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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>About 140 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Mountain was about to break a more than 30-year record for monthly snowfall, resort spokesman Justin Romano said. Skiers and snowboarders should be able to reach the slopes as long as they have chains or snow tires, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resort has already gotten 163 inches of snow this month, just five inches shy of its snowfall record for February, set in 1986.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms heavily damaged — and in some places destroyed — parts of roads leading to Idyllwild and other mountain communities about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, but access was not cut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews were starting repairs on State Routes 74 and 243. A route combining surviving portions of the two mountain highways and a county road kept the communities connected to the world, but authorities urged outsiders to leave the tenuous route to residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725974/what-happens-when-the-next-big-wildfire-hits\">What Happens When the Next Big Wildfire Hits?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725974/what-happens-when-the-next-big-wildfire-hits\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/CalFire1-1000x707.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"We're discouraging tourism and snow play up there this weekend,\" California Department of Transportation spokeswoman Terri Kasinga said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highways also were damaged in the nearby San Bernardino Mountains, where ski resorts around Big Bear Lake have an abundance of snow. Kasinga said those routes would be open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other parts of California, crews turned to cleanup after a storm Thursday led to at least three deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman pulled from rising water in a flood-control channel in Corona, southeast of Los Angeles, had a heart attack and died. About 50 miles east, a man was found dead after floodwaters swept him away in a rural community. A man's body also was recovered from a fast-flowing creek in Escondido, northeast of San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winter weather extended into Arizona and the Rocky Mountains.\u003cbr>\nFirefighters rescued a motorist who called 911 to report that runoff swept his car down a wash in Tucson, Arizona. In northern Arizona, a handful of popular recreation areas around the red-rock resort town of Sedona closed because of heavy flooding. More storms were expected to drop snow in northern Arizona this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, road crews worked to clear avalanches that had closed mountain highways and to ease the threat of more slides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you were one of the people in the Bay Area who skipped out on work on Friday to take advantage of a long weekend of fresh powder in the Sierra Nevada, you might've gotten more than you bargained for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A full 5 feet of snow fell at Castle Peak on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service, with Squaw-Alpine getting just more than 4 feet. The heavy snow led Caltrans to close Interstate 80 and Highway 50 on Saturday afternoon. Highway 50 reopened late Sunday morning, and Interstate 80 followed suit a few hours later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1094672124818661378\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Squaw Valley Ski Resort closed on Sunday because of avalanche danger, and a winter storm warning is in effect for coastal areas through 4 p.m. Sunday and for elevations above 2,500 ft. through 4 a.m. Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area, for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723370/bay-area-peaks-could-get-some-snow-overnight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second time\u003c/a> this month, got a little dusting of snow on our mountain peaks too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/gwilliamz/status/1094626490824572928\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11725214 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Tam-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tamalpais\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Tam-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Tam-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Tam-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Tam.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Tamalpais \u003ccite>(Lee Adams)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11725217 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Larry-Medina-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Diablo\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Larry-Medina-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Larry-Medina-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Larry-Medina-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Larry-Medina.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo \u003ccite>(Larry Medina)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11725206 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Jill-Gerstenberger-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Diablo\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Jill-Gerstenberger-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Jill-Gerstenberger-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Jill-Gerstenberger-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Jill-Gerstenberger-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Jill-Gerstenberger-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Mt.-Diablo-Jill-Gerstenberger.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo \u003ccite>(Jill Gerstenberger)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the real action was farther north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11725204\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Carly-Yaris-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A Toyota Yaris buried by snow on Lake Tahoe Boulevard.