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January’s rains flooded farm fields and orchards. Many California farmworkers lost weeks of pay. Advocates say the state should help them weather such crises. A leading proposal would pay $300 a week to undocumented workers.

An estimated 32 trillion gallons of water — in the form of rain and snow — came down on California in a series of nine back-to-back atmospheric rivers between late December and mid-January.

President Joe Biden surveyed storm damage in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties with California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday afternoon. Nine back-to-back atmospheric rivers have pummeled the state since late December, forcing flooding along highways, massive power outages, and at least 21 deaths, Newsom said.

Since late December, a series of storms had dropped a year's worth of rain in just a few weeks, causing widespread floods and power outages. At least 19 people have died as a result of the storms.

After a brief respite, a new round of heavy rains and wind gusts are lashing the state, forcing evacuations and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.

A dozen days of wet and wild weather haven’t ended the drought, and won’t cure the driest period in the West in the past 1,200 years.

Decades-old rules mean most reservoirs aren't allowed to fill up in the winter. A new approach using weather forecasts is helping some save more water to help with California's drought.

More than 100,000 customers were without power and millions were under flood warnings as powerful storms continue to hit California. The death toll from recent storms is now up to 17.

President Biden approved an emergency declaration as parts of California issue evacuation orders and close school districts after intense downpours.

California braced for more stormy weather as rain began to sweep into the northern part the state and the San Francisco Bay area, raising the potential for road flooding, rising rivers and mudslides.

Another huge winter storm has slammed California's coastal and inland areas with strong winds and heavy rain and snow. It has downed power lines and closed roads and is linked to at least two deaths.

The storm on Wednesday and Thursday is just the latest in a series of storms that have recently battered the region.