Experts Say California Drought Most Likely Won’t End This Winter

As California heads into its annual rainy season, water managers, farmers and millions of residents with parched yards are hoping huge storms will finally break the state’s historic three-year drought. Don’t count on it. It may be raining this week, but unless near-record rain falls between now and next spring, it’s likely the drought will continue through 2015, experts say. That’s because California has so much catching up to do -- from near-empty reservoirs to depleted wells to parched rivers.