It may only be August, but the countdown to ski season is officially on! Several Lake Tahoe resorts have announced their opening dates.
More than a month after one of the deadliest avalanches in California history, a final report details the dangerous conditions and found that some of the victims had airbag backpacks that could have potentially saved their lives, but they were never deployed.
After a March that felt more like a July, the California Department of Water Resources recorded the second lowest snowpack measurement at Phillip's Station. They measured zero inches of water content and zero inches of depth for zero-percent of average.
Showers return to the forecast starting on Tuesday next week for the first time in about a month, with colder-than-average highs and possible feet of snow expected in Tahoe.
"Get up there and get it now," said one Tahoe skier as the mountains are losing several inches of snow per day during this heat wave, which could also spell trouble for wildfire risk, drought, and businesses.
A bald eagle discovered unable to fly in the Truckee area is now receiving care at Gold Country Wildlife Rescue after hikers found it on the ground.