Blizzard conditions were expected in the Southern Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges in Southern California.
Paul Lynam, an astronomer at the 3,600-acre observatory operated by the University of California, said earlier this week that staff there had been bracing for snow all week and keeping their generators working.Overall, about 4-12 inches of snow were expected to fall in the Santa Cruz Mountains, East Bay Hills, the North Bay interior and coastal mountains, and the Monterey and San Benito Mountains.
A person stands on a snow pile between two giant sequoia trees in Grant Grove on February 19, 2023 in Kings Canyon National Park, California. CalTrans maintenance crew plow snow on U.S. 199 in DelNorte County early Thursday, February 23, 2023. CalTrans District 1 published photos of snowfall along Highway 101 at the Harold G. Larson Vista Point, south of Eureka, California on Thursday, February 23, 2023.
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