SACRAMENTO - A resurgent housing market has people feeling confident about putting money into their homes once again.

According to CNN, home renovation spending in 2012 hit the highest level in six years. But many homeowners considering upgrades are uncertain of where to invest.

While renovating any area of the home adds interior or exterior appeal, some renovations carry more weight with prospective buyers than others.

Ruth Dubach, a Sacramento home renovation consultant for 14 years, highlights seven areas on which to focus your time and budget for the best chance of a return on your investment:

SACRAMENTO, CA - At what would ideally be its peak content, the water content in the Sierra snowpack is just 52 percent of normal after a record dry January and March, according to the California Department of Water Resources.

DWR hydrologists went to select locations in the mountains to take manual water content readings to supplement electronic measurements. 

Nearly one-third of Californians rely on snowmelt for their water, irrigation, agricultural and recreational needs.

On the positive side, November and December storms helped fill the Lake Oroville and Lake Shasta reservoirs. Lake Oroville is at 108 percent (83 percent of capacity) for the date and Shasta is 102 percent (82 percent of capacity).

Still, state and federal water managers have already determined water allocations to irrigation agency customers will be less than requested.

MODESTO, CA - A Patterson man who preyed on a young child  for nearly a year before he was caught, was convicted of multiple molestation charges, reports the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office.

Dallas Randolph White, 57, was found guilty by a Stanislaus County Superior Court jury on March 19 of sexual intercourse, oral copulation, sexual penetration with a foreign object, and lewd and lascivious acts with a child.

The crimes were committed on a child under the age of 10 between Aug. 1, 2010 and June 11, 2011, according to court documents.

With the verdict and White's previous conviction for robbery and two stints in prison, he faces up to 99 years in state prison when he is sentenced May 7, the D.A.'s office says.