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A dangerous winter storm is slamming Northern California with rare blizzard conditions and fierce winds as it threatens to unload up to 10 feet of snow in the mountains and snarl travel.
Sections of Interstate 80 to the west and north of Lake Tahoe were made impassable by blowing snow piling up in lanes, with no estimate for reopening, the California Highway Patrol said.
At the peak of the storm, some locations — like Donner Pass in California and Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border — could experience snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour and ...
The city and its environs quickly grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminal in the late 1860s and 1870s. In 1868, the Central Pacific constructed the Oakland Long Wharf at Oakland Point, the site of today's Port of Oakland. [35] A number of horsecar and cable car lines were constructed in Oakland during the latter half of the 19th ...
The hardest hit areas will be those above 5,000 feet as they could see 3 to 5 inches of snow an hour. The amount of snow is likely to decrease at lower altitudes but the conditions there could be ...
"Really, the only place in California that's going to see snow levels not get much below 2,000 feet is going to be right down near San Diego — but that's still really low."
Downtown and West Oakland are located entirely in the flatlands, while North and East Oakland incorporate lower hills and flatlands neighborhoods. This hills/flatlands division extends beyond Oakland's borders into neighboring cities in the East Bay's urban core such as Berkeley, Hayward, San Leandro, and Richmond.
Sheffield Village Park — 1.34 acres (5,400 m 2) — 247 Marlow Drive, Oakland, CA 94605; Snow Park — 4.2 acres (17,000 m 2) — 19th Street & Harrison Street, Oakland, CA; Sobrante Park — 4.69 acres (19,000 m 2) — 470 El Paseo Drive, Oakland, CA 94603; South Prescott Park — 3rd Street/Chester Avenue, Oakland, CA 94607