California Snowstorm Descends on Sierra Nevada as Tahoe Ski Resorts Close
Residents hunkered down, ski resorts closed up shop, and snowplows hustled to clear roads as an enormous snowstorm descended on the Sierra Nevada on Friday, including the Lake Tahoe area, with as much as 12 feet of snow expected at the highest elevations and winds gusting over 100 miles an hour. The Sierra Avalanche Center…