California snowpack could bring 5-year drought to its knees

In this Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 file photo, a snow-covered Elk Mountain Road in the Mendocino National Forest above Upper Lake, Calif., greets a driver during a low-elevation snowfall. Water managers will once again manually measure California's snowpack, saying the state is on track for one of the wettest winters on record after five years of drought.