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☆ They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Franz Lidz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Barred owls have also emerged as a threat to the California spotted owl, a closely related subspecies in the Sierra Nevada and the mountains of coastal and Southern California. In the wilds of British Columbia, the northern spotted owl has vanished; only one, a female, remains. If the trend continues, the northern spotted owl could become the first owl subspecies in the United States to go extinct. In a last-ditch effort to rescue the northern spotted owl from oblivion and protect the California spotted owl population, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed culling a staggering number of barred owls across a swath of 11 to 14 million acres in Washington, Oregon and Northern California, where barred owls — which the agency regards as invasive — are encroaching.

Persons: Karla Bloem, ” Organizations: U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Owl Center Locations: Pacific Northwest, California, Sierra Nevada, Southern California, British Columbia, United States, U.S, Washington , Oregon, Northern California, Minnesota

Amid preparations for its spaceplane's maiden flight and an initial public offering as soon as next year, Sierra Space is expanding its satellite offerings. "We've actually been waiting for six months, so it's like, this [name], we really thought about it," Tom Vice, Sierra Space chief executive said in an interview for CNBC's "Manifest Space" podcast. Valued at $5.3 billion as of September, Sierra Space was spun out of defense contractor Sierra Nevada Corporation three years ago. Sierra Space touts a diverse space and defense tech portfolio spanning space transportation, space habitation, propulsion and satellites. It's perhaps best known for its NASA-contracted, reusable spaceplane Dream Chaser which will run cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station and eventually carry humans to and from orbit.

Persons: We've, Tom Vice, Eren, Jeff Bezos Organizations: Space, Sierra Space, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Fatih, NASA, International Space Station, Pentagon, U.S, FAA

☆ Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings, who bought a ski mountain in Utah, snaps up more land for his public-private mountain experiment
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Reed Hastings is turning part of Powder Mountain into a ski club for the wealthy. Powder Mountain is the largest ski resort in the country. Related storiesThe former Netflix CEO said he is privatizing part of Powder Mountain to help remediate years of financial struggles. AdvertisementThe mountain was previously owned by a group of millennial investors who struggled to maintain the mountain, according to a report from The Information. Hastings announced his plans to make part of the ski resort private in December 2023, but Powder Mountain announced a new land acquisition and lift on Friday.

Persons: Reed Hastings, —, He's, Hastings, Ian Matteson Organizations: Netflix, Service, The New York Times, Meriwether Companies, Forbes Locations: Africa, Ogden, The, Sierra Nevada, Utah

☆ Why there are more 'iconic' giant sequoias in Britain than California, where they are under threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Giant sequoias are thriving in the UK, scientists say. AdvertisementGiant sequoias, some of the largest trees on Earth, are suffering in their native California due to threats from wildfires and climate-change-fueled droughts. But that's in part down to their youth, with the oldest giant sequoia in the UK dating to 1863, UCL said in its report. By contrast, the oldest known giant sequoia in the US reached 3,266 years old, according to the National Park Service. UCL said giant sequoias "can potentially pull an average of 85 kilograms of carbon out of the atmosphere per year."

Persons: —, Mathias Disney Organizations: Service, Royal Society, University College London, UCL, Reuters, Disney, National Park Service Locations: California, Britain, Victorian Britain, Sierra Nevada, sequoia

The Sugar Bowl Ski Resort located near Donner Peak recorded 87 inches (7.25 feet) of snow from Friday to Sunday. Snow blocks the door of the maintenance shop of the ski resort Sierra-at-Tahoe on Friday, March 1, 2024. At least 5 feet of snow buried the resort, but strong winds carried snow into even taller piles called snow drifts. Snow completely engulfs a guest's car at the ski resort Sierra-at-Tahoe on Friday, March 1, 2024. The California Highway Patrol posted a photo Saturday afternoon of one of its cars stuck in snow.

