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Gov. Newsom Declares State of Emergency Over Mosquito, Fairview Wildfires

September 9, 2022 12:20 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom declared a new state of emergency on Thursday over two wildfires raging in the state: The Mosquito Fire in El Dorado and Placer Counties, as well as the Fairview Fire in Riverside County. As of Friday morning,...

Folsom Lake’s ‘Negro Bar’ to be Renamed Following State Park and Rec Vote

June 20, 2022 12:35 pm

During the weekend, the California State Park and Recreation Commission voted 7-0 to officially change the Negro Bar area of the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area to Black Miners Bar following decades of speculation, petitioning, and debate. The controversy surrounding...

CDC Announces Indoor Mask Mandate Recommendations for 13 Calif. Counties

June 4, 2022 2:45 amJune 4, 2022 7:06 am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday that 13 counties in California, roughly one-quarter of the state, have reached ‘High’ levels of COVID-19 and are recommended a return of indoor masking in those counties. All 13...

48,000 Californians are Without Power in the Sierra Nevadas

December 30, 2021 1:31 pmDecember 30, 2021 1:37 pm

News reports Thursday morning said PG&E announced that 48,000 residents in Northern California living in the Sierra Nevada Mountains region are without power. With more than 202 inches of snow (17+ feet of snow) dumped, a large section of Interstate-80...

California Sets New December Snowfall Record, May Break 200 inches Monday!

December 27, 2021 2:58 pmDecember 27, 2021 5:16 pm

The UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab announced Monday a “NEW DECEMBER RECORD of 193.7 inches, which is more than 16 feet, and a prediction of breaking the 200 inch mark today. https://twitter.com/UCB_CSSL/status/1475511462588211200 “With a 24 hour official #snow total...

Famed Squaw Valley Ski Resort Changes Name to ‘Palisades Tahoe’

September 15, 2021 11:11 amSeptember 15, 2021 11:11 am

The famed Lake Tahoe-area ski resort and the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley, announced on Tuesday that it is changing its name to Palisades Tahoe after just over a year of deliberations. Local Native American tribes have...

Sacramento Braces for Wave of Traumatized Afghani Refugees

September 13, 2021 10:02 amSeptember 13, 2021 10:02 am

There are more Afghans in Sacramento County — 9700 according to the US Census—than in any other county in America. Add to that another 2,000 in Yolo, Sutter, Placer and El Dorado counties and one can see why northern California has...