Winter storms in the Sierra Nevada in March have increased the snowpack to 90% of normal, a good sign for California’s water ...

California's snowpack has hit a 25-year milestone, reaching 96 percent of the historical average. The accumulation of snow in ...

On Tuesday, Caltrans stopped Interstate 80 traffic at Alta in Placer County for eastbound vehicles and at Truckee for westbound travelers, after “multiple spinouts over Donner Summit,” the agency said ...

Although Tuesday fell just short of a third year in a row above 100%, together the past three years represent most bountiful three-year period for the Sierra snowpack in 25 years. The last time there ...

The water in California’s mountain snowpack is just shy of average as spring begins, with more snow coming as a winter storm aims for the Sierra Nevada.

Reising noted that Southern California has experienced roughly 50% of its average annual rainfall. Sierra Nevada snow provides cold runoff that feeds rivers and reservoirs and helps support fish ...

Serious snow has prompted a number of Northern California high country schools ... adding to the dumping the Sierra has already received over the past day. Highlighting just how much snow has ...

A series of atmospheric river events during the winter and spring have caused reservoirs to swell to more than 118% than is ...

California’s snowpack in the Sierra Nevada measured 96% of average on April 1. It’s the third straight year the state has had near-average or above-average amounts of snow. The year may have ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...