Sierra travel discouraged as snow swamps the high country
Officials are urging people to not come up to the Sierra until the storm has passed.
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Officials are urging people to not come up to the Sierra until the storm has passed.
Blizzard conditions have prompted most Sierra resorts to close on Friday, hopefully helping drive home the point to people to stay home and avoid traveling up to the high country until the storm has passed.
CBS13 Meteorologist Tracy Humphrey explains just how big a difference there is between fluffy, normal, and wet snow.
Eastbound traffic was being turned around near Donner Lake Thursday morning due to a big rig crash that blocked all lanes.
CBS13's Ashley Sharp is up at Kirkwood Ski Resort to get a look at how conditions are starting to deteriorate as a major storm moves into the high country on Thursday.
CBS13 Meteorologist Tracy Humphrey has the latest forecast on this massive storm headed for the Sierra.
Concerns over drought in California this year have lessened thanks to a recent barrage of rain and snow, and experts say we're back on the right track.
A slow moving storm is bringing a lot of fresh snow to the region on Tuesday.
A severe storm has been creating some chaos across Northern California on Monday, leading to some flooded roads in Sacramento and even a sinkhole along Theo Way in the city's Land Park neighborhood.
Blizzard-like conditions are expected at times with this latest round of wet weather.
The rain is turning to snow at around the 5500' level Monday morning.
Our weather pattern changes starting Valentine's Day, bringing more widespread rain, gusty winds and heavy Sierra snow to Northern California. Here's the unsettled pattern our First Alert Weather team is tracking.
Pacific Gas and Electric crews in Vacaville started storm prep ahead of this past weekend's storm, but now the damage is done and they are aiming to restore power to those still in the dark by the end of Thursday.
Mother Nature packed a one-two punch in Northern California over the weekend, causing two roofs in one Sacramento County city to collapse.
Now that the weather has calmed down, we have a clear picture of how much rain and snow fell during the storms.
A gaping hole is all that was left of Lupe Bernal's front wall after a tree came crashing through the roof of her Sacramento home on Sunday during severe storms.
Gabriel Vega showed us the hole left behind in the living room roof of his parents' Vacaville home when a tree went down and struck through the ceiling like a javelin.
The high country is seeing a fresh dumping of snow on Monday.
A large tree toppled over onto Plainfield Elementary School near Woodland during Sunday's extreme wind storm.
The high winds posed a significant problem for firefighters in Sacramento overnight.
This 7-pound pup didn't want to miss his daily walk around Westlake, despite Sunday's windstorm.
Trees and big limbs toppled over are a common sight in many Sacramento Valley neighborhoods Monday morning.
Hundreds of thousands of people lost power in the Sacramento area during Sunday's storm.
Wyndham Clark was declared winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday when the PGA canceled the final round because of wicked weather conditions.
Kristine Hanson is on the storm beat this morning, showing us the latest forecast for the region.
