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, ...
California snowpack is below average, but anticipated winter storms could change that
California's snowpack stands at 65% of average for this time of year. After a dry January, major storms are forecast to bring ...
Latest snowpack survey reveals California could be in for extremely dry year
California’s snowpack has fallen well below average following an extremely dry January, according to the Department of Water ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Deep beneath California's Sierra Nevada, Earth's lithosphere may be peeling away
The processes that form continental crust from the denser basaltic rocks of the upper mantle may make the lower lithosphere ...
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 ...
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 ...
New 837 area code begins for portions of Northern California
The 837 area code is a new overlay for customers served by the 530 area code, the California Public Utilities Commission ...
Here’s looking at shrew: How college students got first-ever photos of elusive California mammal
Three college students found a way to take photos of the Mt. Lyell shrew, which has never been photographed in the 100 years ...
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 ...