Welcome snow slows California's plunge back to drought

Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, puts on his gloves before conducting a supplemental snow survey Monday, March 5, 2018, near Echo Summit, Calif. The snow survey showed the snow pack at this location at 41.1 inches deep with a water content of 9.4 inches.[Photo AP/Rich Pedroncelli]