Persons: Jax, Jane Tyska, “ Organizations: CNN, Sierra, Area, AP, Sugar Bowl, Donner Summit, California Highway Patrol, California Department of Transportation Locations: Sierra Nevada, Northern California, Pacific, Truckee , California, California, Nevada, Tahoe, Sierra, Twin, Truckee, Kingvale, Auburn

CNN —Blizzard conditions continued to slam Northern California over the weekend with damaging winds and heavy snow dumping on mountain ridges down to the valleys. The most extreme conditions are unfolding at the highest elevations in the mountains, with whiteout conditions and hurricane-force winds. The weather service has warned of “high to extreme” avalanche danger through Sunday afternoon in the Central Sierra and Greater Lake Tahoe area. “Expect snowy conditions throughout the park,” park officials said. A blizzard warning remains in effect for the park area until 7 p.m. on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford, California.

Persons: “, Whiteouts, Brooke Hess, Mario Tama Organizations: CNN, Blizzard, Prediction, Central Sierra, Intermountain, Weather, West, National Weather Service, California Department of Transportation, Donner Summit, California Highway Patrol, Facebook, Officials Locations: Northern California, Sierra Nevada, Nevada, Greater Lake Tahoe, Sierra, California, Tahoe, Twin, Truckee, Truckee , California, Colfax, Yosemite, Hanford , California

Thousands of residents were left without power, and life came to a standstill for many in the Sierra Nevada region on Saturday after a winter storm dumped as much as two feet of snow overnight and created treacherous conditions. About 49,000 customers in Nevada and California were without electricity on Saturday morning, according to PowerOutage.us. With whiteout conditions in the mountains, ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area paused operations. And highway officials shut down Interstate 80, the main artery that traverses the Sierra Nevada over Donner Summit, a key trucking route from the San Francisco Bay Area. Palisades Tahoe, a resort that closed ski area operations on Saturday across all terrain, reported 24 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours.

Persons: Organizations: Donner Summit, San, Patrol, Sierra Snow Laboratory Locations: Sierra Nevada, Nevada, California, San Francisco Bay Area, Donner

A major snowstorm bore down Friday on the Sierra Nevada, including the Lake Tahoe area, with as much as 10 feet of snow expected at higher elevations. Forecasters issued dire warnings about trying to drive through blustering winds and whiteout conditions, and Yosemite National Park was closed. “Your safe travel window is over in the Sierra,” the National Weather Service in Reno, Nev., posted on social media. One resort, Palisades Tahoe, posted on social media that it had seen “intense” snowfall and winds of 100 miles an hour. In videos posted by the resort, ski lifts were faintly visible through a blanket of white, and the sky and the ground were indistinguishable from each other.

Organizations: Yosemite National, National Weather Service, National Park Service Locations: Sierra Nevada, Reno, Nev, Yosemite

☆ California’s biggest snowstorm of the year will paralyze travel with blizzard conditions
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —An extremely-dangerous winter storm has arrived in California and will unload feet of snow, powerful winds and rare blizzard conditions in the mountains through the weekend. As snow continues to spread across California, so will strong winds and blizzard conditions. Snowfall rates are expected to reach extreme levels of 3 to 5 inches an hour from Friday through Saturday – especially along the Sierra Nevada. Heavy snow and roaring winds are expected to combine to produce rare and long-lasting blizzard conditions for much of the Sierra and parts of the northern ranges. Storm will provide much-needed boost to critical snowpackCalifornia’s Sierra Nevada snowpack got off to a slow start this winter.

Persons: ” Snow, We’ve, Edan, Lindaman Organizations: CNN, National Weather Service, Pacific Northwest, Sierra, Yosemite, National Park Service, Rockies, Storm, Sierra Nevada snowpack, California’s Department of Water Resources, US Environmental Protection Agency Locations: California, Reno , Nevada, Pacific, Klamath, Sierra Nevada, Northern California, Sierra, Reno

California’s central coast is at risk of “significant flooding,” with up to 5 inches (12 cm) of rain predicted for many areas, according to the weather service. Thunderstorms in valleys around the state capital on Monday could bring “brief tornadoes, large amounts of small hail, heavy rain, lightning, and gusty winds,” the weather service office in Sacramento warned on X, formerly Twitter. “Consider completing Sierra travel during the day Sunday, or rescheduling to later next week,” said the weather service office in Reno, Nevada. The office issued a backcountry avalanche watch for the greater Lake Tahoe area and the eastern Sierra in Inyo and Mono counties. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services activated its operations center Saturday and positioned personnel and equipment in areas most at risk.

