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The past three years have been the driest three-year period

  "The past three years have been the driest three-year period  on record [dating back to 1895.] That just beats the driest three-year period on record from 2013 to 2015. And both of these three-year periods have been the hottest on record." The U.S. Drought Monitor is a map updated every week to show the location and intensity of drought across the country. Just three months ago, 41 percent of the state was classed as being under "extreme drought," the second most-intense category, while 17 percent was considered to be under most intense, "exceptional drought." On January 17, for the first time in three years, both of these categories were eliminated across California, and remain at zero today.

Less than a month after the team’s Jan. 11 announcement that it was rebranding

  Less than a month after the team’s Jan. 11 announcement that it was rebranding  Petty GMS to Legacy Motor Club, the Statesville, N.C.-based operation announced it had signed a multi-year partnership with Arrowhead Brass to be on Noah Gragson’s No. 42 Chevrolet’s B-post and Jones’ No. 43 Chevrolet C-post in three NASCAR Cup races this season. Two days later it was announced Sunseeker Resorts would return to Gragson’s car. That same day it was announced the hiring of a president for business operations, a senior vice president for partnerships services and the promotion of an employee to vice president of racing operati “I think the structure and the organization of what Jimmie wants for the future is kind of a somewhat long-term plan,” Jones said. “The marketing side of things is what’s been the biggest shift so far.”Jones said there was nothing that surprised him about Johnson the owner when he arrived at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the Busch Light Clash, but he wa...