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Carly-Yaris-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Carly-Yaris-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Carly-Yaris-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Carly-Yaris-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Carly-Yaris-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Carly-Yaris.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Toyota Yaris buried by snow on Lake Tahoe Boulevard. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725227\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truckee-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11725227\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truckee-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truckee-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truckee-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truckee.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Truckee \u003ccite>(Lauren Tapia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11725203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Kings-Beach-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Kings Beach\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Kings-Beach-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, 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Donner Pass. \u003ccite>(David DeLoney)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11725200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truck-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A white truck made even whiter by all of the snow at Donner Pass.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truck-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truck-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truck-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truck-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truck-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Truck.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A white truck made even whiter by all of the snow at Donner Pass. \u003ccite>(David DeLoney)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A deadly wildfire burning in the Sierra National Forest, west of Yosemite National Park, has scorched more than 4,000 acres of dry brush along rugged terrain, and is causing smoky, hazy conditions in Yosemite Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, which ignited late Friday evening, is being fueled by hot conditions and steep terrain, according to fire officials. It was only 2 percent contained as of early Sunday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fire is burning in a very steep terrain,” said Sierra National Forest spokesman Alex Olow. “And given that, there is what we call roll out, which causes embers to roll down, which catches areas that haven’t burned yet, and of course they start to burn, which can cause the fire to grow in size.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olow said high temperatures Saturday evening — hovering near 90 degrees Fahrenheit — also contributed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926996/something-else-adding-fuel-to-californias-fire-season-warmer-nights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">difficult conditions overnight\u003c/a>, and those high temperatures remain a concern for firefighters as they continue to battle the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only are they fighting a fire where they’re getting fairly close and experiencing that heat, but they’re also exerting and expending energies in extremely hot weather,” he said. “So safety is always a concern for the firefighters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Saturday morning, 36-year old Heavy Fire Equipment Operator Braden Varney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11680606/firefighter-killed-fighting-blaze-near-yosemite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died battling the blaze\u003c/a>, when his bulldozer overturned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That does affect the morale of firefighters,” Olow said. “But we also know that we have a job that needs to get done, so we do work together to do that. We’ll take the time for mourning when we get the job done, even though it is on the [minds] of everybody as they are out there working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olow said fire officials are working to make sure no more casualties occur with firefighters keeping an eye on one another at all times while they battle the wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Yosemite National Park officials, a stretch of California Highway 140 into the park remains closed due to the blaze, and they’re urging visitors to find alternate routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/YosemiteNPS/status/1018214768824315905\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite visitors should expect delays getting into the park due to the California Highway 140 closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had some increased volume of traffic at the other gates because traffic has been rerouted,” said Yosemite National Park spokeswoman Jamie Richards. “It’s July in Yosemite, so traffic is already going to be busy, and with one of our main entrances closed, it’s added to the volume at the other entrances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials shut off electricity to many areas as a safety precaution on Saturday, including Yosemite Valley — a popular area for tourists — forcing key areas in the park to rely on generator power. But park officials said on Sunday that commercial power has been restored to many areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of the Valley is back on commercial power,” Richards said. “There may be places in the park that are still on generators, but Yosemite National Park is prepared for power outages for a variety of reasons, so you didn’t notice any interruption in your day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards said because the fire has grown, visitors should be aware that there are impacts from smoke in the park. “If you are a visitor in Yosemite Valley, visibility has been impacted by smoke and haze in the air,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A view of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park just after noon on Sunday, July 15, 2018, with haze from the Ferguson Fire burning nearby.