First weekend of summer bringing critical fire conditions to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley and snow showers to the ...

Forecasters are warning of a Western blizzard that is expected to move through the Sierra ... National Forest. Areas around Lake Tahoe's shore could see between 2-4 feet of snow, and areas in ...

A winter storm pounded the western U.S. on Saturday, dumping heavy rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada that shut down ... the highway patrol said. The U.S. Forest Service issued an avalanche ...

Another winter storm packing heavy snow and powerful winds was moving into the northern Sierra Nevada late Friday where ... most areas until Monday. The U.S. Forest Service activated a backcountry ...

In the northern Sierra Nevada, the snow will fall in feet — not inches ... avalanche activity in the mountains,” warned the U.S. Forest Service Sierra Avalanche Center.

On Saturday, snow was spotted in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Mammoth ... Other areas, including Stanislaus National Forest, saw accumulations of 0.15 inches of snow, creating a brief winter ...

The accumulation of snow in the Sierra Nevada and other high-altitude regions ... which may lead to drier conditions in the forest earlier in the spring and summer, drying out forest fuels and ...

Along with improved supplies for agriculture and municipal water customers, increased water yields from thinner forests can ...