"It's definitely a great mountain, a smaller and prettier mountain." ...

The sale of Loyalton Ranch comes 175 years after the Washoe people were forced from lands during the Gold Rush.

At 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, the National Weather Service reported an avalanche watch in effect until Monday Feb. 16, at 8 a.m. for the Greater Lake Tahoe Area.

The scene is familiar every Friday afternoon in winter in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Valley. Thousands of cars ...