Winter

Uniform Safety Regulations Proposed For California Ski Resorts

There is a relatively new effort to create a uniform code of standards for ski resorts, but it is facing an increasingly uphill battle.

2012/02/07

Bay Area Residents Asked Not To Burn Wood

Bay Area residents have been asked not to burn wood Sunday by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

2012/02/05

Sierra Snowpack Level Near Record Low

California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack measured a meager 15 inches in some places, officials announced Wednesday.

2012/02/01

Sierra Nevada Snowpack Still Below Average After Recent Storms

State water officials say recent storms have not made up for this year’s dry winter, leaving California’s snowpack at below average levels.

2012/01/30

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California Fire Danger Increases Amid Unusually Dry Winter

Cal Fire is increasing its staff and canceling burn days and planned debris burning in response to increased fire danger because of an unusually dry winter, Cal Fire officials said.

2012/01/05

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Chief of Cooperative Snow Survey Frank Gehrke (L) weighs a snow sample while assisted by Kasey Schimke, DWR Assistant Director for Legislative Affairs January 29, 2010 near Meyers, California. (Max Whittaker/Getty Images)

Dry Start To Winter Leaves Sierra Without Snow

The state Department of Water Resources conducted its first snow survey of the season Tuesday but found little snow to measure.

2012/01/03

Steady Weather Pattern To Prompt More Bay Area Spare-The-Air Alerts

Two more winter Spare the Air alerts were issued over this past holiday weekend, and once again hundreds of complaints were made about people burning wood fires in their homes.

2012/01/03

100s Of Spare The Air Scofflaws Turned In By Neighbors

Air quality officials are ready to crackdown after too many people ignored calls for voluntary, as well as mandatory restrictions on wood burning fires over the Christmas weekend.

2011/12/28