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 Resources’ second snow survey of the season. The survey was conducted ...
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 ...
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 ...
State to allocate more water from Northern California, increasing supplies, denting SoCal drought woes
The state Department of Water Resources announced on Tuesday, Jan. 28 it has raised the allotment of requested supplies ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Weekend storm to drench Bay Area, dump feet of snow in Sierra. Here’s the timeline
The first of two atmospheric river events will begin to impact Northern California, the Bay Area and the Sierra Nevada on Friday and persist through the weekend. On Friday morning, the National ...
Another casualty of a bone-dry winter: LA won’t take less water from Mono Lake
LA had planned to take substantially less from the iconic Eastern Sierra lake this winter. The decision is a blow to ...
Atmospheric river signals radical shift in the weather for Tahoe this weekend
After weeks of dry weather, an atmospheric river event begins Friday, kicking off a dramatic flip in the forecast for Lake ...