Regulators: California Snowpack Deepens Amid Long Drought

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – California water managers expect good news Wednesday when they trek into the Sierra Nevada for the winter’s first manual snowpack survey.
The survey follows an electronic measurement last week that put the water content of the snowpack at 112 percent of normal for this time of year.
More snow has fallen since then, bringing the level on Tuesday to nearly 120 percent in the Central Sierra, which includes Lake Tahoe, according to the California Department of Water