Recent wet weather has failed to break California’s worst drought in decades, according to measurements showing the state’s snowpack stands at about one-third of its normal average. That could result in higher prices nationally for some produce grown in the state, such as nuts, according to food-industry experts. California has seen more precipitation since February, and in recent days storms have blanketed the state’s mountains in several feet of snow. Still, Tuesday’s surveys by the Department of Water Resources showed the there at 32% of normal. While that is a big jump from a reading of 12% at the end of January, state officials say that with the wet season about to wind down, it isn’t enough to end a drought that has prompted mandatory rationing and water cutbacks to farms and cities. “We can hope that conditions improve, but time is running out and conservation is the only […]