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San Diego closes the books Monday on its rainy season, or lack of one. The region is set to record its third year in a row of below normal precipitation.

It's not the way things usually go. But at the time, Dr. Dilantha Ellegala felt he had no other options if patients were to get the help they needed.

It's not the way things usually go. But at the time, Dr. Dilantha Ellegala felt he had no other options if patients were to get the help they needed.

Some Californians had been hoping El Niño would break the state out of a drought. But a government expert says of the prospect of a strong El Niño, "It's a flop."

The federal government will investigate allegations that the state and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation improperly used federal funds for a $15.7 billion tunnel project that would bring water from Northern to Southern California.

A ferocious wildfire had swallowed up many homes as it spread across 40 square miles of mountain and desert northeast of San Diego. Exactly how many, however, and to whom they belonged, remained uncertain.

Recent rains have brought wet relief to parched sections of California. The state's drought is far from over — but the fresh water is a welcome sight at reservoirs.

They're worried about the effects his administration could have on international climate agreements and the future of global warming research in the U.S.

Reluctant members of the City Council's Environment Committee Wednesday forwarded a proposal to raise water rates in San Diego by nearly 17 percent next year to the full City Council, but without a recommendation for approval.

As if the drought weren't bad enough, four of the area's aqueducts sit on the San Andreas Fault. Engineers are working to protect the water system against the next major earthquake.