Sierra Nevada snowpack declines after very dry January — but promising storms are arriving to replenish it
That’s because of a ridge of high pressure that built up off the coast, blocking many storms. That ridge has now dissipated, ...
Camera-Shy Mount Lyell Shrew Photographed for the First Time in California
According to the University of California, Berkeley, the Mount Lyell shrew was the only California mammal known to science ...
California snowpack takes a hit after a dry January, snow survey reveals
A dry January has blunted early-season gains in California’s snowpack, state water officials said on Friday. The second ...
Man rescued from Sierra Nevada after falling, sliding hundreds of feet
A 70-year-old man snowshoeing in the Sierra was rescued by a California Highway Patrol helicopter after falling more than two ...
California snowpack falls well below average in January. Will back-to-back Sierra storms help?
California’s snowpack is “behind the 8-ball” but water officials are hopeful that a pair of storms sweeping through Northern California starting Friday will boost storage in the Sierra Nevada, which ...
Heidi Fleiss offers Nevada sanctuary for birds displaced by LA fires
It would be a safe bet to say that no one in Pahrump is more familiar with the areas in Southern California where wildfires ...
NorCal snowpack dropped from dry January, water officials say
The California Department of Water Resources conducted the second snow survey of the season in the Northern Sierra Nevada mountains on Friday. The manual survey at ...
11 years after opening, Nevada solar plant faces bleak future
What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under ...
Atmospheric river will dump heavy snow and rain on the West starting this weekend
In the northern Sierra Nevada, snow will fall in feet — not inches. And in the northern California Coastal Range, a general 5 ...
Chain controls in place on I-80 over Donner Summit amid winter weather
Winter weather has brought chain controls to I-80 over Donner Summit on Friday, according to the California Highway Patrol ...
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20 jaw-dropping places on Earth that look like an alien planet
Earth is home to some truly bizarre and breathtaking landscapes — here are 20 that look straight out of an alien world.