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 ...
Big rig fire on I-80 near Donner Summit burns 42,000 pounds of malt, closes road to trucks
A big rig fire early Thursday on westbound Interstate 80 near Donner Summit burned 42,000 pounds of malt, leaving debris partially blocking the slow lane. The fire started around 5:45 a.m. when the ...
Weather Impact Day Friday kicks off a stretch of needed rain and snow for Northern California
Rain and snow showers could start by late Friday morning. A nearly four week stretch of dry winter weather in Northern ...
Truck Spins Out as Heavy Snowfall Makes Roads Treacherous in Northern California
Heavy snowfall created hazardous road conditions in Northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains on Thursday, 6.Footage from StormRunner Media shows conditions near Donner Summit, where weather ...
Wet weekend ahead: Timing the arrival of soaking rain from an atmospheric river storm in NorCal
The snow level will increase Friday night into Saturday. A rain-snow mix is likely over Donner Summit Friday night into early Saturday morning. That may change back over to wet snow for the summit on ...
I-80, US 50 reopened to all traffic, high-profile vehicles prohibited in Washoe Valley
Travel over Sierra passes continues to be snarled amid a weeklong storm system hitting Northern Nevada and northeastern California.
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Sierra Nevada snowpack declines after very dry January — but promising storms are arriving to replenish it
The statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides nearly one-third of California’s water supply, began the year in good ...
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Sierra Nevada snowpack declines after very dry January — but promising storms are arriving to replenish it
“The year began fairly well, better than last year,” said Andrew Schwartz, lead scientist at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, near Donner Summit, in reference to snowpack levels ...
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The World’s Most Absurd Snowfall Records
Over nearly a week (February 13–19, 1959), a relentless storm at Mount Shasta Ski Bowl amassed 189 inches (15.75 feet) of ...