Caltrans is strongly recommending that people avoid driving this weekend, especially anywhere in the Central Sierra on highways 4, 108 and 120, until the current series of atmospheric storms ceases
The warm storm that exited the Mother Lode late Monday is expected to be followed by edges of another system that could bring light rain showers and more mountain snow
Controlled burning could begin before the end of the month on 1,300 acres of Calaveras Big Trees State Park’s dangerously overgrown South Grove of Giant Sequoias, the largest stand of
A lightning-strike spot fire that has been managed by federal firefighters over the past month to consume excess fuels in the Stanislaus National Forest had burned 6,929 acres as of
High pressure in the upper atmosphere is creating a warming trend over the Mother Lode and the rest of the Central Sierra, which could bring daytime highs in the high