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The drought has continued to ease over the last few weeks

  The drought has continued to ease over the last few weeks  and regions along the state's eastern border, including Amador, El Dorado, Alpine and Mono counties, have been relieved of their "moderate drought" status for the first time in years. One region in the state's north, Del Norte County, is no longer even considered abnormally dry in 90 percent of its territory. As a whole, water levels across California have shown steady signs of improvement. The state's largest reservoir, Lake Shasta, has risen by nearly 100 feet in the last two months, as per statistics from the Lakes Online database .

During the NASCAR test at Phoenix last month, Jones said it was interesting because Johnson was driving his own car.

  During the NASCAR test at Phoenix last month, Jones said it was interesting because Johnson was driving his own car. “I had a lot of chats quickly with him in between runs … talking about what he thought of the car, how he was feeling and what he was feeling, if we were kind of doing the same stuff in the race car,” Jones said.“The competition side is something I really want to be able to dive in with him on, get his perspective and outlook on. It’s going to be cool to kind of dive in some more with him … to see kind of what his vision is as far as the competition side.” On the competition side, NASCAR’s 75th anniversary marks the first time since its creation that the name “Petty” is not on a team in the Cup Series. However, Jones says the desire to pay homage to the legacy of the No. 43 brands remains. When Jones began driving the No. 43 in 2021, the team still carried the name Richard Petty Motorsports. “There is still a lot of homage to pay there to ‘The King’ and, obviously,...