Welcome snow slows California's plunge back to drought

Snow covers the mountain tops as a boat crosses Lake Tahoe Monday, March 5, 2018, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. California water officials tromped through long-awaited fresh snowdrifts in the Sierra Nevada mountains Monday, but a welcome late-winter storm still left the state with less than half the usual snow for this late point in the state's important rain and snow season. [Photo AP/Rich Pedroncelli]