Your guide to the California drought from the Los Angeles Times.
NEWS AND POLICY
Little help: El Niño is not coming to California’s rescue. An intense storm system could bring copious amounts of rain to the state, but it likely won’t be enough to make up for years of drought. And new research suggests California should just get used to more extreme droughts. “The state’s water rights, infrastructure and management were designed for an old climate, one that no longer exists.”
Lifting restrictions: State water officials are easing restrictions on some of the state’s most senior water right holders.