Persons: Brayden Murdock, ”, “ It’s, Murdock, Flood Organizations: FRANCISCO, National Weather Service, Motorists, Sierra, The California Governor’s, Emergency Services Locations: California, Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Santa Lucia, Santa Ynez, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Southern California, Sierra Nevada, Reno , Nevada, Tahoe, Sierra, Inyo, Mono, The California

California's central coast is at risk of “significant flooding,” with up to 5 inches (12 cm) of rain predicted for many areas, according to the weather service. Flood watches and warnings were issued in coastal and mountain areas up and down the state. “Consider completing Sierra travel during the day Sunday, or rescheduling to later next week,” said the weather service office in Reno, Nevada. The office issued a backcountry avalanche watch for the greater Lake Tahoe area and the eastern Sierra in Inyo and Mono counties. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services activated its operations center Saturday and positioned personnel and equipment in areas most at risk.

Persons: Brayden Murdock, ”, “ It’s, Murdock, Flood Organizations: FRANCISCO, National Weather Service, Motorists, Sierra, The California Governor’s, Emergency Services Locations: Northern California, Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Santa Lucia, Santa Ynez, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Southern California, Sierra Nevada, Reno , Nevada, Tahoe, Sierra, Inyo, Mono, The California

☆ Atmospheric river: Definition, relationship to hurricanes, potential benefits, and more FAQs answered
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Atmospheric rivers are rivers of water vapors low in the Earth's atmosphere. Below, we answer some FAQs about atmospheric rivers. What causes an atmospheric river? Atmospheric rivers and hurricanes have a few things in common, Cordeira said, but "the processes in the atmosphere that give rise to a hurricane are different than the processes that give rise to atmospheric rivers." In 1994, MIT researchers Yong Zhu and Reginald E. Newell published a paper about "atmospheric rivers and bombs."

Persons: Jason Cordeira, Cordeira, El, it's, Carlos Barria, they're, Yong Zhu, Reginald E, Newell, Ralph et al Organizations: Service, Los Angeles Times, Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Center, Western, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, West, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, REUTERS, MIT, University of California Locations: West Coast, Southern California, Mississippi, California, California , Oregon, Washington, Europe, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, West, Bolinas , California, Hawaii, San Diego

Classes were canceled Monday for schools across Santa Barbara County, which was devastated by mudslides caused by powerful storms in 2018. Evacuation orders and warnings were in effect for mountain and canyon areas of Monterey, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. As of Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest, said it was planning to open schools as usual Monday. ___Associated Press videographer Eugene Garcia in Ventura, Calif., and radio reporter Julie Walker in New York contributed to this report.

Persons: Alexis Herrera, ” Herrera, Ryan Kittell, ”, Lindsay Horvath, ” Horvath, Gavin Newsom, Alberto Carvalho, videographer Eugene Garcia, Julie Walker Organizations: ANGELES, San Francisco Bay Area, Sunday, San Francisco International, Palisades, Central, Gov, Emergency Services, Los Angeles Unified School District, Associated Locations: California, San Francisco Bay, San Jose, Southern California, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Sacramento, San Francisco, Sierra Nevada, Hawaii, Northern California, Monterey, San Luis Obispo County, Los Angeles, LA, Topanga, Soledad, Los Angeles , Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Ventura counties, Southern, Ventura , Calif, New York

☆ Pineapple express: An intense atmospheric river slams into California, threatening to flood roads and trigger mudslides
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Tina Burnside | Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is moving into California Sunday, bringing the potential for “life-threatening” flooding, mudslides and widespread power outages as it dumps heavy rain and snow. A more widespread Level 3 risk exists for much of coastal California, including San Francisco. • A month’s worth of rain possible in Los Angeles: In Central and Southern California, widespread rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches are expected – more than a month’s worth of rain for most. Parts of the central and southern coastline of the state are expected to see the most significant amounts of rain and flooding. Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesThe impact from powerful onshore winds will be felt across northern and central California through Sunday, eventually shifting to southern California into Sunday night, the National Weather Service said.

