Hopeful Californians are looking to the Pacific this winter, for an end to California's most punishing drought on record. They are looking for what appears to be a monster: El Nino in the making. The abnormally warm waters along the equator can portend a wet winter. But the Pacific's a complicated place and there are no guarantees of a drought-reversing rainfall. KQED Science Editor Craig Miller reports.
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