Skip to main content Currently Reading How much of a dent did the storm put in California's drought? The lowdown on that atmospheric river FacebookTwitterEmail 1of4 Alex (left) and Aron Moreno work to divert water from their property as heavy rains fall in Salinas, on Wednesday The couple lives below hillsides scorched in last year’s River Fire where water and mud flowed downhill from burned land.Noah Berger / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of4 Parts of Lake Tahoe shoreline froze over after a massive winter storm this week.Tom Hellauer / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of4 Plows work to clear lanes and medians of Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe after a massive winter storm hit the Sierra.Tom Hellauer / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less