Persons: •, Hilary, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, San, ” Eric Schoening, Schoening, Nancy Ward, ” Ward, “, ”, Ward, Genaro Molina Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Mayor, National Weather Service, Sunday, California Governor’s, Emergency Services, Los Angeles Times Locations: California, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Southern California, San Francisco, Central, San José, Ventura County, Redding, San Diego, Nevada, Sierra Nevada, Angeles, Long Beach , California

☆ Atmospheric River Could Bring ‘Dangerous’ Conditions to Southern California
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It could rain for days in Southern California starting on Saturday night, potentially in record amounts, creating the conditions for what the National Weather Service described as a “very dangerous situation” Sunday into Monday. The storm system is also expected to bring several feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada, and powerful onshore winds and intense, damaging surf along the California coast. The effects of this system will begin to be felt in California on Saturday evening, and will last through Tuesday. This atmospheric river will be stronger than the last two. This storm will connect to an atmospheric river, a stream of moisture in the sky that is typically a couple of hundred miles wide and can be seen on satellite imagery.

Organizations: National Weather Service, Weather Service Locations: Southern California, Sierra Nevada, California, Bay, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Hawaii

Here's a look at the phenomenon:___WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting much of the moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes. While traditional cold winter storms out of the north Pacific build the Sierra snowpack, atmospheric rivers tend to be warm. ___WHERE DID THE TERM ATMOSPHERIC RIVER COME FROM? Atmospheric rivers are often referred to as ARs.

Persons: Yong Zhu, Reginald E, Newell Organizations: National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, . Geological Survey, U.S ., Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Center, Western, California -, NOAA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Locations: California, Hawaii, West Coast, United States, Mississippi, U.S . West Coast, Sierra Nevada, California - Nevada

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers drenched Northern California on Thursday, flooding roads while triggering statewide storm preparations and calls for people to get ready for powerful downpours, heavy snow and damaging winds. Forecasters also said the Central Coast could see waves up to 18 feet (5.4 meters) high on Thursday and Friday. The storm came a week after heavy rain caused flooding that inundated homes and overturned cars in the county. Last winter, California was battered by numerous drought-busting atmospheric rivers that unleashed extensive flooding, big waves that hammered shoreline communities and extraordinary snowfall that crushed buildings. ___Associated Press journalists Nic Coury in Capitola, California, and Scott Sonner in Reno, Nevada, contributed to this report.

Persons: Brian Ferguson, Cal OES, ” Ferguson, Joshua Whitby, “ There’s, ” Whitby, Daniel Swain, Swain, Snow, Nic Coury, Scott Sonner Organizations: ANGELES, San, San Francisco Bay Area, National Weather Service, Bay, Service, California Governor’s, Emergency Services, University of California, Yosemite National, Associated Locations: Northern California, San Francisco Bay, Coast, Central, Pacifica, San Mateo County, Humboldt County, Eureka, San Diego County, Hawaii, California, Oregon, San Diego, Capitola, Monterey Bay, Los Angeles, Sierra Nevada, Sierra, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Reno , Nevada, Capitola , California

☆ The 15 most expensive U.S. neighborhoods per square foot—No. 1 is 2,000% higher than average
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The cost per square foot in South of Market — also known as SoMa — is $5,415. Just over 120 miles away is Northwest Auburn, California, the second-highest priced U.S. neighborhood at $4,416 per square foot. The Old Town neighborhood of the beachside California town of Carpinteria comes in third in the rankings, with a cost per square foot of $4,129. In contrast, the Homewood North neighborhood in Pittsburgh ranks last amongst the 20,000 neighborhoods examined for the study, with homes costing $29 per square foot. The rankings are based on average price per square foot data for U.S. homes using Homes.com listing data.

