Traffic is nearly completely blocked on U.S. Route 50 in Elmhurst, following a vehicle fire on Thursday afternoon.

Caltrans has announced the temporary closure of three different mountain passes in the Sierra Nevada as the region is hit with its first significant storm of the season. Ebbetts Pass on Highway 4, ...

Researchers have found that low to moderate-severity fires not only benefit many bird species in the Sierra Nevada, but these benefits may persist for decades. In addition to a handful of bird species ...

TRUCKEE, Calif. — The first signs of winter weather arrived in the Sierra Nevada Mountains this week, as a strong storm system traveling south along the West Coast brought the first snowfall of the ...

Nevada makes the list of states where retirees can survive on Social Security benefits alone—if they’ve paid off their mortgage. While not a huge chunk of change, it's still a quite a bit more than ...

Home to a cosmopolitan mix of back-to-the-landers, former loggers, 49er descendants, artists, musicians and mystics. Living in Home to a cosmopolitan mix of back-to-the-landers, former loggers, 49er ...

Winter weather arrived a tad early in Shaver Lake with snow falling late Monday night and well into Tuesday. The recent low-pressure system also generated record days of rain in Fresno and other parts ...

California’s Sierra Nevada had a sprinkling of snow on Tuesday, October 14, as the first storm of the season brought frosty weather back to the mountain range. Footage from California Highway Patrol ...

An early-season storm has brought the first significant snow of the season to much of the Sierra and soaking rains to the Northern California foothills and Sacramento Valley. Here's what to know. A ...

A taste of fall is on the way. Cooler temperatures, gusty winds and a chance of light rain and mountain snow are expected across western Nevada and the Sierra this weekend, according to the National ...