CO2: 420.41 ppmNewsom's decision to rescind some of the most severe restrictions comes after drenching storms eased extreme drought conditions across the state.
In parts of California's Central Valley, farmlands are being used to soak up storm water and replenish depleted groundwater.
DUNNIGAN, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended some of the state's water restrictions on Friday because a winter of relentless rain and snow has replenished the state's reservoirs and eased fears of a shortage after three years of severe drought.
As historic storms fill once-dry Tulare Lake and submerge prime California farmland, tensions are building over how to handle the swiftly rising floodwaters.
When Don Cameron first intentionally flooded his central California farm in 2011, pumping excess stormwater onto his fields, fellow growers told him he was crazy.
A California town is engulfed in floodwater, but residents fear what will happen if they flee.
People in the rural California community of Allensworth have been fighting floodwaters by building berms, and are bracing for the next storm.