George Skelton: Newsom denies the obvious: California is no longer in drought
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom came close but couldn't quite bring himself to say it: The drought's over.
It's disappointing when a governor won't acknowledge what ordinary citizens already know because they can see things for themselves.
Another drought will emerge soon enough. It always does. That's the California pattern — climate change or not.
But right now, the biggest threat this spring is flooding from rivers leaping their banks.
There's just something about California governors and water officials that prevents them from admitting we're through
