Winter sports lovers, who hoped California’s heavy winter storm on Thursday would drop enough snow in the mountains to kick off an early ski season, need to wait a bit longer. The storm that rolled ...

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) - Three ski patrol members who died on an Eastern Sierra peak likely were asphyxiated by gas spewing from the volcanic vent they were fencing off, a coroner said Friday.

California's worker safety regulator found Mammoth Mountain at fault in the death of a ski patroller last season in an avalanche, determining the resort "failed" to provide necess ...