Two years of underwhelming rain totals and snowpack means California is now going through another drought. 

Combined with record high dry vegetation growth we could be looking at a potentially highly destructive wildfire season ahead. 

The conditions have caused Governor Newsom to declared a drought emergency for 41 counties in the state.

This week we begin a series looking at California’s Emerging Drought Crisis. 

In Part One KCBS Radio's Kathy Novak gets a look at how dry conditions are affecting one region of the Bay Area.