Persons: — Organizations: Northwest Auburn, Downtown, Port Royal, Stinson, Casa, Fisher, Hudson, downtown, Rush, Homes Locations: San Francisco, U.S, Market, Auburn , California, Carpinteria, California, Downtown Bellevue, Bellevue , Washington, Naples, Florida, Shores, Stinson Beach , California, Hibiscus Islands, Miami Beach , Florida, Newport Beach , California, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, , New York City, Hill , New York City, Miami, downtown San Francisco, Northwest Auburn , California, Sierra Nevada, Auburn, Sacramento, Old, Homewood, Pittsburgh, Montana , South Dakota , Wyoming, North Dakota, Virginia

☆ Ski season needs fresh snow. Resorts are struggling as the climate crisis forces them to rely on fake snow to make money.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For Brendan Gibbons, snow rules the day. "I used to say, 'We'll get our snow," Gibbons, director of snow services for Palisades Tahoe, told Business Insider. "The entire business model and opportunities for profit are getting squeezed into a shorter season with lower quality snow," Mankin said. He worries that little ski towns will suffer the most as the climate crisis worsens and potentially consolidate into larger conglomerates. Areas where average winter temperatures exceed -8 degrees Celcius, or 17 degrees Fahrenheit, will lose more and more snowpack with each degree of warming.

Persons: Brendan Gibbons, Gibbons, Justin Mankin, haven't, they've, Mankin Organizations: Service, Business, Palisades, Northern Hemisphere, Northeastern, Dartmouth College Locations: Sierra Nevada, Southwestern, Europe, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Mankin, Palisade, Business

☆ 'Powerful' storm dumps heavy rain over East Coast with 59M under flood alerts
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-18 | by ( Angela Yang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The East Coast is reeling from the impacts with almost 700,000 people across New England and New York without power as of 1 p.m., according to PowerOutage.us . "The associated heavy rain will create mainly localized areas of flash flooding, with urban areas, roads and small streams the most vulnerable," the weather service said. In New York City, a travel advisory is in effect due to flooding conditions on roads, power outages and high winds on bridges. In New York City, a travel advisory is in effect because of flooding conditions on roads, power outages and high winds on bridges. By the end of today, every single state on the East Coast will have experienced at least 2 inches of rain.

Persons: There's, Eric Adams, Sean Smith, Warden Stefan Pratt, Yasmeen Persaud Organizations: Charleston, Big Apple, NYC Emergency Management, New, New York City Emergency Management Office, Danbury Emergency Management Office, Boston's Massachusetts College of Art, Amtrak, Central Maine Power, Hillsdale Fire Department, NBC News, LaGuardia, Boston Logan International Airport, Boston Logan International Locations: Elmsford , New York, New England, New York, Florida, Carolinas, Charleston, Gainesville , Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Maine, New York City, Manhattan, In Connecticut, Danbury, Providence , Rhode Island, Boston, New Jersey, Hillsdale , New Jersey, Glendale, Moretown , Vermont, Brookhaven Calabro, Shirley , New York, Canada, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Indiana, Lake Erie, Ohio, West, Sierra Nevada

A Boeing E-4B "Doomsday Plane" military aircraft takes off at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, U.S., May 11, 2022. The Air Force, which plans to award a SAOC contract in 2024, declined to comment on whether other firms had submitted bids. "We cannot discuss an active source selection and detailed program information is classified," an Air Force spokesperson said. "Rest assured, we haven't signed any fixed-price development contracts nor (do we) intend to," Brian West, Boeing's chief financial officer, said in October. The Air Force currently operates four E-4B aircraft with at least one on alert at all times.

