A 100-plus foot Ponderosa was down this week in front of homes in Bass Lake. Residents say more than 40 homes were damaged when trees toppled during a major Mono wind event.

Yosemite photographer Dakota Snider captured this photo of a lightning strike hitting Mono Lake on Monday, June 5, 2023. (Dakota Snider) ...

Imagine alien limestone towers emerging from a creepy (but beautiful) lake. Now, add toxic water and dangerous dust storms, and you got this spot in California.

Mono Lake is just east of the Sierra Nevada Range near the small town of Lee Vining, California, the eastern gateway to Yosemite National Park. Seeing it is a uniquely Western experience, and ...

The last time Mono Lake fell below the same threshold was from 2015 to 2017, in the final years of California’s last severe drought. The level is measured by gauges along a crusty stretch of ...

Tioga Road, the continuation of Highway 120 across the crest of the Sierra Nevada range from the park to U.S. Highway 395 on the east side of the mountains near Lee Vining and Mono Lake, is closed.

A 100-plus foot Ponderosa was down this week in front of homes in Bass Lake. Residents say more than 40 homes were damaged when trees toppled during a major Mono wind event.