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Anthony Burdock, left, and Sean de Guzman, chief of snow surveys for the California Department of Water Resources, check the depth of the snow pack during the first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021.

Water content of California snowpack far above normal levels

California's mountain snow holds 160% of the water it normally does at the end of December. That's according to officials from the state Department of Water Resources, who measured the snowpack on Thursday in the Sierra Nevada.

Rising seas have displaced hundreds of people from Guet NDar fishing village in Senegal to relocation camps.

Come along as we connect the dots between climate, migration and the far-right

Today, we are launching a project to look at how the ripples of climate change are radiating outward. Beginning in Senegal, we will connect the dots between climate, migration and political extremism.

A tentative deal announced Thursday would avert a strike on the nation's freight lines with the potential to throw supply chains into chaos. Above, a CSX freight train travels through Alexandria, Va.

A deal to avert a rail strike is on track, but it won't fix U.S. supply chain issues

Supply chain disruptions have eased since the height of the pandemic, but concern over a potential rail strike, which appears to have been narrowly averted, highlights how that system remains fragile.

An aerial view of buildings in Downtown San Diego. Oct. 2, 2020.

San Diego residents, lawmakers weigh in on Inflation Reduction Act

How will the Inflation Reduction Act help people in San Diego County? And do San Diegans think it will help them?

Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers his annual State of the State address in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

Newsom says California has $97.5 billion budget surplus

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that number as he laid out how he wants to spend the state's roughly $300 billion state budget.

People walk near boat docks as they sit on dry land at the Browns Ravine Cove area of drought-stricken Folsom Lake, currently at 37% of its normal capacity, in Folsom, Calif., Saturday, May 22, 2021. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency for most of the state.

Governor Asks Californians To Voluntarily Cut Water Use

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked people and businesses in the nation's most populous state to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15% amid a drought. Newsom's request is not an order.

A water-efficient sprinkler sprays plants in a Chula Vista yard in this undated photograph.

California's Thirst For Water May Accelerate Global Warming

A new report on the state's drive for more drinking water find the search may be helping create conditions for more droughts.

The Washburn Fire burns in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park on Friday.

A wildfire threatens giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park

More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.

A car crosses Enterprise Bridge over Lake Oroville's dry banks in Oroville, Calif., May 23, 2021,.

California Hydroelectric Plant Shut Down As Water Level Drops

Drought-stricken California has shut down one of its largest hydroelectric plants because there’s not enough water to power it.

A wind turbine pictured in the Imperial Valley desert, Aug. 6, 2019.

California's Newsom wants to accelerate key climate goals

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to speed up the state's transition to non-carbon electricity sources and accelerate its timeline for lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

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