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Unusually early cold storm could dust California's Sierra Nevada peaks with rare August snow

California’s long, hot summer is being interrupted by an unusually early cold storm from the Gulf of Alaska that is expected to bring a chance of rare August snow high in the Sierra Nevada

The Independent UK

Sierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from a brief but potent storm

A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada.

WEKU

California blizzard slowly weakens, but a second storm is forecast for this week

Northern California is expected to receive another round of rain and snow starting Monday, after days of near nonstop snow totaling several feet and wind gusts of up to 150 mph.

WEKU

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Yosemite visitors are told to leave as storm expected to drop up to 10 feet of snow

At least nine Lake Tahoe ski resorts closed and visitors to Yosemite National Park were told to urgently leave Friday as California's most powerful storm of the season bore down on the Sierra Nevada.

WEKU

Indigenous Colombians Fret As Sacred Mountain Glaciers Melt

In the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains.

International Business Times

The chickadee in the snowbank: A 'canary in the coal mine' for climate change in the Sierra Nevada mountains

Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb above 8,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California, tugging a sled loaded with batteries, bolts, wire and 40 pounds of sunflower seeds critical to our mountain chickadee research.

The Conversation

What is a strong El Niño? Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023, but the forecasts don't all agree

Winter is still weeks away, but meteorologists are already talking about a snowy winter ahead in the southern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. They anticipate more storms in the U.S. South and Northeast, and warmer, drier conditions across the already dry Pacific Northwest and the upper Midwest.

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Voters have decided on 959 parcel tax measures in California since 2008, with the next one scheduled for July 11 in Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District

Californians have decided on 950 local parcel tax ballot measures from 2008 to 2022. Voters in Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District, a 1.875-square-mile special district in the Sierra Nevada, will decide the next parcel tax measure on July 11, 2023. Between 2008 and 2022, 569 (59.89%) parcel tax ballot measures…

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California is off to a slow fire season so far, but Newsom, fire leaders urge readiness as summer begins

With reservoirs full and snow still deep across the Sierra Nevada following one of the wettest winters in recent decades, California is off to a slow start this year to fire season.

Tribune News Service

Tadej Pogačar returns to open road training just one month before Tour de France

UAE Team Emirates rider has linked up with teammates at training camp in the Sierra Nevada

Cycling Weekly

Earthquake and strong aftershock strike northern California

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook Plumas County in the Sierra Nevada

The Independent UK

What the huge Sierra snowpack means for Yosemite’s waterfalls

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The massive snowpack in the Sierra Nevada this year has transformed California’s most famous park, Yosemite. And the impacts are likely to last all summer, and perhaps even longer.

Tribune News Service

A huge snowbank fell on her husband. A California woman's desperate fight to save him

Melissa Cassem still cannot make sense of what happened to her family at their home in the Sierra Nevada during a recent heavy snowfall.

Los Angeles Times

Wild Photo Captures Massive Amount Of Snow At California Ski Resort

With plenty of powder this winter, California's ski resorts have benefited greatly.

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Another Atmospheric River To Bring A Hefty Dose Of Rain And Snow To California

Another atmospheric river is imminent across California, causing residents to brace for an additional round of flooding.

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