Sierra Nevada

The road to Devils Postpile National Monument, a Sierra Nevada must-see, reopened on June 17, but wait: The shuttle will return in early July.

The meadow-marvelous route, which wends through some of the higher parts of Yosemite National Park, will debut ahead of Memorial Day Weekend.

Chief Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri tracks a faster snowmelt happening in the Sierra Nevada.

High elevations of the Sierra Nevada sported new dustings of snow Friday, a day after a late spring snowstorm snarled traffic with numerous spinouts on part of Interstate 80 over Donner Summit.

Engineers have developed a seed-scattering drone to help reforest areas ravaged by wildfires.

A Texas man has died after falling to his death while hiking California’s Mount Whitney, authorities announced Wednesday.

A mysterious disease has stricken several young black bears captured in the Sierra Nevada, and one telltale sign is their fearlessness at being around humans

Sierra snowpack is so vital to California as it provides one third of the state’s water supply and it seems more and more lately we are seeing this dwindle. You can see from 2002 to 2011 60% of the time the Sierra snowpack was 100% or better, a pretty good trend. But take a look at the data for Sierra…

The first in the latest series of storms predicted for California and western Nevada has brought more snow to the Sierra Nevada.

A Tahoe resident who got stuck in the snow during a drive through the Sierra survived for a week before being rescued by first responders, authorities said.

A lot of skiers and boarders are tempted to go to Tahoe, but not so fast. New video shows the snow-packed Sierra and the blizzard conditions.

Some passes across the Sierra Nevada could pick up more than eight feet of snow between Tuesday evening and Friday morning as a powerful storm wallops California, weather officials said.

Meteorologist Kari Hall has details in the Microclimate Forecast on the incoming winter storm for the Bay Area.

A large bear with a big appetite was caught on camera by campers as it raided their campsite and came back for seconds and even thirds in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Authorities say they’ve arrested a man suspected of killing a doctor on an off-road trip and wounding two other people in rural California attacks

Suspect identified after Danville doctor was shot and killed while off roading with his teenage son, who then called his mother to say he thought he was going to be killed as well. Terry McSweeney reports.

Dr. Ari Gershman of Danville was shot Friday while off-roading in a new four-wheel drive Jeep with his son, Jack, near Downieville, according to a GoFundMe page set up for the family.

A family spokesperson says 46-year-old Ari Gershman of Danville was off-roading with his 15-year-old son last Friday, about 100 miles northeast of Sacramento when a man on an all-terrain vehicle drove up behind them and, for no apparent reason, opened fire.

California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack is below normal for spring and the water content around the state is only about half the April average, as much of California struggles under persistent drought, authorities said Wednesday.

Heavy snowfall continued in California’s Sierra Nevada early Monday after a weekend of travel disruptions on major routes through the range.