The skies have finally cleared in the Eastern Sierra, and Mammoth Mountain is working on snow removal and avalanche control. A home is buried along McGee Creek Road south of Mammoth Lakes. David Frazier walks across Davison Road after a day of skiing at Mammoth Mountain. Eliazar Raya blows snow from his walkway along McGee Creek Road south of Mammoth …
Children inside a Texas elementary school frantically called 911, begging for the police to save them, as a tactical decision by a commander kept 19 officers from storming a classroom in what a law enforcement officials acknowledged on Friday was a mistake in judgment. Family members who lost a sibling in the school shooting place flowers outside Robb Elementary School …
He put his job as a structural engineer in Poland on hold, loaded up his Volkswagen Golf with food, gear and sundry supplies, and was on the road back to his homeland — Ukraine, now a battlefield. “I am going to fight the Russians,” said Oleksandr Zhuk, 55, as he waited behind the steering wheel in a mile-long line of …
President Biden declared an emergency in California that will allow federal assistance for the Caldor fire, which has burned hundreds of structures and continues moving toward Nevada. A firefighter clears brush as a tanker sprays fire retardant to help battle the Caldor fire along Highway 89 west of Lake Tahoe on Thursday. Cal Fire firefighter Travis Moore lights a backfire …