What a difference a year makes. For the first time, none of California is in an extreme or exceptional drought.

The latest Drought Monitor finds that two-thirds of the state is no longer in any drought conditions. Conditions in the remaining one-third has varying degrees of lingering drought. It's the first time since August 2013 that none of the state was in extreme drought.

As recently as 3-months ago, about 21 percent of the state had exceptional drought.

Most of San Bernardino County and the Los Angeles Basin is still considered abnormally dry. The NOAA Drought Monitor shows Riverside County in moderate drought conditions.

Nearly 15 million Californians still live in drought-sticken areas of California.

Story Date: March 1, 2017