Scientist finds Jeffrey pine trees at record mountain heights, suggesting climate-driven shifts in Sierra Nevada.

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

On Tuesday, Caltrans stopped Interstate 80 traffic at Alta in Placer County for eastbound vehicles and at Truckee for westbound travelers, after “multiple spinouts over Donner Summit,” the agency said ...

Check out the scores and top performances from Wednesday’s high school baseball, softball and boys volleyball action.

Check out the scores and top performances from Tuesday’s high school baseball, softball and boys volleyball action.

The winter of 2025 hasn’t measured up to 2024 and is far short of the records set in 2023. Despite that, the Eastern Sierra, Northern Nevada and Northern California are […] ...

The writer was hosted Some ski trips are pure bliss, like my recent Margaritaville Resort Lake Tahoe Girls Getaway in ...

Want to escape the crowds of Yosemite this summer? One campground just outside the park offers uncrowded serenity on the ...

Water officials have raised concerns about the water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell, following a disappointing winter snowpack that threatens to stall progress made during last year's wetter-than ...