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park just after noon on Sunday, July 15, 2018, with haze from the Ferguson Fire burning nearby. \u003ccite>(Yosemite Conservancy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680703\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31803_Real-Half-Dome-Haze-qut-800x593.jpg\" alt=\"A view of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park just after noon on Sunday, July 15, 2018, with haze from the Ferguson Fire burning nearby.\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31803_Real-Half-Dome-Haze-qut-800x593.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31803_Real-Half-Dome-Haze-qut-160x119.jpg 160w, 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noon on Sunday, July 15, 2018, with haze from the Ferguson Fire burning nearby. \u003ccite>(Yosemite Conservancy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Park officials are also warning visitors with health issues to take note of the fire. “If you have any health issues related to smoke or respiratory issues, you may want to think about minimizing your strenuous activities outdoors if you’re in the valley,” Richards said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District on Sunday issued a health cautionary statement for Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno and Tulare counties due to the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards said Yosemite officials are giving resources toward the firefighting effort and continue to monitor the situation carefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are aware of living in fire country, and we have really highly trained professionals that are ready for the call,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is life in the Sierra 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But park officials said on Sunday that commercial power has been restored to many areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of the Valley is back on commercial power,” Richards said. “There may be places in the park that are still on generators, but Yosemite National Park is prepared for power outages for a variety of reasons, so you didn’t notice any interruption in your day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richards said because the fire has grown, visitors should be aware that there are impacts from smoke in the park. “If you are a visitor in Yosemite Valley, visibility has been impacted by smoke and haze in the air,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS31804_El-Capitan-Haze-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A view of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park just after noon on Sunday, 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s hardly surprising that visitors to a remote ghost town like Bodie, California, would leave feeling … unsettled. What’s unusual is just how many of them are convinced the place is actually \u003cem>cursed\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, it has been said that removing anything — even a rock — from this eerily preserved Gold Rush town in the hills east of Yosemite will bring bad luck, health problems and even mysterious accidents upon a person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legend might be easier to dismiss if not for the sheer number of letters the Bodie State Historic Park receives every month from remorseful visitors. They’re writing not only to confess to taking something from the town, but also to return their “cursed” stolen items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“Dear Bodie… I’m sorry that I took this piece of metal from the town. I thought it was all a joke but it wasn’t at all. Things are happening that are very hard to explain.”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>– From a letter to Bodie, 2003\u003c/cite>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the most curious thing about the “Curse of Bodie” isn’t how deeply people believe in it — it’s how it began. This myth originated with a truly unlikely source, and it has had an effect they did not expect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the Bay Curious podcast takes you on a road trip to this one-of-a-kind place. Listen to the show using the audio player above, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640709/how-this-ghost-towns-curse-backfired-on-park-rangers\">read more over at \u003cem>The California Report\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>,\u003c/em> where this story first appeared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11654189\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11654189\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS28800_DSC_0833-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dechambeau Hotel and Odd Fellows Hall in Bodie \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:06 p.m. Saturday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Turping was snowboarding with her boyfriend when she heard someone scream \"Avalanche!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Turping, 39, saw \"a cloud of snow coming down.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The avalanche that hit Friday at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort caught five people — one day after a snowboarder died there during a blizzard as a winter storm rolled through California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm that steamrollered through the Sierra Nevada continues to threaten more rain and snow through Saturday afternoon in Southern California, a few hundred miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this morning, another avalanche prompted the closure of Mammoth Mountain ski resort, south of Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mono County Sheriff's department says three people were partially buried but unhurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service said mountains in Ventura and Los Angeles counties could see up to a foot of new snow at higher elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other areas could see some showers before an eastward-moving low-pressure trough moved on but forecasters said it wouldn't be enough to cause major flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"I04cHBwSHDGJ5FvkWdFwyhJKjA5NcO3k\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was a relief to residents of the coastal foothill town of Montecito, northwest of Los Angeles. