The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A ...

When the air is warm and dry, transpiration and evaporation also suck water out of the plants and soil. That leaves dry ...

In early January, soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2 percent of historical records.

The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A ...

California faces one of its driest early January periods, with soil moisture in historically low levels. Wildfires ravaged ...

Ming Pan, University of California, San Diego (THE CONVERSATION) Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of homes ...