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, checks the depth of the snow pack during 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. Gehrke was accompanied by California Council of Science and Technology fellows, Dylan Chappel, left, Keith Cialino, and Amy Gilson.[Photo AP/Rich Pedroncelli]