Paul Felber’s two-acre property in East San Diego County is lush and green after this year’s winter rainstorms. The 72-year-old retiree doesn’t just maintain his yard. He’s trying to transform it.

Minnesotans are facing higher prices everywhere they turn. Families are budgeting more for everything from grocery bills, to mortgages to family vacations. Small businesses are facing rising costs ...

Torrential rains and floods submerged whole towns and killed more than 20 people in parts of California in January. They also caused thousands of farmworkers to lose weeks of pay because the flooded ...