Winter Storm Blankets Snow On Tahoe Area As Low As 2K Feet
The first big storm of the winter is blanketing the greater Lake Tahoe with snow and hail that is causing traffic headaches for holiday travelers.
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The first big storm of the winter is blanketing the greater Lake Tahoe with snow and hail that is causing traffic headaches for holiday travelers.
A San Rafael man died Wednesday afternoon while kayaking with a friend in rough waters on the Sonoma County coast near Jenner, sheriff's deputies said.
The Sierra snowpack is now holding twice as much water in the form of snow as it did this time last year, officials say.
A storm system that has brought more than 5 inches of badly needed rain to parts of the Bay Area since Sunday is on its way out Tuesday, but another one is right behind it.
Tests of crab from Crescent City to Monterey in December show levels of toxic domoic acid have not dropped below federal safety limits in most fishing grounds on the North and Central coasts.
Winter storm warnings were posted Monday in the Sierra Nevada after the National Weather Service predicted heavy mountain snow during the holiday week.
Lake Tahoe is among hundreds of lakes worldwide that researchers say are warming due to climate change.
The East Bay Regional Park District's Board of Directors voted Tuesday to purchase a tract of farmland in Contra Costa County to provide habitat for threatened animals, according to district officials.
Stanford University is making some big changes to a housing project after a potentially cancer-causing toxin was found in the soil.
A worker at a Northern California recycling center saved a tiny kitten from certain death when he spotted the animal heading down a conveyor belt.
State drought regulators have backed off a plan to withhold water from farms and cities in favor of an endangered species of salmon.
Stranded sea lions are coming ashore in California with symptoms of memory loss one would expect to see in a human Alzheimer's patients.
Cleanup is expected to be completed Tuesday on the mess caused by a shipping container that fell off a ship during stormy weather on Friday and washed ashore on San Francisco's Baker Beach.
A coyote attacked a small dog in a dog park in San Francisco's Stern Grove Saturday morning, but was spared when a bystander sent her dogs after the predator.
The full moon will peak after 3 a.m., and there won't be another on Christmas day until 2034.
