The message came as the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted its second snow survey of the season last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a major milestone in one of the continent’s most fire-prone regions. No corner of California was abnormally dry or mired in ...

For the second time in the past two weeks, the U.S. Drought Monitor, a prominent national report, on Thursday classified 100% of California as being drought-free. That’s a rating that hasn’t occurred ...

After experiencing one of the wettest holiday seasons on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years. The data ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- More than 40 percent of California has emerged from a punishing drought that covered the whole state a year ago, federal drought-watchers said Thursday, a stunning transformation ...

For the first time in 25 years, a federal monitor says the state is not in drought or experiencing abnormally dry conditions. California is free of both drought and abnormally dry conditions for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, from Jan. 6, 2026, shows the entire state of California is free of drought conditions. (USDM) ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – California has reached a historic milestone, officially becoming drought-free for the first time in 25 years. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, not a single region in California ...