{"id":127510,"date":"2026-01-10T02:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127510\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T02:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:17:16","slug":"photos-show-end-of-california-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/127510\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos show end of California drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California reached a rare feat when it was revealed that the Golden State is 100% free of droughts for the first time in 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>While an expert <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/08\/us-news\/california-has-no-dry-areas-for-first-time-in-25-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told The Post that California\u2019s lush era won\u2019t last long<\/a>, photos show how the end of the state\u2019s drought has affected historically dry areas of the Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>A series of storms eliminated all drought conditions in California, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/CurrentMap\/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">US Drought Monitor<\/a>. The state hasn\u2019t experienced this amount of wetness since December 2000.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1 of 8\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38144286\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/101-flooded-king-tides-occurring-118203722_89e46a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38144286 unset-max-height\"  \/>Cars drive on Highway 101. AP<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2 of 8\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38144287\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/front-brothers-connor-brett-cardinal-118201393_0ac12d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38144287 unset-max-height\"  \/>Two people kayak through a flooded Mill Valley-Sausalito Path. AP<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t3 of 8\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38144285\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/streets-flooded-king-tides-occurring-118203678_392585.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38144285 unset-max-height\"  \/>Flooded streets in Marin County. AP<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t4 of 8\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38144281\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/vehicles-drive-flooded-road-king-118216460_089a8f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38144281 unset-max-height\"  \/>Vehicles drive a flooded road in Corte Madera. AP<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t5 of 8\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38144280\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/streets-flooded-king-tides-occurring-118203799_bdd8bc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38144280 unset-max-height\"  \/>A flooded gas station in Marin County. AP<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t6 of 8\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38144282\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/steve-wogoman-carries-christmas-presents-117761920_f56293.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38144282 unset-max-height\"  \/>A man carries Christmas presents during a flood. AP<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t7 of 8\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38144283\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/manisa-ianakiev-cleans-water-sidecca-117837954_8726fc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38144283 unset-max-height\"  \/>An employee sweeps water out of a store in Altadena. Carlin Stiehl for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t8 of 8\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38144284\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dr-gabe-lewis-research-scientist-118387704_cc4ea2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38144284 unset-max-height\"  \/>A research scientist measures snow depth. AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California reached a rare feat when it was revealed that the Golden State is 100% free of droughts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26095,7,9,8,443,7457,19],"class_list":["post-127510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-slideshow","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-climate-change","tag-droughts","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}