CALIFORNIA ISN’T QUITE IN A DROUGHT JUST YET but one could be looming if the state endures another disappointingly dry winter next year, state water officials announced Wednesday.

The California Department of Water Resources conducted its fourth and final snowpack survey of the year and found that the statewide measurement for April 1 was the second-worst since 1950.

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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.