Inside a warming shelter, Laura Gutowski detailed how her life had changed since she became homeless two and a half years ago in Grants Pass, a former timber hub in the foothills of southern Oregon. Her husband’s death left her without steady income. She lived in a sedan, and then in a tent, in sight […]
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The Sierra Nevada in California was so bereft of snow in December that skiers and farmers alike worried that a disappointing winter was sure to give way to a drought-ridden spring and summer. Then came a deluge in subsequent months, enough to bring the state back to a normal snowfall level and then some, state […]
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