Cars drive through the fresh snow at Tahoe Donner, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Andrew Chamings/SFGATE California Highway Patrol has closed Interstate 80 off to westbound traffic in Truckee after snowy conditions caused multiple collisions and spinouts over Donner Summit on Saturday, the agency announced. Closures are impacting westbound traffic in Truckee and at the Nevada state … Read more
Chris Capozziello, Newtown Public Works department, grabs a bucket of sand & salt mixture with a 930M Cat loader on Thursday afternoon. The area is expected to see snow this weekend. Thursday, January 4, 2024, Newtown, Conn.H John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut Media A pile of sand and salt at the Newtown Public Works department on … Read more
Cars drive through the fresh snow at Tahoe Donner, Jan. 3, 2024. Andrew Chamings/SFGATE After an end to 2023 marked by rain, slush, and a general lack of natural snow, the first storm of 2024 brought a blanket of white to Lake Tahoe. A Tuesday evening cold front covered the Sierra Nevada in white, with ski … Read more
The sun sets above Truckee, Calif., near Lake Tahoe, on Friday, March 10, 2023. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/San Francisco Chronicle via Gett Lake Tahoe snow totals have been so low that some anxious locals on Reddit have joked about making offerings to snow gods in hopes of fresh powder. But those prayers may soon be answered, … Read more
FILE – Snowcapped mountains against sky during sunset, Yosemite National Park, Calif. Juan Pablo Jim/ 500px/Getty Images Yosemite National Park is expecting plenty of snow for the last few days of 2023. On Thursday, the National Weather Service announced a winter advisory warning for the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite National Park. The weather service warned … Read more
On Wednesday, Caltrans announced the closure of one of its Sierra roadways as the region expects snow to ring in the new year. By noon, the agency closed part of Highway 89, which passes through the Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe. The highway is closed from the junction of Highway 395 in Mono County to the … Read more
A vehicle is submerged in floodwaters near an overpass as rain comes down, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Santa Barbara, Calif.Eugene Garcia/AP Streets across the California coastal city of Santa Barbara were flooded amid torrential rains on Thursday as a slow-moving storm walloped Southern California. The storm dropped some of the heaviest rain on Santa Barbara … Read more
Photographer Justin Katz captures Yosemite’s elusive “snowliage.” Justin Katz Photography As the seasons change from fall to winter, there’s a spectacular event that can occur in Yosemite National Park — but only if the seasonal stars align. The annual pops of yellow, orange and red that sprinkle the valley floor and other parts of the park … Read more
Fresh snow covers the Palisades Tahoe ski resort, Thursday morning, Dec. 7, 2023. Blake Kessler via Palisades Tahoe Thanks to a storm front that hit the Sierra Nevada a little more wetly and coldly than expected, Lake Tahoe got its first measurable winter storm of the season Wednesday, leaving the mountainous landscape looking like winter has … Read more
