Some prognosticators think waves of El Niño-fueled storms will make the upcoming rain season a gully-washer. Others fear a fifth consecutive drought year will sear an already parched state.

Napa County is in a bit of a drought twilight zone. Its world-famous vineyards are green, even if some lawns are brown. Its local reservoirs have filled, even though its state water allocations have dwindled

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