As California’s rainy season enters its final stretch, state water managers announced Friday that the vital Sierra Nevada snowpack is just 85 percent of normal for this time of year.

That statewide number takes into account the current snowpack levels in the Sierra’s northern region, which is about 104 percent of normal for this date, the central region, which is 80 percent of normal and the southern region, which is at just 70 percent of normal, according to the latest data from the California Department of Water Resources.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.