At $12,000, Could This 1974 VW Type 181 Be Your Thing?
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice VW Thing is like a Cars 101 class—a basic introduction to the motor vehicle and nothing more. Let’s see if we can all make …
Sierra Nevada
$32 million in new upgrades renovate famed waterfall area, construct new visitor center
Before they see Half Dome, Yosemite Falls, giant sequoias or other jaw-dropping attractions, the first stop for millions of visitors as they enter Yosemite National Park is Bridalveil Fall. Yet …
Yes, beavers can help stop wildfires. And more places in California are embracing them
Alex Wigglesworth | Los Angeles Times (TNS) A vast burn scar unfolds in drone footage of a landscape seared by massive wildfires north of Lake Tahoe. But amid the expanses …
Sierra snowpack “unusually normal,” reservoirs brimming at end of winter
As winter conditions wind down, the beginning of April is always the most important time for California’s water managers to take stock of how much snow has fallen in the …
Four most polluted national park sites are in California
A couple years ago, as part of the Sierra Club’s Outdoors for All campaign, Roberto Morales took a group of low-income Los Angeles area residents north to Sequoia National Park …
Stranded Bay Area travelers make the best of the Tahoe blizzard as Interstate 80 remains closed
Persistent snow and winds are keeping Interstate 80 shut through the Sierra Nevada mountains and its reopening time unclear. The blizzard warning had originally been set to expire at 10 …
Strongest blizzard of the year dumps 24-42 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada
The blizzard is the strongest that California has seen so far this year. In the last 48 hours, the storm has dumped between 24 and 42 inches across the mountains, …
“You can’t see anything” — Blizzard closes most Tahoe ski resorts and Yosemite National Park as winds hit 143 mph
TRUCKEE — Jeremy Fuentes and Jarad Baldwin packed up their Ford Explorer and left the Bay Area Friday morning as the blizzard in the Sierra Nevada was taking hold. With …
Blizzard warning in effect, as storm approaches
A powerful winter storm that is expected to bring blizzard and white-out conditions to the Sierra Nevada, as well as at least 1½ inches of rain to much of the …
Sierra Nevada snowpack expands steadily over past month, satellite photos show
What a difference a month makes. On Jan. 1, the Sierra Nevada snowpack, the source of nearly one-third of California’s water supply, was a meager 28% of its historic average. …