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm that steamrollered through the Sierra Nevada continues to threaten more rain and snow through Saturday afternoon in Southern California, a few hundred miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this morning, another avalanche prompted the closure of Mammoth Mountain ski resort, south of Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mono County Sheriff's department says three people were partially buried but unhurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service said mountains in Ventura and Los Angeles counties could see up to a foot of new snow at higher elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other areas could see some showers before an eastward-moving low-pressure trough moved on but forecasters said it wouldn't be enough to cause major flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was a relief to residents of the coastal foothill town of Montecito, northwest of Los Angeles. The Santa Barbara County town was ravaged by mudslide in January that killed 21 people and inundated hundreds of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders affecting up to 30,000 people on the south Santa Barbara County coast were issued Wednesday but lifted Friday after the worst of the rain passed without significant damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have come through this with minimal impact,\" said Rob Lewin, director of the county Office of Emergency management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11653676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Jin Joo shovels his driveway near Lake Tahoe after a blizzard dumped 3 feet (1 meter) of snow in the Sierra Nevadas.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jin Joo shovels his driveway near Lake Tahoe after a blizzard on Friday dumped 3 feet (1 meter) of snow in the Sierra Nevada. \u003ccite>(Leslie McClurg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Nevada avalanche Friday afternoon injured two people, one seriously. Three others escaped without being hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Turping saw the massive avalanche passed only a foot in front of her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman screamed that her husband was missing and someone spotted a snowboard poking out of the snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's what saved his life,\" Turping said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I took my gloves off and I helped dig him out,\" she said. \"When he got uncovered, a ski patroller said, 'You were under for six minutes.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man wasn't seriously hurt and was able to snowboard back down the mountain, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The skiers and snowboarders were within areas open to skiing at the time and the guests had been warned of the potential danger, Squaw Valley spokeswoman Liesl Hepburn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resort used explosives and other tools to knock down snow to prevent avalanches throughout the day but the snowfall was heavy, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had assessed the area to be safe to open to the public and unfortunately an avalanche did occur after that assessment was made,\" Hepburn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The avalanche occurred hours after the body of a missing snowboarder was found at the same resort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wenyu Zhang, 42, vanished Thursday as the region was hit by a blizzard packing winds gusting to nearly 150 mph (241 kph) over the ridge tops. It dumped 3 feet (1 meter) of snow in the mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A blizzard warning expired Friday but whiteout conditions were still possible around Lake Tahoe, where a winter storm warning remained in effect until 10 a.m. this morning, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>This is going to be a big year for one of the state’s smallest agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As California redoubles its efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, officials are rooting around for new ways to meet the state’s goals. Included in their plan: recruiting billions of redwood, oak and pine trees to help diminish planet-warming gases by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a major pivot, from regulating harmful emissions solely from factories and cars to calling on nature to pitch in. Officials say 2018 is the moment for the state to harness -- and fully measure -- the role forests can play in addressing the pressing problems of wildfires and the dangerous releases of carbon that occur when millions of forested acres burn. Both issues are accelerating in alarming, parallel lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good bit of the work will fall to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sierranevadaconservancy.ca.gov/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sierra Nevada Conservancy\u003c/a>, one of 10 conservancies within the state’s Natural Resources Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group -- two dozen multitasking scientists, biologists and planners in a nondescript office park in Auburn, an old gold-rush town in the Sierra foothills -- was born in 2004 with a mandate nearly as vast as the region. Like the state’s iconic coastline, the Sierra Nevada mountains are a defining feature of California, rising sharply to dizzying elevations, topping out at Mount Whitney’s 14,500 feet, the highest peak in the lower 48 states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The range, tracing the spine of the state across 22 counties from the Oregon border to deep inside the Mojave Desert south of Bakersfield, holds most of California’s forested land and is the source of 60 percent of the state’s drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conservancy is charged with restoring the Sierra’s environmental and economic health, on a modest $4.5 million annual operating budget derived entirely from the environmental license-plate fund. The bulk of its work, such as facilitating research and making grants for forest and watershed restoration projects, is paid for with state bond money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"QBUTED6Xau5cVVjZhg7GZ45Hexkkj63k\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group has no bulldozers or chain saws; it’s largely a clearinghouse and planning entity. But its casual work space lacks the stuffiness of Capitol offices: jeans and hiking boots substitute for Sacramento’s skinny suits and wing-tip shoes. Even with an already full to-do