With much of state, Marin is in a moderate drought

Winter is over and the rainfall recorded since last October is low. California saw less than half the average amount of rain—including a record-setting, bone-dry February—and Marin was no exception, with 40 to 50 percent of normal levels reported countywide. The Inverness Public Utility District offered an illustration of these percentages: it documented 19 inches of rain from October through March, compared to the average of 33 inches. March offered a little reprieve after a…