Up to 24 inches of snow will fall in the hardest hit areas, threatening difficult travel and widespread power outages.

A punishing early-spring heat wave is bearing down on California, threatening to strip away what little snowpack the Sierra Nevada has managed to accumulate during a disappointing water year.

California clocked its second-worst snowpack on record Wednesday, a potentially troubling signal ahead for fire season. It’s an alarming end to a winter that saw abnormally dry conditions briefly ...

Scientists explain the mismatch.

California clocked its second-worst snowpack on record Wednesday, a potentially troubling signal ahead for fire season. It's an alarming end to a winter that saw abnormally dry conditions briefly ...