list, executive director Jim Branham says, the organization is ready to take on an expanded role policing carbon in the region’s forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a sense of urgency,” Branham said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra forests are overgrown and susceptible to both fire and pests, Branham noted. Last year was the most destructive fire year on record, and the state and national forests within California’s boundaries are strewn with 129 million dead trees, felled by flames, disease and insects. Years of drought, disease and dead wood fed the infernos. The extent of forest loss could not have been foreseen, Branham said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the best scientists in the world have looked at this and didn’t come close to predicting what happened,” he said. “Our worst fears were nowhere near what actually happened. It’s been far worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/252242317\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the conservancy’s unique job to fashion a response appealing to a mosaic of land owners -- including the federal government, whose land is included in the conservancy’s brief. The federal component alone is a contentious issue for some of the three-quarter-million Sierra residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sprawling Sierra, its deep forests studded with icy blue lakes, is not just a geological divide but also a political one. Towns tucked into these foothills and mountains are often deeply conservative and proudly self-sufficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents are of the opinion that government -- Sacramento and Washington alike -- is already too present in their lives and businesses. The California Farm Bureau was on record opposing the establishment of the conservancy. When the Legislature created it, some locals looked askance at what they anticipated would be yet another bureaucratic agency bossing them around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doug Teeter was among those residents. Teeter, who is on the Butte County Board of Supervisors, said increasing limits on the use of off-road vehicles and other recreation on federal lands had caused him to harbor anti-government views. When it became his turn to sit on the conservancy’s 16-member board, he was skeptical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hesitant,” he said, fearing the influence of outside environmentalists would impose their will on the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the agency often conceives of and oversees projects, it does not have the staff to undertake them, instead funding local, state or federal agencies and groups. When it became clear that the conservancy’s focus was clearing out forests and shoring up watersheds, Teeter was won over. The agency has doled out $60 million in grants since its inception, rather than hand down edicts, and that has gone a long way to win over locals, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"GSqHFJw4R7ViGNwU81guw9YsR3emxzhM\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My community has been a big recipient of SNC grants,” Teeter said. Grants to Butte County have gone to restoration of natural streams, the thinning of forests for fire safety and a wastewater project in the town of Paradise, near Chico. “I see the on-the-ground effort that the conservancy has made in our community. Money talks, and people listen when they want that money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra had a once-booming economy as the center of the gold rush and timber cutting, but those industries are in the rearview mirror. Today, people are hurting. Branham, who has been running the conservancy since its inception and is sensitive to local sentiment, found a way to marry the needs of the forest to the economy. He made a strategic decision to achieve results by bringing together groups historically indisposed to sitting at the same table: county officials, timber companies, environmental groups and federal land managers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacking the regulatory teeth to force landowners or counties to act, the conservancy took a soft-power approach, acting as a broker to champion projects that either employed local businesses or boosted the region’s economy through forest clearing or watershed projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restoring forests is “a tremendous economic driver” Branham said. “That’s the other part of our mission. It puts people to work and produces material from, the forest. It was a pretty nice fit to say this ecological restoration initiative across the region serves to make the environment healthier, but it can also serve to make the economy work better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scope of the conservancy’s mission narrowed after the devastating 2013 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/tag/rim-fire/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rim Fire\u003c/a>, which raged for more than a year, burning a quarter-million acres of forest in the central Sierra. That fire made it clear the conservancy could not mend every broken place in its portfolio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11644323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Flames from the Rim Fire consume trees on August 25, 2013 near Groveland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11644323\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RimFire-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flames from the Rim Fire consume trees on August 25, 2013 near Groveland. