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Freeze warnings were issued for the north coast, freeze watches posted for central coast interior valley, and frost advisories were issued for the Sacramento Valley.

Experts say the drier that usual California climate sets stage for a dangerous wildfire season that could spark major fires weeks or months earlier than usual.

Mice are plaguing Australia, from rural farms in New South Wales to cities like Sydney. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sybilla Gross, a Bloomberg News reporter, about efforts to end the crisis.

After one of the most destructive and extreme wildfire seasons in modern history, Californians are bracing again. Widening drought is creating conditions even worse than last year.

The National Park Service says the park is enduring extreme drought conditions — and bighorn herds in the area are increasingly reliant on the Fortynine Palms Oasis spring to survive the hot summer months.

The Final Four is in Houston. The semifinals are on April 1, with the championship game on April 3.

The hottest, driest summer since the government began recording rainfall and temperature 61 years ago has wilted crops and left reservoirs at half their normal water level.

The money would pay for things like trucking in drinking water for small communities and encouraging farmers and homeowners to use less water.

The California Coastal Commission voted 8-to-2 despite the ecological risks to the Monterey Bay coast, high costs of the water and a divide between affluent and lower-income communities.

California appears in the midst of another drought only a few years after a punishing 5-year dry spell dried up rural wells, killed endangered salmon, idled farm fields and helped fuel the most deadly and destructive wildfires in modern state history.