- Los Angeles Times: Record heat, record snow: The coasts are clearly weather-beaten
- KCRA Sacramento: California drought forces farmers to dig deeper for water
- Stockton Record: Drought lingers, perhaps intensifies in 2015
- Climate News Network: Big cities head for water crisis as populations explode
- Fresno Bee: Fresno water-rate battle heads to a key vote
- The Desert Sun: New bill aims to bring cleaner water to east valley
- The Associated Press: Timber sale may jeopardize water agreements
- Stockton Record: Hyacinth control to resume soon; continued drought means 2015 could be another bad year
- Contra Costa Times: Drought: EBMUD eyes fines for water thieves