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since then, Branham said, the agency’s work has focused more on forest thinning to minimize fire threats and sustain healthier trees, which stabilize slopes that store valuable water underground. That work clearly dovetails with the state’s interest in using forests to capture carbon emissions and finding ways to reduce the significant carbon release that accompanies massive wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conservancy has recently partnered with Cal Fire, which is turning over $5 million in proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade system for reducing harmful emissions. The money will pay for forest and watershed restoration around Lake Tahoe that is expected to create multiple benefits: Clearing crowded forests allows more healthy trees to grow, take in and store carbon in the ground and stabilize soils that hold water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I applaud the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s work to increase the amount of carbon captured by our forests,” said state Sen. Bob Wieckowski, a Democrat from Fremont who chairs the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. “The more we can rely on our green infrastructure and let nature help us to mitigate climate change... The better off we will be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even the most generous of grants, welcome as they are, don’t go a long way across a vast landscape. A $25 million grant from a state water bond was greeted with excitement but tempered by the enormity of the Sierra itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought, ‘Awesome, that’s, uh, … one … dollar …. per… acre,’“ said Brittany Covich, the agency’s outreach manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More money and political will may be available this year, from more cap-and-trade revenue and funding directed by the state Air Resources Board to manage greenhouse gases. 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That work clearly dovetails with the state’s interest in using forests to capture carbon emissions and finding ways to reduce the significant carbon release that accompanies massive wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conservancy has recently partnered with Cal Fire, which is turning over $5 million in proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade system for reducing harmful emissions. The money will pay for forest and watershed restoration around Lake Tahoe that is expected to create multiple benefits: Clearing crowded forests allows more healthy trees to grow, take in and store carbon in the ground and stabilize soils that hold water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I applaud the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s work to increase the amount of carbon captured by our forests,” said state Sen. Bob Wieckowski, a Democrat from Fremont who chairs the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. “The more we can rely on our green infrastructure and let nature help us to mitigate climate change... The better off we will be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even the most generous of grants, welcome as they are, don’t go a long way across a vast landscape. A $25 million grant from a state water bond was greeted with excitement but tempered by the enormity of the Sierra itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought, ‘Awesome, that’s, uh, … one … dollar …. per… acre,’“ said Brittany Covich, the agency’s outreach manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More money and political will may be available this year, from more cap-and-trade revenue and funding directed by the state Air Resources Board to manage greenhouse gases. 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"content": "\u003cp>Two years ago, near the end of California's devastating drought, Tom Moore stood on the banks of the depleted Kern River in Southern California and looked out at the slow-moving waters dejectedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We call that a creek,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/04/03/397325268/californias-ongoing-drought-hits-water-recreation-businesses\">he said of the mighty Kern\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore is the owner of Sierra South, a whitewater recreation company in Kernville. And with the drought, there wasn't much in the way of whitewater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, how things change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A wet winter and near-record snowpack have left the Sierra Nevada buried in a deep, lingering snow; \u003ca href=\"http://freeskier.com/stories/go-skiing-in-california-fourth-of-july\">ski resorts\u003c/a> in Northern California are still open. But as temperatures have risen, melting some of that snow, so too have the state's waterways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a creek,\" Moore says, looking out at the Kern River on a recent hot summer day. \"This is a raging river.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NathanRott/status/880253349295120388\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change in the water's behavior has been good for Moore and whitewater sports enthusiasts -- professional kayakers are flocking to the Kern. But it's also proved dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kern River has claimed the lives of eight people since March. The Los Angeles Times \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kern-river-4th-july-20170705-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports\u003c/a> that over the long holiday weekend, one more person died and two others went missing. And on Saturday, crews pulled out the body of a swimmer lost to the raging waters more than a week earlier. That body was identified as belonging to Michael Ramirez, a member of the Orange County underground hip-hop group Rebellion Warfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency workers worry there will be more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not the same river [people] may have visited last year,\" says Sgt. Zack Bittle, with Kern County Search and Rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/534877196/535348114\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water is 10 times stronger than it was a year ago, Bittle says. Riverbanks are less stable. Vegetation and brush that had grown on low shorelines during the drought are now submerged, creating invisible, underwater hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can't recommend going in the river this year. It's just insane,\" Bittle says. He adds that if you must go in the water, to be sure to take an expert guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The power of the Kern River is partly due to geography. The Kern River draws its waters from the base of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the continental U.S., more than 2 miles above sea level. From there, the snowmelt races down narrow canyons and chutes, past Kernville, to the flat, flax-colored floor of the Central Valley below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drop in elevation and surrounding geology give the Kern River oomph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NathanRott/status/879878082366132224\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the issues with snowmelt aren't unique to Kern this year. Up and down the Sierra Nevada, waterways are flooding with snowmelt. Further up California's Central Valley, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kings-river-flooding-snowpack-20170626-story.html\">homeowners were evacuated\u003c/a> when the King River breached the riverbank. Reservoirs are near full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compounding matters is the fact that water officials aren't entirely sure how much snow there is left to melt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we noticed during the heat wave is that the area of snow that is still covered up there didn't really reduce from one extent to the other,\" says David Rizzardo, of California's Department of Water Resources. \"There was just an incredible amount of depth. 