A fierce storm front lingered in the Sierra Sunday morning in the wake of 24 hours of blizzard conditions that left more than 3 feet of new snow and a wind gust of 165 mph at Palisades Tahoe ski resort.
Meanwhile in the Bay Area, clouds gave way to blue skies Sunday morning. The wet and flooded roadways did create dangerous early morning driving conditions, triggering numerous accidents."Very often, it takes very little for something to go wrong before a vehicle starts spinning," Barclay said."We get people who will tell us at these crashes 'well, I wasn't speeding.
On Alder Dr. in Monte Rio, a tree slammed into a two-story home. Over on River Blvd., a large redwood branch fell, damaging three vehicles and an Airbnb rental. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, where more 3 inches fell at Ben Lomond, the CHP dealt with two large"basketball-sized" boulders that block the right lane on southbound Highway 17 before the summit for several hours.
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