Oct 1st, 2008 · For more than 60 years, restaurant diners tacked dollars onto The Homestead's wood paneled walls. Each a signed memento of a special time. The restaurant, in a small town near California's Sierra Mountains, is for sale. And an especially clueless thief tried to spend what turned out to be an $8,000 theft of the marked money. Authorities say the man tried to use some of the cash to pay a court fine.
Jan 11th, 2008 · A recent blizzard in the Sierra Mountains brings hope to drought-stricken California. The blizzard bolsters the mountain snowpack, which serves as vast reservoir during the dry months by gradually letting its water drain into the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers.
May 30th, 2005 · The meltoff from record-breaking winter snows in the Sierra Mountains is sending torrents of water pouring down the granite cliffs of Yosemite National Park. Sasha Khokha of NPR station KQED says tourists are thrilled at one of the wildest waterfall displays in memory.