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The concern water officials have is that this could become the new normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the worries with climate change is that we see extremes more often,\" Rizzardo says. \"And the extremes are even more extreme than we've seen in the past.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitewater recreation companies like Moore's firm are well aware of the unpredictability. They're booking rafting trips and padding their wallets for possible thin years ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"MYgvjGDQuqXyRnkNnGiDjrmWeeImTpX3\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some customers have been scared off by the recent deaths and the river's strength.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olivia Vantol is not one of them. The San Diego native is smiling as she hops off a raft and wades up to the shadowed banks of the Kern River on a recent day. 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"content": "\u003cp>LOS ANGELES — Anya Sellsted had scaled scary snow-covered passes and forded frightening rivers during her solo hike from Mexico to Canada when the hazards of California's gargantuan winter finally caught up to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While crossing a partly submerged log in Yosemite National Park, Sellsted was sucked under the tree and down the rushing creek. She gasped for air as the weight of her 55-pound (25-kilogram) backpack pushed her under the frigid water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one was within miles as she was battered and scraped on rocks before grasping branches and saving herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I couldn't stop screaming and shaking and crying,\" said Sellsted, who swigged whiskey to calm her nerves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sellsted is one of several hikers who reported harrowing incidents tackling the 2,650-mile (4,265-kilometer) Pacific Crest Trail across this year's massive snowpack, which has fed swift streams and turned the dream trip of a lifetime into a near-death nightmare for some.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fanya.ivanova.12%2Fposts%2F10154741148638105&width=500\" width=\"800\" height=\"742\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hikers have survived an avalanche, falls on snow and close calls in raging rivers. Most have retreated to lower ground and detoured the hazardous Sierra Nevada — the highest, most rugged section of the scenic trail running the length of California and through Oregon and Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hiking the trail is an arduous endurance test, but not particularly perilous. It has become more popular each year and draws more than 3,000 hikers from around the world trying to cover the entire length within six months, though fewer than a quarter finished last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ygoIWLji7U\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the length and likelihood of snow in the Sierra and Cascades, most hikers start in the Southern California desert in early spring with the hope that snow will melt by the time they reach alpine elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With hundreds of so-called thru-hikers entering the high Sierra early in the season, their experiences can serve as cautionary tales for others planning summer wilderness escapes. More than a dozen people have drowned in Sierra rivers at lower elevations, including one in Yosemite and three in Sequoia National Park, and rangers are warning hikers to think twice about crossing swift water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcus Mazzaferri, 25, of Seattle, narrowly survived an ordeal after falling in a swollen Yosemite creek and abandoning his pack so he could get to shore before being swept over a waterfall. He lost all his gear and had to do jumping jacks and run in circles all night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got lost hiking for help the next day and was beginning to despair when he heard a beeping sound and discovered a snow-plowing crew that took him to a ranger station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I remember the feeling of not being sure if I would survive or not,\" Mazzaferri said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tf1AwuyHnQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Photos and videos on social media show whitewater churning beneath shaky log crossings and shirtless hikers wading chest-deep in still waters with packs over their heads. On cliff-hanging Forester Pass, the trail's highest point at 13,200 feet (4,000 meters), snow cover makes for precarious footing. Majestic landscapes display endless expanses of white framed by craggy black and gray peaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jack Haskel of the Pacific Crest Trail Association urged hikers two weeks ago on Facebook to let more snow melt, saying he was worried someone would die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not really ready for us yet,\" he said. \"Conditions are more like mountaineering than backpacking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPCTAFan%2Fposts%2F10155698880662985&width=500\" width=\"800\" height=\"595\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brien Bower, 25, an experienced mountaineer from Seattle, said there were two mindsets among hikers approaching the high Sierra: those who said everyone was going to die and those