Persons: Tom Brenner, haven't, Brian West, Valerie Insinna, Mike Stone, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Boeing, Joint Base Andrews, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Air Force, Sierra Nevada Corp, Survivable Airborne Operations Center, The Air Force, Air Force, U.S, Pentagon, Thomson Locations: Maryland, U.S, Washington

Fish and Wildlife Service follows more than two decades of disputes over the risks of climate change, and threats to the long-term survival of the elusive species. They also said habitat loss due to climate change — combined with other problems such as increased development such as houses and roads — will likely harm wolverine populations. Environmentalists have argued in multiple lawsuits against the Fish and Wildlife Service that wolverines face localized extinction from climate change, habitat fragmentation and low genetic diversity. The wildlife service received a petition to protect wolverines in 2000 and the agency recommended protections in 2010. Wolverine trapping was once legal in states including Montana.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Matt Rosendale, it's, “, ”, Timothy Preso, who's, I’m, –, We’ll, Matt Bishop, there's, Obama Organizations: wolverine, wolverines, Wolverines, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Wildlife Service, Western Environmental Law Center, Trump Locations: Mont, U.S, Rocky, Alaska, Florida, Montana, Sierra Nevada, Montana , Wyoming , Idaho, Washington, California , Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Canada

☆ Wolverines receive protections as threatened species
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The North American wolverine has officially been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and will receive long-anticipated federal protections, US officials announced Wednesday, as the climate crisis melts away their snowy mountain habitats. “Based on the best available science, this listing determination will help to stem the long-term impact and enhance the viability of wolverines in the contiguous United States.”Adding wolverines to the list triggers legal protections for the threatened species under various environmental laws, preventing the population from further declining. The last time the species had been sighted in the region was between 2008 and 2018, according to scientists, though they have already been listed as threatened species under California’s Endangered Species Act. Conservationists and scientists have been calling for federal protections for years now, with some environmental groups like the Center for Biological Diversity even taking legal action. Despite the new science and growing calls for federal protections, initial proposals to protect the species were rejected in 2020 under former President Donald Trump.

Persons: wolverine, ”, Hugh Morrison, Donald Trump, Biden, “ I’m, ” Andrea Zaccardi, they’re Organizations: CNN, wolverines, Wildlife Service Pacific Regional, ”, Yosemite National, Forest, Federal, Center for Biological, and Wildlife Service, Center for Biological Diversity, Fish and Wildlife Service Locations: United States, North America, Rocky, Alaska, Canada, Sierra Nevada, Yosemite, Inyo

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The National Weather Service issued advisories Saturday along the California-Nevada line ahead of an early winter storm that could bring more than a foot (30 centimeters) of snow to the upper elevations of the Sierra and winds gusting up to 100 mph (160 kph) over ridgetops. The winter weather advisories, in effect from 4 p.m. Saturday through 4 a.m. Sunday, stretched from the Lake Tahoe area near Reno to south of Yosemite National Park, including Mammoth Lakes, California. Three to 8 inches (7 to 20 centimeters) of snow was expected above elevations of 6,500 feet (1,980 meters), with as much as 14 inches (35 centimeters) above 8,000 feet (2,440 meters). “Plan on slippery road conditions and poor visibility with snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour (2.5 to 5 centimeters) in heavier bands,” the weather service in Reno said. Strong winds could cause tree damage, blowing snow and hazardous boating conditions on Lake Tahoe with waves 2 to 4 feet (60 to 122 centimeters) high, it said.

Organizations: National Weather Service, California -, Yosemite National Locations: RENO, Nev, California, California - Nevada, ridgetops, Reno, Yosemite, Mammoth Lakes , California, Tahoe

☆ Sierra Space lays off hundreds in push toward first Dream Chaser spaceplane launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former Sierra Space employees told CNBC that the layoffs included a significant number of contractors, with the cuts including hundreds of personnel in total. Sierra Space this week shipped the first Dream Chaser, named Tenacity, for pre-launch testing at NASA's Armstrong facility in Ohio. The first Dream Chaser launch was previously scheduled for late last year, but delays in the development of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket pushed back that timeline. Dream Chaser is planned to launch on ULA's second Vulcan mission, with the first Vulcan launch targeting December. Dream Chaser has won NASA contracts to fly seven cargo missions to and from the International Space Station.

Persons: Eren, Sierra, Jeff Babione, Gupta Organizations: CNBC, Sierra Space, NASA's Armstrong, Sierra, Sierra Nevada Corp, Fatih, Sierra Space's, Space, NASA Space Shuttle, United, Vulcan, NASA, International Space Locations: The Colorado, Sierra, Ohio

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