- Associated Press: Forest Service spends a record $243M last week on wildfires
- Press Democrat: Cooler weather helps firefighters gain ground on Elk Fire
- Los Angeles Times: California fines oil companies for failing to report water use data
- NBC Bay Area: Folsom Lake Water Level Dangerously Low as Drought Continues
- U.S. Drought Monitor: California and National Drought Summary for September 1, 2015
- Sacramento Bee: California farm revenue grew in 2014 despite drought
- Mother Jones: California Is Fining a Company That’s Supplied Starbucks’ Bottled Water—for Making the Drought Worse
- Sacramento Bee: Conflict flows from water bottling plant at Mount Shasta
- Isurance Journal: Aon Benfield August Cat Report Highlights Global Droughts, El Niño, Typhoons
- Sacramento Bee: Gold Rush Days cuts back on dirt – and water
- San Jose Mercury News: Mercury News reporters win Oakes environmental writing award for drought reporting
- Los Angeles Times: San Diego is a salt mover and shaker in desalination campaign
- Merced Sun-Star: Assemblyman Gray introduces water storage bill
- Sacramento Bee: Plastic microbead ban fails in California Senate
- KAZU: Drought and Beetle Infestation Killing California Forests
- Contra Costa Times: Is the drought killing our trees?
- Los Angeles Times: With climate change and road repairs, Brown jumps into last-minute legislative fray
- KCRA: Dirk explains El Nino, gives update on potential in NorCal
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research: Watch 2015 and 1997 El Niños build, side by side
- KFBK: Confirmed Strong El Nino Will Not Guarantee Wet Winter
- Capital Public Radio: El Niño And California’s Historic Drought
- The Weather Channel: El Niño Could Cause Drastic Ice Changes on the Great Lakes This Winter
- Money: Why El Niño Might Make Your Latte Cost More