The long-dormant lake that roared to life in California’s San Joaquin Valley last winter, eventually swelling to nearly the size of Lake Tahoe, has all but disappeared. Almost a year after historic storms fueled its rebirth, Tulare Lake endures today only as several small stretches of standing water. The vast expanses of farms, roads and buildings unexpectedly engulfed by the lake ever since March, between Bakersfield and Fresno, have mostly resurfaced, albeit wet and very muddy. As of early this month, water pooled sporadically over a total of a few square miles, in contrast to the uninterrupted 180-square mile lake that fanned out last spring, according to data from the Kings County Office of Emergency Services.