KPIX CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley April 2, 2015
Drought. The areas in red are extremely dry, in brown exceptionally dry. Wherever you are in america, the drought could lead to higher food prices because more than half of americas fruits and vegetables come from california. Omar villafranca is near lake tahoe. Reporter governor jerry brown would normally have needed snow shoes to walk on this section of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Were standing on dry grass and we should be standing in five feet of snow. Reporter surveyors are seeing a record low snowpack of just 5 of normal. Californians depend on the melting snow to fill rivers and reserv...