Where California's towering Sierra Nevada surrenders to the sprawling San Joaquin Valley, a high-stakes detective story is ...

“We move every day — we’re backpacking,” said Jackson Fitzsimmons, a Sierra National Forest wilderness ranger who lost his ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 84 °F (28.9 °C). Winds SW at 10 mph (16.1 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 80 °F (26.7 °C ...

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El Argar had a centralized system for the production and distribution of its pottery vessels and clay objects, all made from material sourced from a single location ...

A Washington Post analysis shows that some officials knew of the fire’s westward spread hours before evacuation orders were sent to residents in western Altadena.

Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. In February, the city began vegetating the sand dunes as part of its ...

(AP) — One person was killed in an avalanche in central Colorado on Saturday, marking just the latest fatality stemming from avalanches in the western ... 36 hours in the Sierra Nevada.

One person was killed in an avalanche in central Colorado on Saturday, marking just the latest fatality stemming from avalanches in the western U.S. this season.

One person was killed in an avalanche in central Colorado on Saturday, marking just the latest fatality stemming from avalanches in the western ... over 36 hours in the Sierra Nevada.

Snow-covered area in February across the western United States was 13 percent below average, at 822,000 square kilometers (317,000 square miles) of snow cover, ranking sixteenth highest in the 25-year ...

WELL, IT’S CLEARED OUT, BUT IN THE SIERRA ROADS ARE STILL SLICK FROM THE ... BUT WE HAVE SEEN SOME DECENT AMOUNTS ON THE WESTERN SLOPE WITH REPORTS OF ANYWHERE FROM AT LEAST 4 TO 7IN OF SNOWFALL.