SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- With California falling into an even deeper drought, one we haven't seen in quite some time, you might be wondering how much do I actually need to conserve? This week, we saw 50 ...

LOS ANGELES - Dangerous heat wave and drought continue to impact the western United States, placing much of the region under extreme drought conditions and in jeopardy of breaking more records. More ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- In just one week, California's drought has gone from bad to worse. The latest map released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor illustrates the increase when compared to a map from ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The southwestern US will continue to struggle through drought conditions this winter, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted Thursday in its outlook for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Levels not seen in 15 years... Lake Shasta, the largest reservoir in California, has made headlines for a third straight year. The ...

Fifty of California's 58 counties are now under a drought emergency after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new emergency order for nine more counties on Thursday. The governor made the announcement while ...

Greenhouse gases and aerosols emitted by human activity make droughts worse. The western United States is in the midst of an intensifying drought. In the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, ...

"We cannot stick our heads in the sand," state official Wade Crowfoot said. Folsom Lake, one of California's largest reservoirs, is crucial to providing water to the state's 40 million-plus residents.

The drought in the Western United States is threatening California's salmon population. Experts fear if elevated water temperatures continue, the fish species could be driven to extinction. The ...

In California, drought conditions this summer were the most extreme in the entire 126-year record — a clear sign of the role climate change plays in the perilous decline of the state's water resources ...