Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Declares State of Emergency: The Plan 20% reduction

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency following three years of drought. The Governor’s action aims to have water agencies reduce water usage by 20 percent.

According to this article oddly in Reuters...

Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range was measured on Monday at 84 percent of normal in the northern part of the range, 77 percent in the central portion, and 83 percent in the southern stretch of the mountains.

More snow is good news but we are not out of the woods yet.

(Again in this article the sprinkler head photo is in effect.)