

Several factors — from a virus sweeping through hog barns to a drought in the Plains states — have driven up the price of pork and beef. But consumers keep buying it.

The San Diego County Taxpayers Association gave its blessing Wednesday to the city of San Diego's plan to raise water rates by 9.8 percent in January, and an additional 6.9 percent next July 1.

The San Diego City Council unanimously approved the changes Monday to bring San Diego closer to the state-mandated 16 percent cut in water use.

The two nations topping the world in greenhouse gas emissions agreed at the Paris talks to cut way back. But critics have stalled a key part of the U.S. plan, and China's good start may be fragile.