going for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bower, who completed the trail two years ago, planned to turn around if he sensed danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was climbing on skis near the top of 11,978-foot (3,651-meter) Glen Pass in Kings Canyon National Park in late May when he stopped to check the snow's stability and triggered an avalanche. He hardly realized what happened before it carried him 400 feet (120 meters) — and off a 20-foot (6-meter) cliff — in about four seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His hip was sore, but remarkably, he stayed atop the slide and wasn't badly hurt. He left the mountains for a few days and returned farther north, where intimidating waters drove him from the trail again and he eventually quit after becoming sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are either continuing to get lucky or learning the skills on the job very fast,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"nMED9fXsx0HwjSkyOu6RkYWpwfrhF5py\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jake Gustafson, 21, a McDonald's manager from Pennsylvania, was pressing on with a friend despite \"fear mongering\" he read on social media. The worst thing he encountered were sunburned nostrils from solar reflection off snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're considered the daredevils,\" said Gustafson, who sends a \"Not dead yet\" message by satellite to his mother each night. \"We like the sense of danger, I guess.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sellsted, 31, who works at a Seattle architecture firm, lost track of how many times she used her ice ax to arrest falls on steep and slick snow. She had gotten accustomed to chilly water crossings before she nearly drowned June 5 in Rancheria Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After drying her gear, she carried on. 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"content": "\u003cp>You can celebrate America’s birthday in the surf or the snow this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two California ski resorts are still open. It is the fourth time \u003ca href=\"http://squawalpine.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows\u003c/a> has had enough snow for Fourth of July turns since the resort opened in 1949. \u003ca href=\"https://www.mammothmountain.com/winter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mammoth Mountain\u003c/a> predicts there may be enough snow to stay open through August.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’s a little like water skiing. But it’s great coverage so you can’t complain.’\u003ccite>Michael Visconti\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On a recent 80-degree Sunday, a stream of skiers and snowboarders in board shorts and tank tops tumbled out of the gondola at Squaw Valley. Nearby, a waterfall poured through a gap in the cliffs as the hot skies penetrated the snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clearly the bluebird skies are the highlight rather than the conditions. Skiers say the wet snow feels like gooey oatmeal, mashed potatoes or ice cream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As San Francisco resident Michael Visconti carved turns in the slush, a fan of water sprayed out from underneath his skis. “It’s a little like water skiing. But it’s great coverage so you can’t complain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bikinis and Costumes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peopled posed for photos on the slopes with Lake Tahoe’s turquoise waters glimmering in the distance. Women were dressed in slinky bikinis, black lingerie and red booty shorts, yet it was Visconti’s outfit that stole the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1754418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1754418 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/Visconti-e1498174012974-800x635.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/Visconti-e1498174012974-800x635.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/Visconti-e1498174012974-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/Visconti-e1498174012974-768x609.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/Visconti-e1498174012974-240x190.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/Visconti-e1498174012974-375x298.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/Visconti-e1498174012974-520x413.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/06/Visconti-e1498174012974.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael (L) and Katherine Visconti are skiing as many days as possible this summer. \u003ccite>(Lesley McClurg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve got my signature zebra pants,” said Visconti. “I’ve got this monster hat with light up eyes and pink fur. It seems to be incredibly popular with the five-year-old crowd who want to know what kind of monster I am.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dangerous Waters\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the liquid running off the mountain has lifted water levels in Lake Tahoe to capacity. Water managers are releasing as much runoff as possible through the Lake Tahoe Dam at the mouth of the Truckee River. Usually the upper river is knee-deep flat water that families raft in inner tubes, but it’s currently a frothy beast closed for swimming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s too high to be rafting right now,” said local raft guide Richard Saffo. “The bridges, you can’t go under them. So it’s very dangerous. Whether it’s decapitation or a gnarly concussion — either will definitely ruin your vacation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2017/06/McClurgFourthSkiing2.mp3\" title=\"Californians Will Ski on the Fourth of July\" program=\"KQED Science\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05/SciencePlayer_BG.jpeg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tributary Waters, the company Saffo works for, offers trips down a safer section of the Truckee River closer to Reno. This year Saffo warns his clients to hold on tight because if they fall in they could spend a long time in the icy waters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those rapids come alive,” said Saffo. “The water is so high and swift you might swim for two miles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact it could be lethal. 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